AUSTRIA: NEW TRAINS FOR AIRPORT LINK

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OBB is inviting tenders for and negotiating about the financing of a new generation of city trains for the S7 line to Vienna railway station. About 20 train sets will be needed. The city of Vienna has approved its 20% share (Sch 660mn) of the financing of the double-tracking of the line between Wien Mitte and the border of Vienna. The rest of the Sch 3.3bn cost of the project is to be provided by the Austrian government. Work on the line is to start in spring 2000 and be completed two years later. Then travelling time will be reduced from 34 to 24 minutes. From 2003 the service will run every 15 rather than 30 minutes, as the new trains will accelerate quicker.

Publisher: Unabhaengige Tageszeitungs fuer Oesterreich
Publication Name: Presse
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 1999
Strategy & planning, Financial management, Rail Mass Transit, Urban Transit Systems, Osterreichische Bundesbahnen

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Umplanung f r U1-Nord kostet halbe Milliarde

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The planning councillor of the city of Vienna has presented revised plans for the extension of the underground railway line U1 by 4.6 km from Kagran to Leopoldau. Compared with previous plans, the project now costs Sch 500mn more, at Sch 4.6bn. Another Sch 900mn is to be spent on rolling stock. Following an international tender round, construction of the line is to start in 2001, and the project is to be completed by 2006/2007.

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Austria: Vienna planning council presents revised plans to extend underground railway line U1 by 4.6 km from Kagran to Leopoldau

Publisher: Unabhaengige Tageszeitungs fuer Oesterreich
Publication Name: Presse
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 1998
Government domestic functions

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Ein Kilo Zug um einen Schilling

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BB is selling scrap wagons for Sch 1 for 1 kg. A railway fan can get a whole mail-car or a four-axle wagon for Sch 10,000 to Sch 46,000, depending on the weight. Emergency brakes and ash-trays are popular as individual items. Earlier, the company had scrapped old rolling stock. BB also transports the sold wagons to the customer to the nearest railway station at a special tariff.

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Austrian railway company is selling scrap wagons for Sch1 for 1 kg

Publisher: Unabhaengige Tageszeitungs fuer Oesterreich
Publication Name: Presse
Subject: Business, international
ISSN:
Year: 1998
Facilities & equipment, BB (Austria)

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