Austrian railway course book
The Austrian Railway Course Book was published regularly by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) until 2011 and contained most of the railway lines with passenger transport in Austria as well as the Intercitybus lines Graz - Klagenfurt and Klagenfurt - Venice . The names of the timetable images were not identical to the route numbers of the ÖBB or other infrastructure operators. By means of an interim injunction, the Cartel Court in Vienna decided at the end of November 2011 that ÖBB was not allowed to sell the Austrian Railway Course Book without the timetable data from Westbahn Management GmbH. The sale of the course book was therefore to be stopped immediately. The 2012 winter timetable was made available online in timetable images.
With the issue of December 2012, the Austrian Federal Railways stopped publishing the printed timetable. The tables (timetable images) will continue to be generated and are available as a PDF from the ÖBB website.
The Austrian Railway Course Book included all railway lines in Austria and Liechtenstein . It also contained extracts of the timetables for the museum railways and liner shipping , but no longer the bus routes of today's ÖBB-Postbus GmbH . The timetable was always published shortly before the timetable change (mid-December, earlier at the end of May / beginning of June) as an annual edition, in mid-June a volume of changes with updated timetables for all routes was published, which was available free of charge with a voucher in the annual edition. The information about cable cars and local public transport has not been included since the 1997/98 timetable.
The earlier ÖBB bus timetable no longer exists today. The timetable pages of the ÖBB Postbuses can still be seen in the timetable books of the individual transport associations and can be viewed as a PDF file on the ÖBB website.
class book
Until the summer timetable came into force on June 3, 1956, all Austrian timetables were printed in a timetable. Then, for the sake of convenience, it was divided into two volumes, one part containing the timetables for rail, shipping and air connections and the other part containing the car connections.
All timetables could and can be called up online via the official homepage of ÖBB-Personenverkehrs AG. It was also possible to purchase the timetables on CD-ROM. A “Long-Distance” timetable booklet was enclosed with the printed timetable book.
The timetable book contained the following sections:
- Overview map of Austria's rail network
- Overview map of the railway network in the Vienna region
- Station directory
- Explanation of symbols
- Timetable pictures
The train directory section was last published in the 2010 timetable book.
Timetable pictures 2017/18
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been adopted in the present table as shown in the 2017/18 timetable. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Timetable pictures 2016/17
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been adopted in the table here as they are shown in the 2016/17 timetable. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Timetable pictures 2015/16
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been adopted in the present table as shown in the 2015/16 timetable. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Timetable pictures 2014/15
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been adopted in the table as shown in the 2014/15 timetable. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Timetable pictures 1998/1999
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been taken over into the present table as shown in the 1998/1999 timetable. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics. The change from this designation system to the three-digit course book numbers took place with the 2001/2002 timetable change.
Timetable pictures 1976/1977
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been taken over into the present table as shown in the course book 1976/1977. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Timetable pictures 1951/1952
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been adopted in the present table as shown in the course book 1951/1952. Railway stations not in Austria are shown in italics.
Legend for the timetable images
Infrastructure operator
The following infrastructure operators - in the table column "IB" - are involved in passenger rail transport in Austria :
- ASB = Achenseebahn AG
- GKB = Graz – Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH
- GySEV = Raaberbahn AG
- IVB = Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe and Stubaitalbahn
- LILO = Linz Local Railway AG
- MBS = Montafonerbahn AG
- NSB = Neusiedler Seebahn GmbH
- NÖVOG = Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsgesellschaft mbH
- ÖBB Infra = ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG
- SKGB = Salzkammergutbahn GmbH
- SLB = Salzburg AG
- St & H = Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- StLB = Styrian State Railways
- WLB = AG of Wiener Lokalbahnen
- ZB = Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG
Railway companies
Passenger rail transport in Austria is provided by the following rail transport companies - in the table column "EVU":
- ASB = Achenseebahn AG
- CAT = City Air Terminal BetriebsgmbH
- DB Regio = DB Regio AG
- GKB = Graz – Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH
- GySEV = Raaberbahn AG
- IVB = Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe and Stubaitalbahn
- MBS = Montafonerbahn AG
- NÖSBB = Lower Austrian Schneebergbahn GmbH
- NÖVOG = Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsgesellschaft mbH
- ÖBB EB = ÖBB-Personenverkehrs AG - ProfitCenter ErlebnisBahn
- ÖBB PV = ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG
- SKGB = Salzkammergutbahn GmbH
- SLB = Salzburg AG
- St & H = Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- StLB = Styrian State Railways
- WL = Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG
- WLB = Wiener Lokalbahnen AG
- WEST = WESTBahn Management GmbH
- ZB = Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG
Remarks
- NV = local transport
- FV = long-distance traffic
- SEV = rail replacement service
Foreign exchange book
At the end of 2006, the ÖBB published the last classic foreign course book and replaced it with a kind of travel catalog with the 2007 timetable period. This also no longer exists since 2009.
The spelling of the train stations and stops, the route and other information have been taken over into the present table as shown in the last foreign exchange rate book 2006.
