Classic route
REX Wien–Sopron
Vienna → Sopron · Austria · Hungary
Vienna into Hungary the old imperial way: Wiener Neustadt, the Ödenburg plain, and GySEV’s green-and-yellow home town of Sopron.
- Distance
- 73 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 58 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmWien Hauptbahnhof +14
- 4 kmWien Meidling +7
- 42 kmEbenfurth
- 44 kmNeufeld an der Leitha
- 51 kmMüllendorf
- 57 kmWulkaprodersdorf
- 63 kmDraßburg
- 66 kmBaumgarten-Schattendorf
- 74 kmSopron +2
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3774028: 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 6
- 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–Sopron?
The REX Wien–Sopron runs 73 km from Vienna to Sopron. It runs through Austria and Hungary.
How long does the REX Wien–Sopron take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min for the 73 km. That is an average of 58 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the REX Wien–Sopron?
GySEV and ÖBB, with GySEV REX.
How old is the REX Wien–Sopron?
The line has been in service since 1879. 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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