List of Austrian railway companies
This list provides an overview of the railway companies in Austria .
Companies that exist today
| society | abbreviation | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| ÖBB-Holding AG | ÖBB | Subsidiaries:
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| Achenseebahn-Aktiengesellschaft | ||
| Cargo Center Graz Betriebs GesmbH & Co KG | ||
| CargoServ GmbH | ||
| City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft mbH | CAT | from Wien Mitte train station to Wien-Schwechat Airport and back |
| ecco-rail GmbH | ecco | Cross-border freight transport between Austria and Germany based in Vienna |
| Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH | GKB | Köflacherbahn (Graz Hbf – Köflach) and Wieserbahn (Graz Hbf – Wies-Eibiswald) |
| Höllentalbahn-Projekt GesmbH | HPG | Operation of the Höllentalbahn |
| Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe and Stubaitalbahn GmbH | IVB | Innsbruck area |
| Lavamünder Bahn Betrieb Ges mbH | LBB | Lavamünd - St. Paul in Lavanttal |
| Linz Local Railway AG | LILO | Linz area |
| LTE Logistik- und Transport GmbH | LTE | |
| Local railway Lambach – Vorchdorf-Eggenberg AG | ||
| Local railway Gmunden – Vorchdorf AG | ||
| Local Railway Mixnitz – Sankt Erhard AG | ||
| Local railway Vöcklamarkt – Attersee AG | ||
| Local railway Payerbach – Hirschwang Ges.mbH | ||
| Montafonerbahn AG | MBS | |
| Neusiedler Seebahn GmbH | NSB | Infrastructure operator of the route Neusiedl am See - Fertőszentmiklós |
| Lower Austrian Schneebergbahn GmbH | NÖSBB | Rack railway on the Hochschneeberg |
| Lower Austrian Transport Organization Company Ltd. | NÖVOG | |
| NÖ Lokalbahnen BetriebsgesmbH | NÖLB-B | Operation of the mountain route of the Ybbstalbahn from Kienberg-Gaming via Lunz am See to Göstling ad Ybbs as a museum railway |
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Raaberbahn Aktiengesellschaft Hungarian: Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút |
ROeEE GySEV |
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| Rail Transport Service Austria GmbH | RTS | |
| regiobahn ErlebnisZug GmbH | RBAHN | |
| Salzburg AG | SLB | Emerged in 2000 from the Salzburg public utilities , it operates the Salzburg – Lamprechtshausen , Bürmoos – Ostermiething and Pinzgauer local railway lines |
| Salzburger Eisenbahn Transportlogistik GmbH | SETG | |
| Steiermarkbahn and Bus GmbH | StB | |
| Steiermarkbahn Transport und Logistik GmbH | StB TL | |
| Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH | StH | |
| Südburgenländische Regionalbahn GmbH | SRB | |
| Tauern Touristik GmbH | ||
| Taurachbahn-Gesellschaft mbH | Club 760 operating company | |
| TX Logistik GmbH | ||
| Walser Eisenbahn GmbH | Still inactive railway company of PE Arriva AG for operation in Austria. | |
| WESTbahn Management GmbH | WEST | |
| Aktiengesellschaft der Wiener Lokalbahnen | WLB | Subsidiaries:
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| Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft | E.g. |
Historical (private) railway companies
←… emerged from
→ ... absorbed into
- kk Southern State Railways (SStB) (1844–1858) → Southern Railway Company
- kk Northern State Railroad (1845–1855) → State Railroad Company
