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26-663: The Austrian Federal Railways has had two discrete periods of existence. It was first formed in 1923, using the Bundesbahn Österreich name, as a successor to the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (kkStB), but was incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn during the 1938–1945 Anschluss . It was reformed in 1947, under the slightly different name Österreichische Bundesbahnen , and remains in existence in this form. Major changes currently being made to

52-682: A branch-off from Olmütz (Olomouc) and Brünn (Brno) to Prague was opened in 1845/49. In 1851, construction works reached the northern imperial border with Saxony at Bodenbach , where the Northern Railway received access to the Royal Saxon State Railways . Beside the extension of the Northern Railway, plans for the construction of a Southern Railway ( Südbahn ) from Vienna to the Adriatic seaport at Trieste via Semmering Pass and Graz were finally carried out. Opened in 1857, it

78-701: A new steam locomotive railway from the Austrian capital Vienna to Kraków in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria operated by the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway company opened in 1837. Designed by Franz Xaver Riepl , it was financed by the banker Salomon Mayer von Rothschild . The line then was the second solely steam-powered railway on the continent, after the inauguration of the Belgian Brussels–Mechelen railway line in 1835. While

104-436: A population of 13,336; Approximately 88.4% were Austrian by nationality, 1.5% are from other European Union states, and 10.2% are other foreigners. Largest non-EU minorities were from Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.6%) and the former FR Yugoslavia (i.e. present-day Serbia , Montenegro , Kosovo ; 2.7%), followed by Turks (1.2%) and Germans (1.1%). The majority (69.3%) are Roman Catholic by faith. Evangelicals make up

130-399: Is largely electrified. Electrification of the system began in 1912 but did not reach an advanced state until the 1950s. The last steam locomotive in regular service on the standard gauge network was retired in 1978. The post-war laws related to the Austrian railways were the: By a law of August 2009, the organisational structure dating from 2005 was further modified; the railways are under

156-668: Is situated next to the lake Traunsee on the Traun River and is surrounded by high mountains, including the Traunstein (mountain) (5,446 feet or 1,660 metres), the Erlakogel (5150 ft), the Wilder Kogel (6,860 feet or 2,090 metres) and the Höllengebirge . Gmunden is divided into the following boroughs: Gmunden, Gmunden-Ort, Schlagen, Traundorf, Unterm Stein. As of 2001, Gmunden had

182-799: The Wiener Stadtbahn network and the Neue Alpenbahnen project providing the Alps with major rail crossings, including the Tauern Railway and the Bohinj Railway , realised upon a 1901 resolution passed by the Imperial Council legislature. By nationalizing other companies or taking over their traffic, the State Railways obtained a practical monopoly in rail transport. After the acquisition of

208-766: The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , the Transleithanian (Hungarian) lines of the Dual Monarchy were nationalized as the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV). Already in 1866, the Austrian trade minister Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair had urged for a greater government commitment. A re-evaluation started in the Long Depression , sparked by the Panic of 1873 . The Vienna stock market crash resulted in

234-790: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy . The introduction of railway traffic in the Austrian Empire had been pushed by pioneers like physicist Franz Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), who advocated a railway connection from the Vltava basin across the Bohemian Massif to the Danube river. After in 1810 a first 22 kilometres (14 mi) long horse-drawn railway line was built at the Eisenerz mine in Styria for

260-752: The World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the Imperial-Royal Rail Ministry was disestablished on 12 November 1918 by resolution of the Provisional Assembly of German-Austria . The vehicle fleet and infrastructure of former kkStB were divided among state railway companies of the successor states of the Dual Monarchy: With the promulgation of the Austrian Federal Constitutional Law on 10 November 1920,

286-482: The 16.7 Hz electrification system, and two hep stations for 50 Hz power generation. As of 2009 it employed 17,612 staff. According to the Annual Report 2013, the company employs 39,513, there of 13,599 employees, 24,251 tenured employees and 1,663 apprentices. In 2013, ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG carried 469 million passengers of which 235 million were bus passengers. The ÖBB has All neighbouring railways have

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312-995: The Austrian railway network are the construction of the Koralm Railway , the Semmering Base Tunnel and the Brenner Base Tunnel connection with Italy . Eurobarometer surveys conducted in 2018 showed that satisfaction levels of Austrian rail passengers are among the highest in the European Union when it comes to punctuality, reliability and frequency of trains. Furthermore, with their Nightjet brand, ÖBB operates Europe's largest night train fleet. Unlike other major railway companies in Europe that offer more flexible cancellation policies, ÖBB only offers two types of tickets: full-price tickets, and cheaper but non-exchangeable and non-refundable tickets. The Austrian rail system

338-717: The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway Company in 1906, followed by the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company and the Austrian Northwestern Railway in 1909, the Southern Railway was the only major company that remained private until the end of Empire. In 1914, of a total of 22,981 km of railway tracks on Austrian territory, 18,859 (82%) were state owned. After the end of

