Österreichische Bundesbahn

  Stemningsbillede fra Zell am See - August 1975 - Johs. Mosgaard ©

ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen - Austrian Federal Railways) is the national railway system of Austria. It is the successor to the Bundesbahn Österreich (BBÖ) (Federal Railway of Austria) which was incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1938 and 1945.

The Austrian rail system is largely electrified, electrification of the system having begun in 1912 but didn't come to an advanced state until the 1950s. The last steam locomotive in regular service on the standard gauge network was retired in 1978.

On 1 January 2005 a new organisation structure was put in place:

• ÖBB-Holding AG (a holding company which gives a strategic overview of the railway)
  • ÖBB-Dienstleistungs GmbH
• ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (Passenger transport)
• Rail Cargo Austria AG (Freight transport)

Subsidiary companies of ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG and Rail Cargo Austria AG are:

• • ÖBB-Traktion GmbH (provision of locomotives)
  • ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH (technical services)

Other companies:

• ÖBB-Infrastruktur Betrieb AG (Maintenance of railway lines, stations, and infrastructure)
• ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG (Infrastructure planning, management, and construction)
  • Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH
  • ÖBB-Immobilienmanagement GmbH

The ÖBB has:

• 44,000 employees (it is one of the largest employers in Austria).
• 5,700 km (3,500 route miles); 57% electrified
• 1,230 locomotives.
• 3,136 passenger vehicles
• 220 Electrical Multiple Unit
• 145 Diesel Multiple Unit
• 436,000,000 passengers carried, of which
• 245,000,000 bus passengers carried.
• ÖBB's bus services travel 52.5 mio km (32.4 mio miles) per year.
• 11 Bombardier Transportation Talent 4023 Electrical Multiple Unit - regional rail service
• 80 Bombardier Transportation Talent 4024 Electrical Multiple Unit - suburban rail service
• 16 Bombardier Transportation Talent 4124 Electrical Multiple Unit - regional rail service, also to Hungary  (kilde: Wikipedia)