- kk Eastern State Railway (1847–1858) ← Cracow-Upper Silesian Railway , → Kaiser-Ferdinand-Northern Railway & Galician Carl Ludwig Railway
- kk Southeastern State Railway (SöStB) (1850–1855) ← Hungarian Central Railway → State Railway Company
- kk Lombard-Venetian State Railway (LVStB) (1852–1858) ← Strade ferrate da Milano a Monza & Como (Camerlata) & Lomard-Venetian Ferdinand Railway Company → Southern Railway Company
- kk Tiroler Staatsbahn (1850–1858) → Südbahngesellschaft
- kk priv. South-North German connecting line (1856–1907) → kkStB
- kk priv. Aussig-Teplitz Railway Company (ATE) (1858–1924) → ČSD
- kk priv. Bohemian Commercial Railways (BCB) (1881–1910) → kkStB
- kk priv. Bohemian Northern Railway Company (BNB) (1867–1908) → kkStB
- kk priv. Bohemian Western Railway (BWB) (1861–1894) → kkStB
- kk priv. Bozen-Meraner Bahn (1881–1906) → kkStB
- Brno Local Railway (1894–)
- kk priv. Brno-Rossitz Railway (1856–1879) → State Railway Company
- excluding private Buschtěhrader Eisenbahn AG (BEB) (1855–1924) → ČSD
- kk Dalmatian State Railway (1877-1884)
- kk priv. Dniester railway (1872–1876) → kk Dniester state railway
- kk priv. Dux-Bodenbacher Eisenbahn (DBE) (1871–1892) → kkStB
- kk priv. Railway Pilsen – Priesen (–Komotau) (EPPK) (1872–1884) → kkStB
- kk priv. Railway Vienna-Aspang (EWA) (1881–1942) → DR → ÖBB
- Actien-Gesellschaft der Schneebergbahn (SchBB) (1897–1937); from 1899 operated by EWA; → BBÖ
- First railway company (1827–1859) → Empress Elisabeth Bahn
- First Hungarian-Galician Railway (EUGE) (1872–1889) → kkStB
- kk priv. Archduke Albrecht-Bahn (EAB) (1873–1892) → kkStB
- kk priv. Carl Ludwig-Bahn (CLB) (1858–1892) ← kk Eastern State Railway → kkStB
- Graz-Köflacher Railway (GKB) (1860–); operated by the Südbahngesellschaft from 1878 to 1923
- Großpriesen-Wernstadt-Auscha local railway (LGWA); Operation by ÖNWB (until 1908), then by kkStB (until 1918) or ČSD
- Istrian State Railways (1876–1884); operated by the Südbahngesellschaft from 1876 to 1882
- kk priv. Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB) (1837–1906) → kkStB
- kk priv. Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn (KFJB) (1868–1884) → kkStB
- kk priv. Kaiser Franz Joseph-Orientbahn (KFJOB) (1857–1858) → Südbahngesellschaft
- kk priv. Empress Elisabeth Bahn (KEB) ( Western Railway ) (1858–1884) → kkStB
- Kremstalbahn (KTB) (1881–1906) → kkStB
- kk priv. Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn (Ks.Od.) (1869–1918) → Košicko-Bohumínska Dráha (KBD) → ČSD
- kk priv. Crown Prince Rudolf-Bahn (KRB) (1868–1884) → kkStB
- Laxenburger Bahn (1845-1932); Operated by the Südbahn and its predecessor companies
- Lemberg-Chernivtsi-Jassy Railway Company (LCJE) (1866–1889); from 1889 operated by the kkStB
- Bukowinaer Lokalbahnen (BLB) (1884–1889); Operated by LCJE ; → kkStB
- Kolomeaer local railways (1886-1889); Operated by LCJE ; → kkStB
- New Bukovina Local Railways (1889–1889); Operated by LCJE ; → kkStB
- kk priv. Moravian Border Railway (MGB) (1871–1895); partly operational management by StEG ; → kkStB
- kk priv. Moravian-Silesian Central Railway (MSCB) (1872–1895) → kkStB
- Local railway Mödling – Hinterbrühl (1883–1932), construction and operation by the Südbahn and its predecessor companies
