Austrian Federal Railways
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| Aktiengesellschaft | |
| Industry | Transport |
| Predecessor |
Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways Austrian Southern Railway |
| Founded | 1923 (refounded 2004) |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
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Area served
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Central Europe |
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Key people
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Andreas Matthä |
| Products | Rail transport, Cargo transport, Services |
| Revenue |
 € 5,239 million (2013) |
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€ 103 million (2013) |
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€ 5,17 Mrd(2015) |
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Number of employees
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40,031(2015) |
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| Website | www.oebb.at |
The Austrian Federal Railways (German: Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB, formerly the Bundesbahn Österreich or BBÖ) is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrator of Liechtenstein's railways. The ÖBB group is owned entirely by the Republic of Austria and is divided into several separate businesses that manage the infrastructure and operate passenger and freight services.
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, using the slightly different Österreichische Bundesbahnen name, and remains in existence in this form.
Major changes currently being made to the Austrian railway network are the construction of the Wien Hauptbahnhof (Vienna main station), the Koralm Railway, the Semmering Base Tunnel and the Brenner Base Tunnel connection with Italy.
The Austrian rail system 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:
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...
... 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.
By a law of August 2009, the organisational structure dating from 2005 was further modified; the railways are under the control of ÖBB-Holding AG, a holding company wholly owned by the Austrian state, under the Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie.
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