Western Railway (Austria)

The Western Railway (German: Westbahn) is a two-track, partly four-track, electrified railway line in Austria that runs from Vienna to Salzburg via St. Pölten and Linz Hauptbahnhof and is one of the major lines of Austria. It was originally opened as the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1858 (Vienna–Linz). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

Western Railway
Overview
Other name(s)Old Western Railway (Alte Westbahn):

Wien Westbf – Kn. Wagram – (GZU) – Linz Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
New Western Railway (Neue Westbahn):

(Wien Meidling – Bf. Tullnerfeld) – Kn. Wagram – St. Pölten – Linz Hbf
Native nameWestbahn
Line number
  • Route 1 (Old Western Railway):
    2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
    2017, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015
  • Route 30 (New Western Railway):
    2305, 2306, 2307, 4301
  • Route 3 (relief track):
    2035, 1036
  • Route 23 (suburban track):
    2231
Technical
Line length312.2 km (194.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius247 m
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline1.3%
Route map

km
km
167
Vienna West
0.000
Vienna West freight yard
1.013
Wien Meidling
210
Wien Penzing
2.553
Penzing 1 crossover
3.967
connecting railway
Wien Hütteldorf
5.846
12.800
Lainz Tunnel East portal
old Western Railway (signal box)
/ local transport track
signal box portal
8.112
Hetzendorf junction
Wien Wolf in der Au
7.885
Lainz Tunnel West portal
New Western Railway
to Wien Meidling
Hadersdorf junction
9.362
9.238
Wien Hadersdorf
New Western Railway
to Tullnerfeld
9.940
Wien Weidlingau
13.350
10.952
Purkersdorf Sanatorium
start of HSL
old Western Railway (signal box)
/ local transport track
Wienerwald Tunnel West portal
11.839
Unter Purkersdorf
243
Tullnerfeld Railway [de] east loop to Tulln
12.889
Purkersdorf Gablitz
Tullnerfeld Railway [de] former route
16.865
Unter Tullnerbach
19.970
Tullnerbach-Pressbaum
317
siding
21.283
Pressbaum
337
Tullnerfeld
29.855
22.532
Dürrwien
Michelhausen
24.809
Rekawinkel
360
Rekawinkl Tunnel (307 m)
307
Tullnerfeld Railway [de] former route
Kleiner Dürreberg Tunnel (247 m)
Atzenbrugg Tunnel (2,460 m)
35.840
29.931
Eichgraben-Altlengbach
31.120
Hutten
Hankenfelder Tunnel (663 m)
32.334
Unter Oberndorf
285
Saladorf Tunnel (729 m)
34.300
Maria Anzbach
42.683
35.814
Hofstatt
256
36.865
Neulengbach Stadt
45.660
38.006
Neulengbach
41.461
Ollersbach
50.775
43.558
Kirchstetten
49.076
Böheimkirchen
Tullnerfeld 4 crossover
49.846
51.510
Schildberg
54.445
Pottenbrunn
new Western Railway
55.400
Wagram junction
freight bypass line
273
St. Pölten Hbf
60.563
Leobersdorf Railway to Leobersdorf
St. Pölten Fbf
61.262
Pummersdorfer Tunnel
break in
kilometrage
62.025
62.031
Eisbergbogen tunnel (460 m)
62.070
Radlleiten tunnel
St. Pölten 1 junction
63.720
break in
kilometrage
67.611
67.806
256
Prinzersdorf
68.664
Bründlkapellen tunnel
Markersdorf a. d. Pielach
70.990
Prinzersdorf 2 crossover
72.525
Groß Sierning
74.035
freight bypass line
Rohr junction
75.100
break in
kilometrage
76.946
76.951
old Western Railway
new West Railway
(Loosdorf bypass)
Rohr Tunnel (258 m)
"Green" tunnel 1 (250 m)
Loosdorf
78.131
Wachberg Tunnel 1 (292 m)
Wachberg Tunnel 2 (1,001 m)
Melk
84.665
Melk Tunnel (1,845 m)
break in
kilometrage
91.925
92.230
Melk bypass
214
Pöchlarn
93.914
Erlauf Valley Railway to Kienberg-Gaming
old line
new line
Krummnußbaum
98.220
Säusenstein
102.632
