Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Railway
| Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | February 1, 1875 |
| Seat | Sopron , Hungary / Vienna , Austria |
| management | Ilona Dávid (General Director) |
| Branch | Railway company |
| Website |
gysev.hu raaberbahn.at |
The Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG or in Hungarian Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt. , in short: GYSEV / Raaberbahn is a railway company based in Sopron , Hungary. The majority owner is the Hungarian state , the Republic of Austria and the construction company Strabag hold a smaller share . The company's main connection is the cross-border Győr – Sopron – Ebenfurth railway line , and operations management has been taken over for other routes in the region in Hungary and Austria. The former German owner code ROeEE can only be found today in the Austrian owner identification and is otherwise no longer officially used.
Companies
The stock corporation with its headquarters in Sopron (Ödenburg) has had the following ownership structure since 2009:
- 65.6356% Hungary
- 28.2378% Republic of Austria , share management by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- 6.1266% STRABAG SE
Until 2009 the Austrian share was 33.3 percent and instead of STRABAG, Speditions Holding , a subsidiary of Rail Cargo Austria , was a partner in GySEV.
The General Director of GySEV was the Austrian Csaba Székely from 2007 to 2010 . On July 23, 2010, Ilona Dávid was appointed by the Hungarian government ( Orbán II cabinet ) as the new General Director. She was previously the head of accounting at the Hungarian state railway company MÁV .
The concession was originally valid for 90 years and has been extended several times since then. Since the last renewal in 2007, the license is valid in Hungary until December 31, 2032 and in Austria until December 18, 2022.
The branch in Austria, based in Vienna, has been registered in the commercial register of the Vienna Commercial Court under number 114215p with the company name "Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasut Reszvenytarsasag Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn Aktiengesellschaft" since March 14, 1924. The Austrian management works in Wulkaprodersdorf .
The subsidiary GySEV Cargo Zrt has existed as a rail transport company (EVU) for freight transport since 2011 . that is wholly owned by GySEV. It achieved a turnover of 39 million euros in 2017. Its subsidiary in Austria operates as Raaberbahn Cargo GmbH , which in turn made around 9 million in sales in 2016.
The GySEV / Raaberbahn is a member of:
- UIC - International Union of Railways based in Paris
- CER - Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies based in Brussels
- UITP
- RailNetEurope
GySEV / Raaberbahn has observer status in the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD), based in Warsaw.
history
The concession for a railway line from Raab (Győr) via Ödenburg (Sopron) to the then state border at Neufeld an der Leitha (Lajtaújfalu) was awarded on October 15, 1872 to Viktor Freiherrn von Erlanger (1840-1894). As a result of the financial crisis in 1873 , the first section from Győr to Sopron, which began at the beginning of March 1873, could only be opened on January 2nd, 1876. By taking over industrial railways, it was possible to drive to Ebenfurth shortly afterwards. With the necessary license the right was acquired to offer public transport on the then very short piece in Austria . The rest of the track was completely in Hungary .
The capital of the stock corporation, founded on February 1, 1875, initially amounted to 5,260,000 guilders ö.W. in 26,300 ordinary shares at 200 guilders. By 1910, after several capital increases, it had grown to around 46.5 million kroner . The company was based in Budapest. The operations management was set up in Sopron.
On December 19, 1897, the Neusiedler Seebahn (Fertővidéki Helyiérdekű Vasút; Fhév) opened its local railway between Parndorf (Pándorfalu) and Celldömölk . GySEV took over the priority shares and also became the builder and operator of this route.
After today's Burgenland was reclassified from Hungary to Austria in 1921, part of the GySEV railway area was henceforth on Austrian territory. With the announcement of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Transport on July 7, 1923 , the Republic of Austria confirmed the continued validity of the first license issued in the Kingdom of Hungary on October 18, 1872. The license duration was set at 90 years from October 28, 1879. The Austrian state also retained the right to redemption at any time - i.e. H. the nationalization - the licensed railroad before. The company was also obliged to set up a representative office in Austria.
