Laaer Ostbahn

The Laaer Ostbahn (lit. 'Laa Eastern railway line') is a railway line in Lower Austria. It runs 82.6 kilometres (51.3 mi) from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Laa an der Thaya, on the Czech–Austrian border. The line formerly continued to Brno. Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) owns and operates the line.

Laaer Ostbahn
Overview
Termini	Wien Hauptbahnhof Laa an der Thaya
Service
Services	Regional-Express Regionalzug Vienna S-Bahn:
Technical
Line length	82.6 km (51.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Route map Legend km Vienna–Brno railway line [de] 84.3 Czech Republic Austria 82.6 Laa an der Thaya Novosedly–Zellerndorf railway line [de] 77.0 Kottingneusiedl 74.9 Staatz Lokalbahn Enzersdorf bei Staatz–Poysdorf [de] 70.9 Enzersdorf bei Staatz Mistelbach [de] 66.4 Frättingsdorf 63.4 Hörersdorf 61.9 Siebenhirten NÖ 56.2 Mistelbach Stadt 55.5 Mistelbach Lokalbahn Korneuburg–Hohenau [de] Taschlbach [de] 52.4 Paasdorf 50.1 Ladendorf 44.5 Neubau-Kreuzstetten 41.5 Niederkeuzstetten 37.9 Hautzendorf Rußbach [de] 34.1 Schleinbach 31.9 Ulrichskirchen 28.6 Wolkersdorf [de] 26.7 Obersdorf Stammersdorfer Lokalbahn [de] 23.0 Seyring 21.3 Kapellerfeld 18.7 Gerasdorf 17.7 North railway 16.7 Wien Süßenbrunn Mitte 12.0 Wien Stadlau Nord Marchegger Ostbahn 11.3 Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße 9.9 Wien Stadlau 8.6 Wien Lobau Ölhafenbahn [de] Danube Donauuferbahn 7.5 Wien Praterkai Donaukanal 5.0 Wien Haidestraße 3.8 Wien Simmering Aspangbahn [de] Eastern Railway 1.8 101.8 100.0 Wien Hauptbahnhof ^[1] This diagram: view talk edit

Route

The Laaer Ostbahn begins at Wien Hauptbahnhof in Vienna and then turns north, splitting from the Eastern Railway and crossing the Donaukanal and Danube. At Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße, the Marchegger Ostbahn splits to the east while the Laaer Ostbahn continues north. Near Gerasdorf, the Laaer Ostbahn crosses and interchanges with the North railway. Continuing north, the line terminates at Laa an der Thaya, on the border with the Czech Republic.^[1] The line beyond Laa an der Thaya [de] to Hevlín and Brno was severed in 1945, as a result of the Second World War.^[2]

Operation

The southern end of the Laaer Ostbahn hosts the S1 and S80 of the Vienna S-Bahn, as well as Regional-Express and Regionalzug services, all of which leave the line at Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße and use the Marchegger Ostbahn for Wien Aspern Nord, Marchegg, or Bratislava main.^[3]

On the northern end, Regional-Express and S2 trains join the line at Gerasdorf, coming off the North railway. Services operate to Laa an der Thaya.^[4] There are no local services between Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße and Gerasdorf; some long-distance services such the EuroCity between Vienna and Katowice use that portion of the line to reach Břeclav.^[5]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Österreich [Austrian railway atlas] (in German) (3rd ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2021. pp. 14–15, 24, 105–107. ISBN 978-3-89494-150-5.
2. "Trotz Milliarden-Investitionen: weniger Züge, längere Fahrzeiten im Bahn-Fernverkehr". Radio Prague International (in German). 28 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
3. "Wien Hütteldorf - Wien Hbf - Wien Hirschstetten - Marchegg - Bratislava" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. "Wien - Wolkersdorf - Mistelbach - Laa a.d. Thaya" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
5. "Wien - Gänserndorf - Hohenau - Břeclav/ Marchegg" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

External links

•   Media related to Laaer Ostbahn at Wikimedia Commons