Sittenberg Tunnel (4,692 m)
226
Ybbs an der Donau
107.137
Neumarkt an der Ybbs-
Karlsbach
110.887
Hubertendorf
113.607
115.776
115.795
break in
kilometrage
117.076
Blindenmarkt
248
124.558
Amstetten
273
127.287
Amstetten 11 junction
Rudolf Railway to Waidhofen
131.146
Mauer-Öhling
135.595
Aschbach
140.180
Krenstetten-Biberbach
141.579
141.586
break in
kilometrage
new line
old line
St. Peter "green" tunnel (404 m)
144.245
St. Peter-Seitenstetten
147.900
St. Johann-Weistrach
147.979
147.982
break in
kilometrage
Sieberg Tunnel (6,480 m)
150.651
Haag
154.038
Stadt Haag
161.578
161.567
break in
kilometrage
163.043
163.057
break in
kilometrage
164.100
St. Valentin
268
165.840
St. Valentin Enns canal
Enns bypass
Danube Bank Railway
Ennsdorf loop
old line
167.736
St. Valentin 11 junction
to Krems a. d. Donau
168.737
Ennsdorf
170.973
Enns
173.675
Asten-Fisching
175.640
176.378
Asten-St. Florian
178.030
Linz Pichling
179.513
Asten-St. Florian 1 junction
to
Linz Vbf Ost &
Linz Steelworks
180.655
Linz Ebelsberg
182.349
Linz Kleinmünchen
to Linz Vbf West
188.074
188.125
break in
kilometrage
188.440
Linz Hauptbahnhof
192.020
Leonding
195.902
Pasching
198.043
Hörsching
295
201.347
Oftering
Marchtrenk loop to Pyhrn railway
206.185
Marchtrenk
307
212.815
Wels Hbf
316
220.017
Gunskirchen
345
Lambach bypass
old line
Kalvarienberg Tunnel (1,410 m)
226.109
Lambach
307
227.200
227.503
break in
kilometrage
227.633
Lambach Markt
230.330
Neukirchen bei Lambach
230.556
233.498
Breitenschützing
Römerberg Tunnel (710m)
236.662
236.940
break in
kilometrage
237.442
Schwanenstadt
243.292
Attnang-Puchheim
415
247.966
Vöcklabruck
435
252.182
252.200
break in
kilometrage
(-18 m)
253.317
Timelkam
450
257.090
Neukirchen-Gampern
435
259.723
Redl-Zipf
472
264.050
Vöcklamarkt
489
268.785
Frankenmarkt
511
275.637
Pöndorf
562
278.440
Ederbauer
601
281.916
Oberhofen-Zell am Moos
571
285.216
Straßwalchen
542
287.427
Steindorf bei Straßwalchen
542
289.174
Neumarkt am Wallersee
544
Köstendorf junction (planned)
293.807
Köstendorf Weng
294.305
Steindorf 2 crossover
Seekirchen Tunnel (14,500m)
(planned)
296.136
Wallersee
299.445
Seekirchen am Wallersee
514
Seekirchen Süd
(planned)
Fischach River
302.782
Eugendorf
305.538
Hallwang-Elixhausen
493
Leitnerbau Tunnel (2,000m)
(planned)
309.345
Hallwang-E. 2 crossover
309.933
Salzburg Kasern
Kasern junction (planned)
310.880
Hallwang-E. 3 junction
to Gnigl yard
Salzburg Local Railway
to Itzling yard
312.470
0.777
0.000
Salzburg Hbf
428
km
km
Source: Austrian railway atlas[1]

Routes

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The Western Railway consists of the double-track Old Western Railway (Alten Westbahn, line 1) and the double-track New Western Railway (Neuen Westbahn, line 30).

For operational reasons the Western Railway is supplemented by the suburban track (line 23) from Vienna Hütteldorf to Unter Purkersdorf and the relief track (line 3) from Pottenbrunn via St. Pölten to Prinzersdorf.

History

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The line was opened from Vienna Westbahnhof to Linz on 15 December 1858 and was extended to Salzburg on 1 August 1860. The continuation to Munich was opened on 12 August 1860. The line was built by the k.k. privilegierte Kaiserin Elisabeth-Bahn ("Imperial and Royal privileged Empress Elisabeth Railway", KEB) company under Hermann Dietrich Lindheim. In addition to the Vienna–Salzburg line, it also built the Wels–Passau Railway (1861) and the St. Valentin–Summerau–České Budějovice line (1872).