After the Second World War and the political upheaval towards a communist-ruled People's Republic, the GySEV in Hungary remained independent as a privately organized stock corporation, as otherwise the operating rights in Austria would have been lost. Due to the compulsory expropriation of the owners, it has since been entirely in the hands of the Hungarian state.
In 1970, the narrow-gauge Széchenyi museum railway was built on the abandoned connection line of a sugar factory and is still operated by GySEV today. 1979 the traffic between Celldömölk and Fertőszentmiklós was stopped.
From 1959 and even more in the 1970s, traffic took off. Freight traffic in particular increased sharply. Between 1972 and 1979, diesel locomotives gradually replaced the steam locomotives that had been used up to now. The infrastructure was also completely renewed from 1976 to 1979 and equipped with electrical overhead lines by 1987. Electric rail operations began on May 31, 1987 between Győr and Sopron and on October 28, 1987 between Sopron and Ebenfurth. The section located in Austria is also fed with the 25 kV 50 Hz AC voltage that is common in Hungary, which in Ebenfurth required extensive modifications to the contact line system and the installation of a system separation point. In 1994, the Republic of Austria financed the expansion of the freight terminal in Sopron and took over a third of the shares from the company, which was previously owned by the Hungarian state.
On January 1st, 2002 the Hungarian state railway MÁV handed over the routes Sopron – Szombathely and Sopron – state border next Loipersbach - Schattendorf to the GySEV due to state orders . In that year, the ownership structure of the Neusiedler Seebahn / Fertővidéki Helyiérdekű Vasút also changed. (49% Republic of Austria, 25% Province of Burgenland ). Electrical operation on this route began on April 24, 2002.
In 2006 the GySEV took over the section Szombathely - Szentgotthárd - state border near Mogersdorf of the former Hungarian Western Railway from the MÁV. With an investment of 72 million euros, the 53.3 km long section was expanded for speeds of up to 120 km / h and an axle load of 22.5 tons. GySEV began construction work in September 2009 and completed the route by December 2010. Since then, the connection has been a high-performance, low-incline alternative to the Austrian Southern Railway via Semmering in north-south freight traffic . The GySEV hopes to be able to more than triple the tonnages from 800,000 tons to 2.5 million.
In 2009, the Hungarian state increased its stake from 61 to 65.6% as part of a capital increase in which the Republic of Austria, which has held a 33.3% stake since 2004, did not participate. The Hungarian Ministry for National Development decided on June 18, 2011 to transfer the management of several state railways with a total length of 214 kilometers to GySEV from December 2011.
stretch
Owned by GySEV
GySEV only owns the cross-border connection Győr – Sopron – Ebenfurth, which has been operated electrically since 1987. The property border to the ÖBB network is still at the former state border between Hungary and Austria, which was valid until 1921, at the Leithabrücke near Ebenfurth.
| route | Length (km) | Opening dates |
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| Győr – Sopron – Ebenfurth | 115.331 | Győr – Sopron: January 2, 1876 Sopron – Ebenfurth: October 28, 1879 |
In the operation of the GySEV
GySEV has been operating on the former Vizinalbahn of the Fertővidéki Helyiérdekű Vasút / Neusiedler Seebahn since the line opened in 1897. For further stretches of the railway area, the management of operations was transferred from the Hungarian state to GySEV in 2001, 2006 and 2011. For a few short sections in the border area near Sopron, GySEV has also been the operator of Austrian infrastructure since then. The narrow-gauge Széchenyi museum railway from Fertőboz to Széchenyi Castle in Nagycenk , which has been operated by GySEV since 1970, has a special position, which was originally designed as a pioneer railway . Even today, children and young people do voluntary work there in their free time.