- Mühlkreisbahn Society (1888–1942); from 1900 operated by kkStB ; → DR → ÖBB
- Imperial and Royal State Railway Mürzzuschlag-Neuberg (1879–); operated by the Südbahngesellschaft from 1879 to 1888
- kk priv. Neutitscheiner Local Railway (NLB) (1880–); no nationalization until 1945
- Lower Austrian State Railways (NÖLB) (1898–1935); Operation by BBÖ from 1922; → BBÖ
- Electric local railway Vienna state border near Hainburg (LWP) (1914–1933); from 1914 operated by NÖLB ; from 1922 by BBÖ ; → BBÖ
- kk priv. Niederösterreichische Südwestbahnen (NÖSWB) (1877–1882); → kkStB
- Austrian Local Railway Company (ÖLEG) (1880–1894); ← kkpriv. Elbogen Local Railway → kkStB
- kk priv. Austrian Northwest Railway (ÖNWB) (1868–1908); ← kkpriv. Reichenberg-Pardubitzer Bahn & SNDVB → kkStB
- kk priv. Prague-Dux Railway (PD) (1872–1892) → kkStB
- kk Rakonitz-Protiviner Bahn (1876-1884); 1875–1876 operated by DBE ; 1877 by ATE ; 1877-1883 by BWB ; from 1884 by kkStB
- kk priv. Reichenberg-Gablonz-Tannwalder Railway (RGTE) (1888–1930); 1888–1902 operated by SNDVB ; 1902–1918 by kkStB ; → ČSD
- Local railway Schönbrunn – Königsberg (1911–1926); 1911–1918 operated by kkStB ; → "Moravian Local Railway Company"
- priv. Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company (StEG) (1854–1909) ( was not a state railway ); ← Northern State Railroad & Southeastern State Railroad (1855); ← Vienna-Raaber Railway (1855); ← Brno-Rossitz Railway (1879); Hungarian lines → MÁV ; Austrian lines 1909 → kkStB
- kk priv. Südbahngesellschaft (SB) (1858–1923); ← kk Southern State Railways & Lombard-Venetian State Railways ; → BBÖ
- Bárcs-Pakráczer Eisenbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft in the operation of the Southern Railway Company
- Vicinalbahn Güns – Steinamanger operated by the Südbahngesellschaft
- Localbahn Cilli – Wöllan operated by the Südbahngesellschaft
- Kleinbahn Windisch-Feistritz SB – Stadt Windisch-Feistritz operated by the Südbahngesellschaft
- Rohitscher local railway in the operation of the southern railway company
- Local railway Bozen – Kaltern operated by the Southern Railway Company
- Local railway Laibach – Oberlaibach operated by the Südbahngesellschaft
- Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn (StStB) (1881–); 1881–1887 operated by the Kremsier Railway ; 1942 merged with Lokalbahn Stramberg – Wernsdorf to form Eisenbahn AG Stauding-Stramberg-Wernsdorf ; Nationalized in 1951
- AG Sulmtalbahn (1907-); 1907–1923 operated by the Südbahngesellschaft ; 1924–1930 operated by BBÖ ; from 1930 operated by GKB ;
- kk Tarnow – Leluchower State Railway (1873–1884); operated by EUGE until 1883 ; from 1884 by kkStB
- Hungarian Western Railway (UWB) (1871–1889) → kkStB & MÁV
- Imperial and Royal State Railway Unter Drauburg – Wolfsberg (1879–1888); Until 1888 operated by the Südbahngesellschaft
- kk priv. Vorarlberger Bahn (VB) (1872–1885)
- Vienna-Pottendorf-Wiener Neustädter Bahn (WPB) (1874-1923); Operation by Südbahngesellschaft
- Vienna-Raaber Railway (WRB) (1841–1855); → kk Southern State Railway (1853); → StEG (1855)
- Lammingtal Schleppbahn (LSB) (1920–1964) non-public railway with restricted public transport
- Commission for Transport Facilities in Vienna (VA) (1892–1934); → BBÖ & Municipality of Vienna - urban trams