Opening

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The line was authorised under a treaty contracted by Bavaria and Austria in 1851. The Vienna–Linz section was completed in 1858 and the rest of the line to Salzburg was opened for traffic in 1860. The trip from Vienna to Salzburg initially took nine hours. A few weeks before the official opening Empress Elizabeth used the line to travel to her home in Bavaria. Emperor Franz Joseph and Maximilian II of Bavaria were present at the official opening on the line on 12 August 1860.

Nationalisation

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In 1884 the railway was nationalised. The extension of the railway line on Austrian territory, the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway ("Gisela Railway") via Zell am See to Wörgl (owned by the KEB since 1875) was also nationalised.

Upgrading

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Duplication of the line was completed on 14 August 1902; it had been gradual: LinzWels on 7 August 1870, St. Valentin–Linz on 22 August 1874, Wels–Lambach on 1 November 1898, Lambach–Attnang-Puchheim on 14 August 1899 and Attnang-Puchheim–Salzburg on 14 August 1902.[2][3]

As a result of Austria's loss of coal reserves at the end of the First World War under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it was decided to electrify the line, starting from the west. Electification was completed to Steindorf on 3 October 1938, to Attnang-Puchheim on 6 October 1941, to Linz on 15 May 1949 and to Amstetten on 28 June 1951. Electification of the line was completed with the inauguration of the Amstetten–Vienna West station section on 19 December 1952.[3]

Numerous enhancements and additions were made during the period of management of operation by Deutsche Reichsbahn (during the annexation by Germany from 1938 to 1945). Thus, the passing loops at Hutten and Ederbauer were built and a new marshalling yard was built in Wels (to the north of the Western Railway). Also, the construction of a second marshalling yard in Wels was started (to the south of the Western Railway), but it was left unfinished at the end of the war. This was intended to give Wels marshalling yards serving traffic running both west–east (today's yard) and east–west (the abandoned yard). The Linz East marshalling yard was given a large expansion as a result of the establishment of the "Hermann Göring Works" (now Voestalpine) by the Reichswerke Hermann Göring.

At a press conference in 1983 Austrian Transport Minister Karl Lausecker outlined details of plans for the development of the Western Railway. Construction was expected to start in 1987, with completion in 1992. New sections would be built between Attnang-Puchheim and Salzburg; upgraded sections would be built between St. Pölten and Linz and between Linz and Attnang-Puchheim. The planned top speed was 250 km/h.[4]

The Sittenberg Tunnel was opened as the first new section in 1994. The Lambach bypass, including the Kalvarienberg Tunnel, was opened in 1995. The realignment of the Breitenschützing–Schwanenstadt section, including the Römerberg Tunnel, followed in 1997. Three years later, two sections, St. Pölten–Prinzersdorf and Groß Sierning–Pöchlarn, including the Rohr “green” tunnel (that is built in order to protect the environment), the Wachberg II Tunnel and the Melk Tunnel, were released for operations at 200 km/h. Only a few months later, in 2001, this was followed by the opening of the Prinzersdorf–Groß Sierning and St. Peter-Seitenstetten–St. Valentin (including the St. Peter green tunnel and the Sieberg Tunnel) sections. Since the opening of the Amstetten–St. Peter-Seitenstetten section in 2003, trains can run continuously from Amstetten to St. Valentine at 200 km/h. In 2004, two junctions were built at Wagram and Rohr and finally in 2007 the Enns bypass (St. Valentin–Asten) was opened to traffic. As part of the rebuilding of St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof the double-bore Eisbergbogen tunnels (a single track tunnel for a passing track and a double track tunnel for the two main tracks) was built west of St. Pölten and opened to traffic in 2010.

Old Western Railway (route 1)

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Departure of the royal train from Vienna West station in 1895

The line begins in Vienna West station (Westbahnhof) and first runs through the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald). The Old Western Railway to St. Pölten has now been replaced from Wagram junction to Rohr junction by the New Western Railway. After the completion of the freight railway bypass closing the "St. Pölten–Loosdorf gap" from Wagram junction to Rohr junction the newly constructed freight bypass will form part of the Old West Railway.

