Gmünd Lower Austria train station
| Gmünd Lower Austria | |
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Branch station |
| Platform tracks | 5 (with narrow gauge area) |
| abbreviation | Gm |
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| opening | 1869 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Gmuend |
| state | Lower Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ′ 51 ″ N , 14 ° 59 ′ 6 ″ E |
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| List of train stations in Austria | |
The Gmünd NÖ station is a branch station in the Lower Austrian city of Gmünd . At the station branch of the standard- Franz-Josefs-Bahn in Bosnian gauge built Waldviertel narrow gauge railways (760 mm) to Taferl (Südast), Litschau and Heidenreichstein (northern branch) from. While regular passenger traffic of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) still exists on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn , there is only tourist weekend and holiday traffic on the narrow-gauge railways, operated by the Lower Austrian Transport Organization Company (NÖVOG). The station has functioned as a border station since the end of the Second World War , as it is the last station on Austrian territory.
history
The station was built in the course of the construction of the Franz-Josefs-Bahn between Eggenburg and Gmünd in the 1860s and opened in 1869 as the Gmünd Stadt station. When it opened, Gmünd's main train station was on the other side of the Lainsitz in what is now České Velenice . Originally the Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways also ended here .
With the independence of Czechoslovakia , the station was expanded in order to allow trains from Vienna to end there in the future and to run the narrow-gauge railways, which until then ended in Gmünd Hauptbahnhof, to Gmünd Stadt. The boiler house and the workshops remained on the other side of the Lainsitz for the time being. In addition, the trains of the north branch had to run a little over Czechoslovak territory to get to Litschau and Heidenreichstein.
After the Second World War, own workshops and a boiler house were built in Austria and the station was renamed Gmünd NÖ. In addition, Czechoslovakia tried to ban Austrian inland traffic from its country and financed a short new line that replaced the piece on the other side of the Lainsitz. On this 1950 traffic could be started.
On June 1, 1986, passenger traffic on the Gmünd – Litschau and Gmünd – Heidenreichstein routes was discontinued. In return, the ÖBB tried to make the traffic on the south branch to Groß Gerungs more attractive by using two series 5090 rail buses . These were used in one-man operation and, due to their lower weight, had better acceleration values than the trains hauled by locomotives.
The station has been the express stop for trains Vienna – Prague / Berlin / Hamburg since the opening of the line. The downgrade of the station to a local traffic stop only took place with the relocation of long-distance trains to the northern line (with a few exceptions) in the 1990s.
In 1995, as part of the modernization of the Franz-Josefs-Bahn, which included the electrification between Sigmundsherberg and Gmünd, the station was rebuilt and equipped with raised platforms and an underpass. From then on, the few international trains in the direction of Budweis and Prague had to be converted from electric to diesel traction in Gmünd.
Despite the attempt to make the Gmünd – Groß Gerungs route more attractive, the ÖBB stopped both passenger and freight traffic on June 9, 2001. The two diesel railcars of the 5090 series were then used on the Mariazellerbahn . From then on, museum traffic was set up on the Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways on weekends and during the summer holidays, which took place until 2010 under the direction of the ÖBB. From 2010, NÖVOG took over the operation and the route infrastructure.
From 2013 to 2017 the station was modernized in several steps. In 2013/14, NÖVOG built a new departure hall and workshop for narrow-gauge traffic for 8.5 million euros. In the following year, ÖBB and the state of Lower Austria invested two million in a new guidance system for the blind and an electronic passenger information system at the train station. In addition, the underpass was modernized and equipped with two passenger lifts in order to be able to reach platforms 2 and 3 without barriers. ÖBB invested another one million euros in the renovation of the reception building, which took place between autumn 2016 and summer 2017.
Investments
The station has a heated waiting room with seating and a public toilet. A counter is integrated in the waiting hall.
The station has three platforms for operation on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn. The house platform (platform 1) is connected to the island platform (platforms 2 and 3) by an underpass . The departure hall of the narrow-gauge railway is separated from the normal-gauge area.
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The station is served every two hours by REX trains with repeater trains in the morning and afternoon / evening. This creates an almost hourly cycle in the respective load direction .
On the routes of the Waldviertler Schmalspulsparbahnen there is exclusively tourist seasonal traffic, which takes place mainly in summer and on weekends.
| line | route | Cycle (min) | annotation |
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| REX | České Velenice / Gmünd N.Ö. - Sigmundsherberg - Eggenburg - Tulln on the Danube - Vienna Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof | ~ 120 | every 60 minutes during rush hour |
| R. | Gmünd N.Ö. - Groß Gerungs / Heidenreichstein / Litschau | Max. 3 train pairs / day on selected days | Season traffic with special tariff |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gmünd railway station is now barrier-free. ORF Lower Austria, December 12, 2015, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Markus Lohninger: Gmünd - train station becomes construction site: waiting hall closed for weeks. NÖN Gmünd, September 29, 2016, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
- ^ ÖBB station information: Gmünd N.Ö. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
- ^ Timetable Vienna FJB-Gmünd NÖ. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .