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By Frédéric de Kemmeter – Railway signalling and freelance copywriter
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NightjetPresentation of the new Nightjet sleeping cars and couchettes cars
07/09/2022 – On 6 September, ÖBB and Siemens presented the new Nightjet cars of the Austrian operator. This time, there are no longer any painted frames, but real finished cars in which the interior finishing touches can now be admired. The cars will initially be travel towars Italy…

WestbahnAustrian private operator WESTbahn is already 10 years old
11/12/2021 – Ten years ago, on 11 December 2011, passengers could take a train other than those of the state-owned operator ÖBB between Vienna and Salzburg. A revolution. 172 years after the birth of the Austrian railways, WESTbahn launched its own trains from Vienna West. The Stadler Emu KISS have since covered almost 40 million kilometres since the first day of operation, serving almost…

OBB-11Rail Cargo Group’s traffics on the increase between Austria and China
04/29/2020 -Despite the coronavirus crisis, train traffics between Austria and China are on the rise. The low number of new infections in China means that the flow of goods can start moving again and transport services for supplies to and from China can be resumed. The first steps for removing the restrictions placed on the population and on industry allow businesses to ramp up industrial production…

Wien_TPAre viennese public transports for one euro per day sustainable?
02/06/2020 – The Viennese pay 365 Euro, one Euro per day for their local transport ticket. But if you have to take a closer look: the 365 euros only apply if you pay the ticket in one go. If you pay monthly, the total increases to 396 euros. That made to emerge the debate on the target audiences, those who can afford to pay in one go, and the others…

Nightjet_Pascal Hartmann flickrNightjet : renaissance of night trains in Europe
04/29/2019 – While Britain is putting new night trains into service between London and Scotland, we can already see what is happening in Central Europe. Nightjet shows that a good night train services and a good business model can generate revenues and profits.