After Rohr junction the Western Railway runs through the foothills via Pöchlarn (a junction with the Erlauf Valley Railway to Kienberg-Gaming), Amstetten, St. Valentin (a junction with Rudolf's Railway up the Enns valley via Steyr and Selzthal to Bischofshofen) and Enns to Linz, where the line through the Mühlviertel to České Budějovice (Summerau Railway) and the Pyhrn Railway branch off. There is also a connection in Linz to the Linz Local Railway to Eferding. After Linz the Western Railway moves away from the Danube. While the Danube flows from the northwest to Linz, the Western Railway now heads off to the southwest towards Wels.

The Western Railway to Salzburg and the line to Passau separate in Wels station. The Alm Valley Railway to Grünau im Almtal also branches off here. The next junction is at Attnang-Puchheim, where it crosses the Salzkammergut Railway running from Stainach–Irdning to Ried. After Straßwalchen where the Mattig Valley Railway branches off to Braunau, the line continues to Salzburg station, where the Western Railway ends.

New Western Railway (route 30)

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Vienna–St. Pölten

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The new Vienna–St. Pölten section of the New Western Railway is a high-speed railway. It runs from Vienna via Tullnerfeld to St. Pölten and is part of the TEN project No. 17 "Magistrale for Europe". The section was put into scheduled operation on 9 December 2012. The travel time without stopping between Vienna West station and St. Pölten was reduced as a result from 41 to 25 minutes.

The new section of the New Western Railway begins at the exit of Wien Meidling station and runs through the Lainz Tunnel, which leads directly to Hadersdorf junction. Up to that point the traditional link to and from the Old Western Railway can be operated at 160 km/h (99 mph). The start of the high-speed line at the entrance of the Vienna Woods Tunnel is west of Hadersdorf junction. From this point, the line can be run at up to 250 km/h (160 mph). The line resurfaces after 13 km at Chorherrn near to the Tulln Basin.

The regional station of Tullnerfeld is situated in the Tulln Basin. The high-speed line has been connected to the Franz Josef Railway by the reactivation of disused Tulln western curve, promoting regional traffic. After passing through three cut-and-cover tunnels that were built for noise abatement reasons in an open cutting, the line runs through three more tunnels, known as the Perschling tunnel chain (Tunnelkette Perschling). The line then runs to Wagram junction in St. Pölten, which now forms the end of the new Western line.[5]

Simultaneously with the construction of the new high-speed line, the railway stations in Vienna and St. Pölten are being rebuilt. Vienna Hauptbahnhof was opened on 9 December 2012 for partial operations and was fully completed in 2015. St. Pölten station was rebuilt at the end of 2011.[6]

Rohr junction‒Ybbs an der Donau

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Immediately following St. Pölten station runs through a right-hand bend, which can be run at up to 80 km/h, a short straight section and a left-hand curve through the 460 metres-long Eisbergbogen Tunnel, which was newly built in 2010/11 and which can be run through at 160 km/h. At the end of the curve, Linienzugbeeinflussung (LZB) signalling starts, allowing operations at 200 km/h. The line here has three tracks (including the congestion track between St. Pölten Hbf and Prinzersdorf south of the two-track main line, with its own tube through the Eisbergbogen Tunnel) to Prinzersdorf, then two tracks through the Markersdorf an der Pielach station to Rohr junction, where it fans from two to four tracks. Here the Old Western Railway branches to the northwest to Loosdorf station, while the New Western Railway runs to the south of the town through a “green” tunnel. To the northwest of Loosdorf the two lines come within a few metres of each other before the new line takes a slight curve to the left to the entrance of the Wachberg 2 Tunnel. Shortly after its western portal it runs through the Melk Tunnel, which takes its name from the nearby town. Immediately afterwards it runs over a bridge over a small river before turning to run parallel with the old line, which has been rebuilt on the new alignment. Now, the two parallel lines run through Pöchlarn station until the new line takes a slight curve to the left to enter the almost 5 km long Sittenberg Tunnel. Shortly after the western portal the new and old lines come together again and, about 2 km later, reach Ybbs an der Donau station, where the maximum speed is cut to 160 km/h. The two-track line section between Ybbs and Amstetten is expected to be rebuilt as four tracks by 2016.

