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Train routes operated by ÖBB
16 routes · high-speed 1 · classic 7 · night train 4 · scenic 4
ÖBB runs 16 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 6,987 km of railway across 6 countries. The longest is the Nightjet Vienna–Rome at 1,180 km; the fastest is the Railjet Wien–Lienz, running up to 250 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1854. 8 of its routes cross an international border.
The company itself dates to 1919, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from ÖBB's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q83822 ↗
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- 16
- Total length
- 6,987 km
- Fastest
- Railjet Wien–Lienz · 250 km/h
- Oldest line here
- 1854
- Company founded
- 1919
- Type
- railway company
- Countries
- Austria, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Hungary
- Longest
- Nightjet Vienna–Rome · 1,180 km
High-speed (1)
- Koralmbahn
Austria’s game-changer of December 2025: the 33 km Koralm Tunnel cuts Graz–Klagenfurt from nearly three hours to 45 minutes, forging a new Baltic–Adriatic high-speed axis.
Wikipedia ↗
Classic (7)
- Railjet Vienna–Bregenz
The full west-bound railjet: Salzburg, Innsbruck, the Arlberg tunnel and out at the Bodensee — Austria end to end in one train.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet Wien–Venezia
One seat Vienna to Venice: over the Semmering, through the new Koralm tunnel to Klagenfurt and Villach, then the 1879 Pontebbana across the Julian Alps.
Wikipedia (IT) ↗ - Railjet Wien–Lienz
Osttirol’s capital link restored: two railjets a day over the Semmering, through the new Koralm tunnel and up the Drau valley — a child of the Dec 2025 timetable.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet · Deutsches Eck
Tyrol to Salzburg the fast way — through Bavaria: Austrian expresses cut the German corner nonstop via Rosenheim, Alps on the horizon the whole run.
Wikipedia ↗ - Vorarlbergbahn
Vorarlberg end to end: from Lindau on Lake Constance up the Rhine valley and the Walgau to Bludenz, where the Arlberg and Montafon lines begin.
Wikipedia ↗ - Szombathely–Szentgotthárd railway
The old Hungarian Western Railway toward Graz, now the through run from Szombathely to Szentgotthárd on the Austrian border.
Wikipedia (HU) ↗ - Tauernschleuse
Salzburg to Carinthia without the pass: the car shuttle through the 1909 Tauern tunnel, hourly under the Alpine main ridge from Böckstein to Mallnitz.
Night train (4)
- Nightjet Vienna–Rome
Board in Vienna after dinner, cross the Carinthian Alps and the Venetian plain by night, and wake rolling into Rome, a sleeper between two imperial capitals. From Villach south it runs coupled with the Munich portion — one train.
Wikipedia ↗ - Nightjet
First route to get ÖBB’s new-generation Nightjets in 2023. Mini Cabin pods for solo travellers and 230 km/h sleeper stock.
Wikipedia ↗ - Nightjet Munich–Rome
Board after dinner in Bavaria, wake to Tuscan hills: mini-cabins and wireless charging on ÖBB’s newest sleepers, crossing the Tauern by night. From Villach south it runs coupled with the Vienna portion — one train into Rome.
Wikipedia ↗ - Nightjet
The founding route of the Nightjet brand: over the Arlberg while you sleep, Alps at both ends.
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Scenic (4)
- Semmeringbahn
The world’s first true mountain railway (1854) and a UNESCO site: 16 viaducts built before the age of dynamite.
Wikipedia ↗ - Tauern Railway
Franz Joseph’s 1909 crossing of the Hohe Tauern: stone viaducts up the Gastein spa valley to an 8.4 km tunnel at 1,226 m.
Wikipedia ↗ - Salzkammergutbahn
Austria’s lake district by rail: from Attnang-Puchheim along the Traunsee past the imperial spa of Bad Ischl to the shore opposite Hallstatt, the picture-postcard village mirrored in its emerald lake.
Wikipedia ↗ - Pyhrn railway
Climbs from Linz over the Pyhrn Pass to Selzthal, tying the Westbahn to the Enns valley through the northern limestone Alps.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does ÖBB run?
16 of the routes in this atlas are ÖBB services, covering 6,987 km across 6 countries (Austria, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Hungary). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest ÖBB train?
The Railjet Wien–Lienz, Vienna to Lienz, at up to 250 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 5 h 20 min over 470 km.
Does ÖBB run night trains?
Yes — 4 sleeper services in this atlas: Nightjet Vienna–Rome (Vienna – Rome), Nightjet (Hamburg – Vienna), Nightjet Munich–Rome (Munich – Rome), Nightjet (Vienna – Zurich).
When was ÖBB founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1919, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1854 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries ÖBB runs in
- 🇩🇪 Train routes in Germany 115 routes
- 🇨🇭 Train routes in Switzerland 70 routes
- 🇮🇹 Train routes in Italy 62 routes
- 🇦🇹 Train routes in Austria 48 routes
- 🇭🇺 Train routes in Hungary 30 routes
- 🇱🇮 Train routes in Liechtenstein 3 routes
Other operators in Austria
- NÖVOG 4 routes
- ÖBB · DB 4 routes
- ÖBB · SBB 2 routes
- Salzburg AG 2 routes