Austrian railway operators

ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG

ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG is the passenger train company of the Austrian Federal Railways. Anyone wanting to classify its vehicles needs to be able to read the four-digit class scheme.

RegioJet AT GmbH

RegioJet AT GmbH carries a country tag right in the middle of its company name. This page explains what such a suffix says – and what observers wrongly infer from it.

WESTbahn GmbH

WESTbahn GmbH stands for long-distance services with double-deck multiple units in Austria. This page explains what makes this design unusual in long-distance traffic and how to recognise it.

Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH (GKB)

Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH carries two modes of transport in its company name. For sightings, that means two rulebooks and two kinds of vehicle number.

Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn GmbH

The company name mentions a municipal transport operator and a local railway in the same breath. This dual role is typical for Austria – and the key difference for sightings.

Linz AG Linien GmbH

Linz AG Linien GmbH is the transport arm of a municipal utility company. This page also explains the Austrian railway vocabulary that sighting notes often trip over.

Lokalbahn Lambach–Vorchdorf-Eggenberg AG

The company name states three things at once: an operating form, two places and a legal form. This page explains why "Lokalbahn" in Austria is more than a nice-sounding word.

Montafonerbahn AG

Montafonerbahn AG carries a region and a legal form in its name. Together, both tell the story of the Austrian private-railway stock corporation.

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (Salzburg AG)

The name states a valley in the state of Salzburg and the parent body in brackets. This page explains what sets a mountain railway apart from a lowland line, operationally.

Salzburg AG für Energie, Verkehr und Telekommunikation

Salzburg AG für Energie, Verkehr und Telekommunikation carries its business divisions in its name. For railfans, only the transport division matters – and the question of how to identify vehicles properly when they carry no European vehicle number.

Steiermarkbahn und Bus GmbH

Steiermarkbahn und Bus GmbH carries two modes of transport in its name. This page explains what a shared corporate roof practically means for rail and bus – and what that means for spotting.

Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. stands for operating local railways in Austria. This page explains why local railways go their own way technically – right down to overhead line voltage.

Stubaitalbahn GmbH

Stubaitalbahn GmbH represents the type of valley railway found in Tyrol. This page explains how small railways get hold of their vehicles – and why that shapes their appearance for decades.

Wiener Lokalbahnen GmbH

Wiener Lokalbahnen GmbH stands for the interurban tramway type: a vehicle runs first on the street and then on a railway line – within a single duty.

Zillertalbahn GmbH

Zillertalbahn GmbH stands for the valley-railway type: everyday traffic and tourism on the same line – and so two very different vehicle worlds in one timetable.

Adria Transport d.o.o. (AT - also operating on the AT network)

Adria Transport d.o.o. has a legal form from the South Slavic language area and is listed under Austria in the database. That is exactly where an important lesson lies.

CargoServ GmbH

CargoServ GmbH combines freight and service in its name. If you want to understand heavy trains, you should know how brake weight and speed are connected.

Grampet Cargo Austria GmbH

Grampet Cargo Austria GmbH stands for freight traffic with a country tag in its name. At the border station you can see what really changes – and what simply keeps rolling.

Green Cargo Austria GmbH

Green Cargo Austria GmbH combines an international name with a country tag. Why staff, not technology, are the real border in freight traffic.

Lokomotion Austria GmbH

Lokomotion Austria GmbH shares its name stem with a company in Germany. Such name relatives aren't told apart by livery, but by the country code on the vehicle.

LTE Logistik- und Transport-GmbH

LTE Logistik- und Transport-GmbH is an Austrian freight operator with a name stem used internationally. This page explains what actually changes technically at a border.

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group

The Rail Cargo Group is the freight division of the ÖBB group. Identifying it means understanding why a state railway group is split by function.

Rail Cargo Austria AG

Rail Cargo Austria AG is the freight company within the ÖBB group. This page explains the wagon handover: why a train ends at the border while the load keeps moving.

Rail Cargo Carrier - Austria GmbH

Rail Cargo Carrier - Austria GmbH carries an internationally common name stem. This page also explains how to read the type code on a freight wagon.

Rail Transport Service GmbH (RTS)

Rail Transport Service GmbH (RTS) is an Austrian railway company with an English name and abbreviation. This page explains the Austrian term Anschlussbahn.

SETG Salzburger Eisenbahn TransportLogistik GmbH

SETG Salzburger Eisenbahn TransportLogistik GmbH is an Austrian freight operator. This page shows how to recognise it – and what sets a siding apart from a private siding track.

Steiermarkbahn Transport und Logistik GmbH

Steiermarkbahn Transport und Logistik GmbH operates in rail freight. This page explains what the name suffix suggests and why Austria uses "Verschub" instead of "rangieren".

TX Logistik Austria GmbH

TX Logistik Austria GmbH operates in rail freight transport. This page explains what the Austria suffix in the name means – and why heavy trains in the mountains need a locomotive at the rear.

Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo GmbH

Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo GmbH carries its field of activity in its name. This page explains the train path – the reason freight trains never appear in a public timetable.

European Loc Pool (ELP Austria, operativ)

European Loc Pool acts as a vehicle provider. That's why the locomotive on a train often carries someone else's livery – and a data panel that doesn't reveal who's actually running it.

Kärntner Linien / Landesgesellschaft (teilweise EVU-Funktion)

Not every name on a timetable belongs to a company that runs trains itself. This page explains how state companies and operating railways work together in Austria.

ÖBB-Produktion GmbH

VKM A-ÖBB

ÖBB-Produktion GmbH provides traction units and staff for Austrian railway operations. Understanding it takes a bit of Austrian operating vocabulary.

WESTbahn Management GmbH

WESTbahn Management GmbH carries a suffix that could point to administrative duties. This page explains what actually makes a company a railway operator (Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen, EVU) in the first place.