Political system : Austria is a federal parliamentary republic headed by a head of government, the Chancellor, and a head of state, the President, who essentially performs a representative function. Austria has a bicameral parliament consisting of two chambers: the National Council (Nationalrat) and the Federal Council (Bundesrat). Austria is made up of nine federal states (Bundesländer), each with its own government and parliament. These states have a degree of autonomy in certain areas.

A member of the European Union (1995), the Schengen area (1997) and the euro zone (1999).

Brief rail characteristics:
• UIC code : 81
• Main track gauge: 1435mm
• Main electrification: 15kV AC
• High Speed > V250: no

Rail transport
• History of rail in Austria
• Details of institutional organisation
• Highlights of Austrian news

Notified bodies
• Regulation: Schienencontrol
• Security: Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie

Public transport
• National / local and regional authorities

The 10 top ranking cities:
• Vienne, Graz, Linz, Salzbourg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Villach, Wels, Sankt Pölten, Dornbirn

Organisation of rail transport in Austria

Manager of the main railway network
ÖBB Infrastruktur Betrieb AG, subsidiary of ÖBB-Holding AG since January 2005

Main historical railway company
Österreichische Bundesbahnen since July 1923
ÖBB-Holding AG since Mach 2004 – Group with subsidiaries

Liberalisation (depends on the legal scope given to it)
International passenger traffic: ÖBB, ICE (DB), WESTbahn, České dráhy (ČD), RegioJet, BRB et GySEV
National mainline passenger traffic: ÖBB, ICE (DB), WESTbahn
National regional and local passenger traffic: ÖBB, BRB, GySEV and numerous other secondary operators 
Freight traffic: Rail Austria Cargo (RAC – ÖBB Holding) – numerous other operators

Mainline and international train services
ÖBB, ICE (DB), WESTbahn, České dráhy (ČD), RegioJet, BRB and GySEV 

Alternative mainline operators
WESTbahn, RegioJet 

Local / regional train services
ÖBB, BRB, GySEV and numerous other secondary operators

Other local and regional operators
Bavarian’s operator BRB to Salzbourg. 
The independent Hungarian operator GySEV to Ebenfurt and Neusidl am See.

Freight train services
Rail Austria Cargo (RAC – ÖBB Holding) – numerous other operators

Alternative rail freight operators
Numerous private rail freight operators

Bus / lightrail / metro
The regions are responsible for programming, planning and supervising their public transport, as are the major cities.

Glossary of rail transport in Austria

Infrastructure
◼ Main network manager:
• ÖBB Infrastruktur Betrieb AG
• 4.871km of lines
◼ Others secondary network managers:
• —
◼ Passerger stations:
• 1.046 (managed by ÖBB)
◼ Companies registered:
• 88 operators registered
◼ Main issues:
• Stations
• Brenner
• Koralmbahn
• Signalling & ETCS

Rolling stock
◼ Authorized vehicles:
• Electric vehicles
• Autonomous vehicles
• Emu
• Dmu
• Railway cars
• Freight wagons
• Others
◼ Suppliers:
• History of the industry
• Industry today

Passenger services:
◼ Incumbent:
• ÖBB
• National traffic yesterday:
• ÖBB Railjet
• ÖBB Nightjet
• Local traffic
• Crossborder traffic
◼ Other operators :
• WESTbahn
• RegioJet
• ICE International
• České dráhy (ČD)
◼ International traffic:
• Traffic organisation
• ÖBB Railjet
• ÖBB Nightjet
• WESTbahn
• ICE International
• České dráhy (ČD)
• RegioJet
◼ Stations:
• 1.046 (managed by ÖBB)
• Histoiry & Heritage
◼ Flow analysis:
• Main lines / local lines
• Modal shares & Economy

Freight services
◼ Industry sectors: •
• Steel
• Chemistry
• Automotive
• Intermodal
• Others
◼ Operators:
• from ÖBB to RCA
• RCA
• Other operators
◼ Austrian’s operations abroad:
• RCA
• Other operators
◼ Infrastructure :
• little freight stations
• Marshalling yards
• RCA in Trieste
• Crossborder stations
◼ Flow analysis:
• Main freight lines
• Modal share & Economy

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