Since 11 October 2025, trains have been running again between Austria and Slovakia – fully electric for the first time. The commissioning of the modernised Marchegg East Railway marks an important step towards sustainable mobility in the region and on the main line. This will make the connection between Vienna…
The cities along the Upper Rhine and the initiative Main Line for Europe e.V. have reacted with great dismay to the announcement that night train services from Paris to Berlin and Vienna are to be discontinued from mid-December. According to the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), the reason for this is…
Main Line for Europe e.V. notes with great concern that the urgently needed new line between Ulm and Augsburg is being called into question for financial reasons. A halt to the project would be a serious setback – not only for the Bavarian Swabia region, but for the entire European…
Anyone travelling abroad by train today quickly encounters obstacles: tickets from different railway companies often have to be purchased separately. What used to be done at the ticket office now requires several booking platforms or intermediaries such as Trainline or Omio – with the disadvantage that passenger rights often do…
The four-track expansion of the Rhine Valley Railway is progressing. The first construction contract has now been awarded for the planned new line between Offenburg and Müllheim, which will primarily be used for freight transport. A central component is the eleven-kilometre-long Offenburg tunnel, the largest tunnel project of the entire…
In 1850, the Geislinger Steige was completed, a technical masterpiece that is not only considered one of the first mountain crossings of a railway line in continental Europe, but also sparked the economic development of the entire region around Geislingen an der Steige. Today, 175 years later, the city is…
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