| route | owner | Length (km) | takeover | Remarks |
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| (Celldömölk–) Fertőszentmiklós – Neusiedl am See (–Parndorf) | NSB / FHÉV | 50 | December 19, 1897 | Operations management since the line opened, electrified. The Celldömölk – Fertőszentmiklós section was closed on May 26, 1979. |
| State border next to Loipersbach-Schattendorf-Sopron | ÖBB ( MÁV ) | 8th | January 1, 2002 | |
| Sopron – Szombathely | MÁV | 62 | January 1, 2002 | Main line, electrified |
| Szombathely – Szentgotthárd | MÁV | 52 | 2006 | Main line, electrified (formerly Hungarian Western Railway ) |
| Hegyeshalom – Porpác | MÁV | 94 | 2011 | electrified |
| Hegyeshalom-Rajka | MÁV | 13 | 2011 | Main line, electrified |
| Porpác – Szombathely | MÁV | 17th | 2011 | double-track main line, electrified (formerly Hungarian Western Railway ) |
| Szombathely – Zalaszentiván | MÁV | 49 | 2011 | electrified |
| Szombathely – Kőszeg | MÁV | 17.3 | 2011 | |
| Körmend – Zalalövő | MÁV | 22.8 | 2011 | no traffic since December 13, 2009 |
| Harka-Deutschkreutz | ÖBB | 5 | ? | electrified |
Driving resources
In the past, GySEV owned mainly vehicles taken over from the Hungarian state railway MÁV , such as the steam locomotive series 424 or diesel locomotives such as the series M62.9 . Currently, the main line is mainly used by new class 470 locomotives (corresponding to ÖBB 1116 ). There are also some electric locomotives of the V43 series taken over from MÁV , diesel locomotives of the M40, M42 and M44 series and class 5047.5 and 5147.5 railcars (largely identical to their ÖBB namesake). The railway also took over some of the former ÖBB Schlieren wagons .
In 2012, Stadler Rail initially ordered four Flirt multiple units for regional traffic on the Sopron – Szombathely – Szentgotthárd line. Another six trains of this type were ordered in February 2013 for regional traffic on the Sopron – Győr line, later Csorna-Szombathely, and from 2016 Zalaegerszeg-Szombathely-Sopron.
Vehicles registered in Hungary bear the owner identification H-GYSEV and numbers according to the Hungarian scheme, the A-ROEEE registered in Austria and series numbers analogous to the ÖBB.
Electric locomotives
| model series | image | Manufacturer | number | annotation |
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| 430 |  |
Ganz-MÁVAG | 14th | taken over by MÁV |
| 470 |  |
Siemens | 5 | Other identically constructed locomotives were leased from the ÖBB ( series 1116 , seven units) from 2002 to 2015 and from Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (one locomotive) from 2014 to 2016 . |
| 471 | _3084.jpg) |
Siemens | 10 | Three more identically constructed locomotives were leased from ELL Austria in 2015 ; they are registered as the 193 series in Germany. |
Electric railcars
| model series | image | Manufacturer | number | annotation |
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| 415 |  |
Stadler | 10 | |
| 435 |  |
Stadler | 10 | Delivery from the beginning of 2018 |
| 4744/4746 |  |
Siemens | Rh 4744: 5 Rh 4746: 3 (from the end of 2021) |
As Ventus labeled |
Diesel locomotives
| model series | image | Manufacturer | number | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408 |  |
Ganz-MÁVAG | 2 | |
| 428 |  |
Ganz-Hunslet | 1 | |
| 448 |  |
Ganz-MÁVAG | 15th |
Diesel railcars
| model series | image | Manufacturer | number | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5047/247 |  |
Jenbacher | 7 (9) | 7 units taken over by ÖBB in 2011 2 pieces sold to Kárpát Vasút at the end of 2016 / beginning of 2017 |
| 5147/446 |  |
Jenbacher | 6th | 5 double units taken over by ÖBB in 2011 |
Passenger coaches
| model series | image | Manufacturer | number | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UIC-Z |  |
SGP | 26th | Taken over by ÖBB in 2016, used as RaaberCity Sopron - Budapest and Graz - Budapest |
| UIC-Y |  |
MVG Győr | 17th | from 1995 converted to open-plan cars |
| Schlieren car |  |
Jenbacher , SGP | 57 | Taken over by ÖBB from 2009 |
| Control car | Jenbacher , SGP | 3 | Domestic passenger coach from ÖBB , taken over in 2012 |
From 2003 to 2015, 25 Halberstadt center entry cars were also used.
literature
- Raab-Ödenburg-Ebenfurther Railway. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 8: Passenger tunnel - Schynige Platte Railway . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1917, p. 151 .
