Classic route
REX Wien–Bratislava
Vienna → Bratislava · Austria · Slovakia
View on the map →Wikipedia (DE) ↗Stations · 9
Europe’s closest capital pair, an hour apart on the 1848 Marchegg line across the Morava floodplain — two countries, one commuter corridor.
Stations
- 0 kmWien Hauptbahnhof
- 4 kmWien Simmering
- 10 kmWien Stadlau
- 15 kmWien Aspern Nord
- 30 kmSiebenbrunn-Leopoldsdorf
- 38 kmSchönfeld-Lassee
- 46 kmMarchegg
- 52 kmDevínska Nová Ves
- 65 kmBratislava hl.st.
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3749681 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of REX 8
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the REX Wien–Bratislava?
The REX Wien–Bratislava runs 65 km from Vienna to Bratislava. It runs through Austria and Slovakia.
How long does the REX Wien–Bratislava take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 5 min for the 65 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the REX Wien–Bratislava?
ÖBB and ZSSK, with ÖBB Cityjet.
How old is the REX Wien–Bratislava?
The line has been in service since 1848. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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