Life Ebenfurth: Railway expansion is delayed - commuters have to wait!

Life Ebenfurth: Railway expansion is delayed - commuters have to wait!

The railway industry in Austria faces exciting, but also challenging times. As reported, the procedure about the major “Schleife Ebenfurth” railway project and the associated attractiveness of the Pottendorfer line goes into the next round. The authorities announced the next step on July 5, 2025, which is connected to the modernization work on the Pottendorfer line between Wampersdorf and Ebenfurth, which is to begin in August 2025. These measures aim to improve the railway infrastructure for the commuters: to create a better connection to Vienna , so lok-report.de .

The focus of the plans is the comprehensive modernization and re-establishment of the Pottendorf-Landegg and Ebenfurth stations. With the construction of a four -track crossing area at the southern end of Pottendorf, bottlenecks are to be removed on the Pottendorf line. This is particularly important because the aim of these measures is to redirect long-distance traffic from the Südbahn to the Pottendorf line and thus to unknown the traffic of the west and south route in Vienna Meidling station. However, there are some hurdles to be overcome, because the Federal Administrative Court (BVWG) recently declared itself in no time for the loop for the loop in the direction of Burgenland reports ORF Burgenland .

delays for commuters: inside

The delay in construction could mean long waiting times for commuters from Burgenland and Hungary for a connection to Vienna. The construction of the Ebenfurth loop now depends on decisions of higher instances, which could also lead to the new evaluation of future timetable concepts. In the foreseeable future, no improvements in the current timetable on the Pottendorf line and the Raaberbahn , so lok-report.de .

The ÖBB-Infrastructure AG and the authorities involved have announced that the BVWG decision to contest the highest courts. It is also important to mention that developments around the Pottendorf line are closely linked to the extensive investment plans of the ÖBB, which will provide for around 19.7 billion euros to the expansion of the rail network by 2030 explains the press of the ÖBB .

The big picture in view

These investments are supported annually with around 3.2 billion euros and include both the maintenance of the existing network and new projects. The focus is on the stability and safety of the rail infrastructure, which is of the greatest importance for the quality of public transport. Numerous train station conversions and the expansion of S-Bahn routes are also planned to increase the attractiveness of local transport and to enable the regions to have a better connection as a whole , according to the ÖBB .