- Franz Xaver von Hlubek : The projected Graz-Raaber railway . Self-published, Gratz 1869.
- Josef Carl Hofrichter: The Raaber-Bahn (Hungarian Western Railway) in the area of Styria. A vademecum for tourists on the same . Leykam, Graz 1874.
- Friedrich Slezak: The Raaber Bahn . In: Viennese history sheets . Volume 44.1989, ISSN 0043-5317 . Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1989, p. 128–.
- Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (Hrsg.), Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn (Hrsg.): The Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn (ROeEE) AG . (Parallel title :) Györ - Sopron - Ebenfurti Vasut (GySEV) RT
- Gabriella Szováti: Development and perspectives of the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn Ag (GySEV). Economic and organizational consequences of the implementation of the EU guidelines for the GySEV . Thesis. FH-StG International Economic Relations , Eisenstadt 1998.
- László Jakab: Rail traffic to Southeast Europe, especially through Raab-Ödenburg-Ebenfurther Eisenbahn AG and a comparison of the transport times with road freight traffic . Thesis. Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna 2005.
- Sándor Tóth: A Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Rt. Létrejötte . (Parallel title :) The creation of the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG . (Text in German and Hungarian). A Soproni szemle kiadványai (translation: Sopron-Revue), Volume 19, ZDB -ID 270328-2 . Sopron 2010, ISBN 978-963-89133-0-2 .
- Ludwig Zwickl: GySEV - the Raaberbahn. Bridge between East and West. Operating history of the Austrian lines. First edition. www.bahnmedien.at, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502648-5-2 .
Web links
- Official website of GySEV / Raaberbahn (de, hu, en)
- Daily news. (...) cattle cars instead of passenger cars. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 258/1924 (XXXVI. Year), September 18, 1924, p. 4 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raaberbahn AG (Red.): The company ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: raaberbahn.at , 2014, accessed on December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Hungary removes Csaba Szekely as boss . In: derstandard.at , July 23, 2010, accessed on September 26, 2012.
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK): Direct investments . In: bmvit.gv.at , accessed on February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Hungary increases shares in Raaberbahn ( Memento from February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: volksgruppen.orf.at , June 9, 2009, accessed December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Official part. (...) Registration of a company company. In: Landesamtsblatt für das Burgenland , 13th issue, issued on March 26, 1924 (4th year), March 26, 1924, p. 76, left column. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ GySEV Cargo Zrt. From: ceginformacio.hu, accessed March 10, 2018
- ↑ Investments triggered 30 million euros in added value in the BVZ on February 15, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018.
- ^ Business and traffic newspaper. (...) Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter-Bahn. In: Neues Fremd -Blatt , morning edition, No. 236/1874 (Xth year), August 29, 1874, p. 6, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ data on geerkens.at
- ^ Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria of July 24, 1923
- ↑ Switzerland-Hungary Chamber of Commerce (HSU Zurich): GYSEV and Stadler have a contract ... ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: hsu-zuerich.com , October 1, 2010, accessed December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Kényelem vasúton (Hungarian)
- ↑ Vehicle owner code register
- ↑ Hungary: Kárpát Vasút buys Jenbacher railcars on www.eurailpress.de, accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ Osobní vozy GySEV , vagonWEB (Czech)
Remarks
- ↑ His brother Ludwig (1836–1898) was Vice-President of the Budapest-based Board of Directors from the start of operations; President of the body was ku Undersecretary Victor Graf Zichy-Ferraris (1842–1880), who died a few years after taking up his post in a pistol duel he was looking for. - See: Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Railway . In: Railway Schematism for Austria-Hungary . Manz, Vienna 1876, p. 305 (301), full text online , as well as daily news. (...) Count Victor Zichy-Ferraris (...). In: Morgen-Post , No. 147/1880 (XXX. Year), May 29, 1880, p. 2, bottom right, f. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ According to the registration of the company at the Commercial Court of Vienna on March 14, 1924, the company opened on October 28, 1879. (See: Individual verification, official part. (…) Registration of a company company ).