Austrian Federal Railways offers bikers a chance to see the countryside. The bicycle trail by the Lake Neusiedl is one of the most traversed in Austria. Now, the Austrian Federal Railways have come up with a plan to make the journey from Vienna to the lake easier for bikers – as well as more environmentally […]
A 53-year-old man from Tyrol had to be hospitalised after he got injured trying to exit a departing train.The passenger opened the door of the EuroCity express train moments after it left the main station in Linz on Sunday evening. The Innsbruck resident was thrown on the tracks, but escaped with minor injuries as the […]
Struggling Federal Railways (ÖBB) is facing more trouble as Italian officials want to ban its trains from stopping in all but their final destinations.Italys railway regulator URSF announced yesterday (Thurs) the EuroCity trains of ÖBB and Germanys Deutsche Bahn (DB) will not be allowed to halt at any stations expect their final stops in the […]
A railway employee lost a leg when he was run over by a slow-moving train in Carinthia yesterday (Weds).The 52-year-old from St. Veit an der Glan was engaged in repair and maintenance work at a Weißenstein chemistry firms railway system when he failed to observe an oncoming train.Christoph Posch, a spokesman for Federal Railways ÖBB, […]