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ÖBB




Österreichische Bundesbahnen

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<th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Type</th> <td>Government-owned corporation</td> </tr> <tr class="note"> <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Founded</th> <td>1923</td> </tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Headquarters</th> <td class="adr">Vienna, Austria</td> </tr> <tr class="note">

 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Area served</th>
 <td>Austria</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th>
 <td>Martin Huber</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th>
 <td>Transport</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th>
 <td>Rail Cargo</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th>
 <td>5,5 billion euro</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Operating income</th>
 <td>314 million euro</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Net income</th>
 <td>17 million euro</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th>
 <td>42 951</td>
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 <th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th>
 <td class="url">www.oebb.at</td>
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old ÖBB Logo
old ÖBB Logo
The various logos of the ÖBB over time, starting with the oldest, which is a classic "flying wheel" as used in different variants by many railway companies around the world...
The various logos of the ÖBB over time, starting with the oldest, which is a classic "flying wheel" as used in different variants by many railway companies around the world...
...a more modern one introduced in the 1970s...
...a more modern one introduced in the 1970s...
... to the latest one, where the shape of the initial Ö is suggestive of the power/on/off symbol now used on many electronic devices.
... to the latest one, where the shape of the initial Ö is suggestive of the power/on/off symbol now used on many electronic devices.
Interior of an ÖBB passenger car
Interior of an ÖBB passenger car

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

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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

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