ÖBB
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Image:Oebblogo.gif Image:ÖBB-Logo.jpg Image:ÖBB 1099.JPG Image:ÖBB 5047.JPG Image:ÖBB 1116.JPG ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen - Austrian Federal Railways) is the national railway system of Austria. It is the successor to the Bundesbahn Österreich (BBÖ) (Federal Railway of Austria) which was incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1938 and 1945.
96% of the Austrian rail system is electrified, electrification of the system having begun in 1912. The last regular steam locomotive was retired in 1978.
On 1 January 2005 a new organisation structure was put in place:
- ÖBB-Holding AG (a holding company which gives a strategic overview of the railway)
- ÖBB-Dienstleistungs GmbH
- ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (Passenger transport)
- Rail Cargo Austria AG (Freight transport)
Subsidiary companies of ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG and Rail Cargo Austria AG are:
- ÖBB-Traktion GmbH (provision of locomotives)
- ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH (technical services)
Other companies:
- ÖBB-Infrastruktur Betrieb AG (Maintenance of railway lines, stations, and infrastructure)
- ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG (Infrastructure planning, management, and construction)
- Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH
- ÖBB-Immobilien Management GmbH
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Statistics
The ÖBB has
- 47,700 employees (it is one of the largest employers in Austria).
- 3,500 route miles (5,700 km).
- 1,500 locomotives.
- 22,000 passenger vehicles.
- 282,000,000 passengers carried.
- 150,000,000 bus passengers carried.
- ÖBB's bus services travel 32.4 million miles per year.
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Principal Lines
- Austrian Eastern Railway
- Austrian Northern Railway
- Austrian Northwestern Railway
- Austrian Southern Railway
- Austrian Western Railway
- Franz Josef Railway
- Brenner Railway
- Arlberg Railway
- Tauern Railway
- Pyhrn Railway
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