Amstetten–Linz Kleinmünchen

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From Amstetten station, the Western Railway runs as four tracks again and with the recommencement of LZB long-distance traffic can accelerate to 200 km/h after the sharp left turn at the western exit to the station, which restricts speeds to 160 km/h. The Old and New Western Railways run parallel as far as St. Peter-Seitenstetten, before the new line makes a tighter curve than the existing route through the St. Peter “green” tunnel. At St. Johann-Weistrach the two lines run for a few hundred meters next to each other again. After the station, the Old Western Railway runs towards Haag, while the New Western Railway takes a right turn to a straight section and then runs to the north through the 6.5 km long Sieberg Tunnel. At the northern portal, the two lines meet and again run parallel to each other to St. Valentin station. After the station, the new line enters the “Enns bypass”, which can be operated at 230 km/h (140 mph), running around the area of the port and the settled areas of Enns. (In 2005, in the course of the upgrade to four tracks between Ennsdorf and Enns, a junction was built towards Mauthausen, allowing direct operations of trains from Linz towards the Danube Bank Railway). Near Asten, the Old and New Western Railways come together again. From Asten-Fisching 1 junction the speed limit is reduced to 200 km/h (120 mph) on the two parallel lines to Linz Kleinmünchen, the current end of the four-track section on the Western Railway.

Signalling

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The New Western Railway has been equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the newly built section of the line from Vienna to Wagram junction. The so-called “registration” (Anmelde) line starts at the entrance to Lainz Tunnel, which is equipped with both ETCS and with the old Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) system. From Hadersdorf junction it was originally intended that the line be exclusively signalled with ETCS level 2, but it was decided to have PZB as a fallback. It is possible to run from St. Pölten to Attnang-Puchheim at 230 km/h using LZB signalling.

Importance and development of the line

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Vienna West station in October 2005

The Western Railway, along with the Southern Railway, are the main arteries of the Austrian railways. With EU enlargement, their importance continues to grow. Not only is a large part of the Austrian National rail traffic on the western railway line, but long-distance services between Vienna and cities such as Hamburg, Dortmund, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich also run on the Western Railway.

The Western Railway is an important section of the TEN line between Paris and Bratislava and Budapest. In the long term there are expected to be direct services on these routes with modern high-speed train sets.

Upgrade to 2010

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Since 1990 the capacity of the line has been increased by the creation of a high-speed line. The existing two-track line is being upgraded to provide high capacity and in addition a new double track line is being built between St. Pölten and Linz, together creating a four-track line. The new sections are designed with many new tunnels and straight sections of track to allow speeds of up to 250 km/h. This upgraded condition of the line has allowed ICE T services to run from Vienna to Frankfurt, Munich and Bregenz since the timetable change in 2006 in Austria and Railjet services to run between Budapest, Vienna, Munich and Zurich since the timetable change in December 2008.

Upgrade to 2014

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The travel time from Vienna to Innsbruck was four and half hours before the timetable change on 9 December 2012; at the timetable change the duration was reduced to four hours and 15 minutes. The upgrading of the line is aimed at achieving the so-called "1-2-3-scheme", that is the journey from Vienna to Linz will be only an hour, Salzburg would be two hours away and Munich and Innsbruck would be three hours from Vienna.

On 9 December 2012, two new sections were opened: the new Vienna–St. Pölten section (journey time reduction ≈ 15 min) and the New Lower Inn Valley railway from Radfeld to Baumkirchen (journey time reduction ≈ 5 min). These sections are operated at 230 or 220 km/h. Here, the winding and mountainous section of track through the Vienna Woods was supplemented with a new route through Tullnerfeld (Vienna Woods Tunnel and the Perschling tunnel chain) that rejoins the route of the Old Western Railway at St. Pölten.

Following the upgrade of the last section of the double-track Old Western Railway between Wels and Attnang-Puchheim, namely the Lambach–Breitenschützing section, it now has a high level of performance and since October 2012, trains are able to run on it at 230 km/h. The old line on the Lambach–Breitenschützing section is being rebuilt and is expected to return to service in July 2013.[7] Speeds on other already upgraded sections, such as St. Valentin–Linz Kleinmünchen, were increased from 200 to 230 km/h in December 2012.