Timetable picture |
Distance from - to according to the course book |
annotation |
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A100 | Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck - Buchs - Zurich - Basel | |
A101 | Bregenz - St. Margrethen - St. Gallen - Zurich | |
A102 | Zurich - Olten - Bern - Genève | |
A103 | Zurich - Biel / Bienne - Lausanne - Genève - Lyon | |
A104 | Zurich - Zug - Lucerne | |
A105 | Zurich - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - … - Locarno … - Chiasso - Milano |
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A110 | Feldkirch - Nendeln - Buchs SG | Feldkirch – Buchs railway line |
A111 | Feldkirch - Buchs - Sargans - Chur - St. Moritz | |
B100 | Vienna - Passau - Nuremberg - … - Stuttgart - Karlsruhe … - Frankfurt (M) - Cologne - (Hagen -) Dortmund |
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B110 | Vienna - Passau - Würzburg - Kassel - Hanover - … - Bremen … - Hamburg - Kiel |
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B120 | Vienna - Passau - Nuremberg / Munich - Augsburg - Nuremberg - Leipzig - Magdeburg / - Berlin | |
B130 | Vienna - Passau - Frankfurt (M) - Mannheim - Saarbrücken - Paris | |
B131 | Vienna - Passau - Frankfurt (M) - Koblenz - Trier | |
B140 | Cologne - Aachen - Liège G. - Bruxelles / Brussels - … - Oostende … - London … - Paris |
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B145 | Cologne - Emmerich - Utrecht - … - Gouda - Rotterdam … - Gouda - The Hague … - Amsterdam |
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B200 | Vienna - Salzburg - Rosenheim - Munich | |
B210 | Salzburg - Freilassing - Berchtesgaden | |
B211 | Salzburg - Freilassing - Mühldorf (Oberbay) - Regensburg | |
B220 | Vienna - Munich - Paris | |
B225 | Paris - London | Eurostar , reservation required - special fare |
B230 | Munich - Mannheim - Cologne - Dortmund - Münster - Hamburg | |
B235 | Munich - Augsburg / Ingolstadt - Treuchtlingen - Nuremberg - Fulda - Göttlingen - Hamburg | |
B240 | Munich - Ulm - Frankfurt (M) - Fulda - Göttlingen - Braunschweig - (Berlin-Wannsee -) Berlin | |
B300 | Innsbruck - Kufstein - Rosenheim - Munich | |
B410 | Innsbruck - Mittenwald - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Pfronten-Steinach - Kempten (Allgäu) | |
B411 | Mittenwald - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Weilheim - Augsburg / Munich | |
B500 | Bregenz - Lindau - Memmingen / Kempten (Allgäu) - Buchloe - Augsburg / Munich | |
B501 | Lindau - Friedrichshafen - … - Singing … - Ulm - Stuttgart |
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C100 | Vienna - Břeclav - Brno - Olomouc Vienna - Břeclav - Brno - Česká Třebová - Kolin - Praha - … - Cheb … - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg |
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C110 | Vienna - Hohenau - Břeclav - Přerov - Olomouc Vienna - Hohenau - Břeclav - Přerov - Petrovice u. K. - Katowice - … - Krakow … - Warszawa - Brest - Moskva |
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C200 | Vienna Meidling - Vienna Floridsdorf - Stockerau - Hollabrunn - Retz - Znojmo | |
C300 | Vienna - Gmünd Lower Austria - České Velenice - České Budejovice - Veseli n. L. - Praha | |
C400 | Linz - Praha | |
D100 | Vienna - Marchegg - Bratislava Vienna - Kittsee - Bratislava |
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D110 | Vienna - Marchegg / Kittsee - Bratislava - … - Nové Zamky - Budapest … - Zvolen - Košice |
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E100 | Vienna - Hegyeshalom - Budapest - Szolnok - Záhony - Kiev - Moskva | |
E120 | Vienna - Budapest - Curtici - Sighișoara - București - Sofija - Thessaloniki | |
E130 | Vienna - Budapest - Beograd - Sofija - Thessaloniki | |
E200 | Vienna - Ebenfurth - Sopron - … - Szombathely - Pécs - … - Csorna - Budapest |
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E210 | Wiener Neustadt - Mattersburg - Sopron - … - Budapest … - Szombathely - Zalaegerszeg |
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F100 | Vienna - Graz - Spielfeld-Straß - Zidani Most - … - Zagreb Gl. col. - Split … - Ljubljana - Rijeka |
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F110 | Bleiburg - Prevalje - Dravograd - Maribor | Drautalbahn |
F200 | Salzburg - Jesenice - Ljubljana - … - Zagreb - Beograd … - Rijeka |
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G100 | Vienna - Villach - Tarvisio - Udine - (Monfalcone - Cervignano-Aquileia-Grado -) Venezia Mestre - Venezia Santa Lucia | |
G200 | Vienna - Bologna - Firenze - Roma | |
G210 | Roma - Napoli - Messina - Siracusa / Palermo | |
G300 | Innsbruck - Brennero / Brenner - Bolzano / Bozen - Verona - Bologna - Roma | |
G310 | Bolzano / Bozen - Merano / Meran | Railway line Bozen – Merano |
G311 | Merano / Meran - Malles / Mals | Vinschgau Railway |
G320 | Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Spittal-Millstättersee - Lienz - San Candido / Innichen - Fortezza / Franzensfeste | Drautalbahn |
See also
- List of Austrian railway companies
- List of railway lines in Austria
- Kursbuch (Germany)
- Course book (Switzerland) and list of timetable fields
- Spoorboekje inland
- Course book Europe
- Overseas course book