364-526: The Northern Railway prospered, private investors held back on financing further railroad constructions and the expansion of the Austrian network came to a standstill. Nevertheless, after initial hesitation, the Austrian government took a keen interest in railways, and launched a public investment programme in 1841. The Northern Railway in Lower Austria was completed up to the Bohemian border at Bernhardsthal ,

390-680: The bankruptcy of several Austrian railway companies, and the state took them over. With effect from 1 January 1884, the k.k. Generaldirektion der Staatsbahnen ("Imperial-Royal General Directorate of the State Railways") was founded, situated at the Austrian Ministry of Trade; this was the birth of the Imperial-Royal State Railways. Operations Divisions were established in Vienna , Linz , Innsbruck , Villach , Budweis , Pilsen , Prague , Cracow , Lemberg , Pola , and Spalato . By

416-483: The beginning. By late 1854, 994 kilometres (618 mi) out of 1,443 kilometres (897 mi) of Austrian railway lines were state owned (almost 70%). After 1854, however, because of financial crisis in the Empire, the railways were sold at prices cut to the bone, many of them to French investors. Concessions for new private companies, like the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company , were granted. After

442-545: The control of ÖBB-Holding AG , a holding company wholly owned by the Austrian state, under the Ministry of Transport . The holding company has a number of subsidiaries: The infrastructure of the state-owned Austrian network is managed by ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, which was formed from former infrastructure-related units including Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH. It now manages 9,740 km of track, 788 signal boxes, 247 tunnels, 6,207 bridges and eight hydro-electric power (hep) stations for

468-454: The end of 1884 the state railway network covered 5,103 km. On 15 January 1896, Emperor Franz Joseph I , at the suggestion of Minister President Count Kasimir Felix Badeni , approved the establishment of the k.k. Eisenbahnministerium ("Imperial-Royal Rail Ministry"). Further divisions were founded in Triest , Olmütz and Stanislau . Minister Heinrich von Wittek promoted the expansion of

494-490: The largest minority at 7.3%, followed by 5.9% Muslims and 3.3% Eastern Orthodox . Approximately 10.3% are irreligious . In 1000 BCE the Illyrians were mining salt here. A settlement was already in existence in the fifth century CE. By 1186 Gmunden was a fortified place surrounded by walls, although it did not receive a church until about 1300. In 1278 Gmunden became a town. On November 14, 1626, an army of rebellious peasants

520-459: The last municipal election in 2021, the following are seats won by the political parties: 16 ÖVP, 7 GRÜNE, 5 SPÖ, 5 FPÖ und 4 NEOS. Mayors: There are a great number of excursions and points of interest round Gmunden, notably the Traun Fall, 10 miles (16 km) north of Gmunden, a castle called Schloss Ort , and a ceramic factory producing Gmundner Keramik branded pottery. The town hall is also

546-457: The same gauge. [REDACTED] Media related to Österreichische Bundesbahnen at Wikimedia Commons Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways The Imperial-Royal State Railways ( German : k.k. Staatsbahnen ) abbr. kkStB ) or Imperial-Royal Austrian State Railways ( k.k. österreichische Staatsbahnen , ) was the state railway organisation in the Cisleithanian (Austrian) part of

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572-477: The supervision of the national railway system passed to the newly established Ministry of Transport . Gmunden Gmunden ( German: [ˈɡmʊndn̩] ) is a town in Upper Austria , in the district of Gmunden . It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). Gmunden covers an area of 63.49 square kilometres (24.51 sq mi) and has a median elevation of 425 metres (1,394 ft). It

598-517: The transport of iron stones, in 1832 a wagonway between Austrian Linz and České Budějovice (Budweis) in Bohemia opened. It was 128.8 kilometres (80.0 mi) long and was the second interurban railway in continental Europe (after the French Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway line opened in 1827). The southern continuation from Linz to Gmunden was finished in 1836. The first section of

624-541: Was completely defeated at Gmunden by General Pappenheim , who had been ordered by Maximilian I to suppress the peasant rebellion in Upper Austria . The dead peasant insurgents were buried in nearby Pinsdorf , where an obelisk styled memorial known as the Bauernhügel in their honour can still be seen. Gmunden supplied naval ships to Austria during the 17th century and helped wounded soldiers in hospitals in World War I . During World War II , an SS maternity home

650-467: Was located here, "to insure racial purity" in accordance with Nazi racial theories . In later years, it was much frequented as a health and summer resort, and had a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc. It was also an important centre of the salt industry in Salzkammergut . The local council consists of 37 members. In

676-569: Was then operated by the private Austrian Southern Railway company. In the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia , the first section of the Milan–Venice railway was opened in 1842. Plans for a connection to Trieste became obsolete upon the loss of Lombardy after the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859. First construction works on the projected Western Railway ( Westbahn ) line to the border with Bavaria via Linz and Salzburg got stuck in

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