As Vienna West station is a terminus, trains to Vienna and continuing to the east (for example, to Budapest) must currently change direction in the West station. After the start of operations through the Lainz Tunnel on 9 December 2012, which connects the New Western Railway route through Tullnerfeld directly to the mainline tracks of the new Vienna Hauptbahnhof (to open in 2014), long-distance trains will mostly run there. WESTbahn has however announced that its trains from Salzburg to Vienna will continue to run to the West station.

Outlook

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The four-track Ybbs an der Donau–Amstetten section, which is designed for a maximum of 250 km/h came into operation in 2015.[8] The reconstruction of the east end of Amstetten station to increase top speed from Ybbs to 230 km/h continued until 2016. In 2017, the St. Pölten freight bypass railway (Wagram junction–Rohr junction), which is designed for a maximum speed of 120 km/h, will be opened to traffic. The four-track upgrade from Linz Kleinmünchen to the eastern approach to Linz station is expected to be completed no earlier than 2018.

It is expected that the whole Western Railway from Vienna to Wels will have four continuous tracks in 2021, but it will not consist of a four-track line, but it will rather be two double track lines that are operationally linked at several points.

A further four track upgrade is planned for the 20 km section between Neumarkt and Salzburg Kasern. Various possible routes have been examined. The upgrade is necessary because this section is used by additional services of line S2 of the Salzburg S-Bahn. On 10 January 2013 the fixed route selected for the Neumarkt–Salzburg Kasern section was presented with a start expected in less than 20 years.[9]

The upgrade to four tracks is also currently being planned for the Linz–Wels section and planning is continuing on the second stage of the New Lower Inn Valley railway (Schaftenau–Kundl).

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (Austrian railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 18–24, 26–31, 98, 99, 106. ISBN 978-3-89494-138-3.
  2. ^ "Eisenbahnarchiv" (PDF) (in German). Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "From the history of the Upper Austrian railways" (PDF). Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter (in German). 14 (1). January–March 1960. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ^ "ÖBB: Gute Aussichten für Semmering-Basistunnel". Die Bundesbahn (in German) (8): 541. 1983.
  5. ^ "Neubaustrecke Wien − St. Pölten" (PDF, 2.60 MB)) (in German). ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau. Retrieved 9 February 2013. (brochure, 12 A4 pages, with situation of February 2009)
  6. ^ "Projektbroschüre Umbau St. Pölten Hbf" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG. Retrieved 9 February 2013. (brochure with situation of September 2010)
  7. ^ "Linienverbesserung Lambach–Breitenschuetzing" (in German). ÖBB Infrastruktur AG. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Streckenausbau Ybbs–Amstetten" (in German). ÖBB Infrastruktur AG. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Trasse für Hochleistungsbahn vorgestellt" (in German). salzburg.orf.at. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

References

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  • Alfred Horn (1993). ÖBB Handbuch 1993 (in German). Vienna.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Elmar Oberegger (2007). Zur Geschichte der "Kaiserin Elisabeth-Bahn" (Budweis/Passau/Simbach am Inn/Wörgl-Amstetten-St. Pölten-Wien Westbahnhof) (in German). Sattledt: Information Bureau of Austria. (Railway history 8)
  • Elmar Oberegger (2008). Zur Vorgeschichte der Westbahn von Wien nach Salzburg. 1815-1856 (in German). Sattledt: Information Bureau of Austria. (Railway history 12)
  • Österreichischer Lloyd, ed. (1861). Wien bis München. Reisehandbuch für alle Stationen der Kaiserin Elisabeth-Westbahn und der k. bair. Staatsbahn nebst Donaufahrt von Passau bis Wien (in German). Trieste: Literarisch-Artistischen-Abtheilung des Österreichischen Lloyd. (Lloyd's Guide, vol. VII.2)
  • "Beschreibung der eisernen Brücken auf der k.k. Kaiserin Elisabethbahn auf der Strecke von Wien nach Salzburg". Allgemeine Bauzeitung, Yearbook (in German): 166–177. 1861. Retrieved 9 February 2013. (from the site of the Austrian National Library)
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