Montafonerbahn (company)
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1904 |
| Seat | Schruns , Austria |
| management | Bertram Luger |
| Number of employees | 150 |
| sales | 20 million euros |
| Branch | Railway company |
| Website | www.montafonerbahn.at |
The Montafonerbahn AG , abbreviated MBS , is a private law and transport companies in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . There it mainly operates the Bludenz – Schruns railway in the Montafon , on which it is both a railway infrastructure company and the sole railway company .
The Montafonerbahn- Aktiengesellschaft was founded in Schruns in 1904 . The main shareholder today is the Montafon stand with 54.5 percent. 11.5 percent are owned by illwerke vkw AG , 11.2 percent are owned by the State of Vorarlberg and 22.8 percent of the shares are in free float.
History and ventures
The planning for founding the company began with the opening of the Arlbergbahn in 1884. The professional representative and star landlord Jakob Stemer and the mill owner Wilhelm Mayer played a key role in this .
Litz power plant since 1904
On April 1, 1895, the construction of the Litz power plant in Tobel ( Silbertal ) began, and in December of the same year the first electric light in the valley was already on in the Krone inn in Schruns. In 1904 the Montafonerbahn Aktiengesellschaft, which was in the process of being founded, acquired the E-Werk.
From 1996 to 1998 the Litz power plant, which was undersized for modern operation, was rebuilt at a different location and the old one was shut down.
Montafonerbahn since 1905
When it opened on December 18, 1905, the 12.8 kilometer long Bludenz – Schruns railway opened up the Montafon. With the Bludenz-Schruns line, one of the first electrically operated standard-gauge local railways in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy went into operation.
In the 1990s, the company was also integrated into the Vorarlberg transport association (VVV). Since 2005 there has also been a close cooperation between MBS and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Since then, MBS railcars have also been operating on commissioned ÖBB routes, and ÖBB sets are used on the MBS route as part of a kilometer compensation for these services.
Tschagguns freight yard after 1961
In addition, the Montafonerbahn AG took over the remnants of the Tschagguns – Partenen railway line from the Illwerke , which are now used as a freight station and loading station in Tschagguns . A re-establishment of the line towards Gaschurn and Partenen was last examined in the 1980s, but not implemented.
In May 2013, the freight station was completely demolished, the former railway site leveled and is now available as commercial space.
Bus transport since 2005
In 2005, when mbs Bus GmbH was founded, mbs took over public bus transport in the Montafon with 10 buses and a transport performance of around 500,000 annual kilometers. In 2008, 18 mbsBus buses were already operating through the Montafon. These also belong to the transport association with a uniform ticket system and tariff model.
mbs-Beteiligungs GmbH
The mbs-Beteiligungs GmbH , a subsidiary of Montafonerbahn, took over the company in 2006, electric Decker in Hamlet and participated in the natural heat-Montafon GmbH . The mbs Handel division operates a specialist electronics store in Schruns under the name Red Zac Montafon .
literature
- Karl Zwirchmayr: 90 Years Montafonerbahn AG - Railway and Energy Supply , Hieronymus Münzer Verlag, Feldkirch 1994, ISBN 3-85176-029-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Montafoner Heimatbuch. As of Montafon, 1974
- ↑ Montafonerbahn: Stops equipped with cameras vol.at from January 31, 2008
- ↑ Montafonerbahn buys Elektro Decker (PDF; 459 kB). vorarlberg.orf.at, September 4, 2006
- ↑ The naturwärme-montafon GmbH was founded ( Memento of March 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) . montafonerbahn.at, October 19, 2006