Badner Bahn

Badner Bahn
A mixed class 100/400 train leaving the Schöpfwerk railway station
Overview
Other name(s)Wiener Lokalbahn
Statusopen
LocaleVienna metropolitan area
Stations36
Service
TypeTram-train
SystemVerkehrsverbund Ost-Region [de]
Operator(s)Wiener Lokalbahnen
Depot(s)
  • Wolfganggasse
  • Inzersdorf Lokalbahn
  • Leesdorf
Rolling stock
  • Class 100
  • Class 400
  • Class 500 (End 2021 planned)
Daily ridership35,000
History
Opened1873 (1873)
Technical
Line length30.4 km (18.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
  • Oper–Schedifkaplatz: 60 km/h
  • Schedifkaplatz–Baden: 80 km/h
Route map

Legend
km
Opera
Karlsplatz
Resselgasse
Paulanergasse
Mayerhofgasse
Johann-Strauß-Gasse
Laurenzgasse
Kliebergasse
0.0
 Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Eichenstraße
1.0
 Marx-Meidlinger Straße
Flurschützstraße/Längenfeldgasse
Aßmayergasse
Dörfelstraße
Bahnhof Meidling
Wiener Linien
Wiener Lokalbahnen
infrastructure
border
 Schedifkaplatz
2.5
Schedifkaplatz crossover
3.3
Metro line U6
Pottendorfer Line
3.6
 Schöpfwerk
4.3
 Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse
5.1
Liesingbach
5.2
 Inzersdorf Lokalbahn
6.6
 Neu Erlaa
7.2
 Schönbrunner Allee
Vienna
Lower Austria
state border
8.4
 Vösendorf-Siebenhirten
8.5
Petersbach
10.0
 Vösendorf SCS
11.3
Krottenbach
11.4
Vösendorf crossover
11.7
 Maria Enzersdorf Südstadt
12.7
 Wiener Neudorf
Mödlingbach
13.8
 Griesfeld
14.5
Griesfeld crossover
15.1
IZ NÖ Süd
15.3
 Neu Guntramsdorf
15.6
Guntramsdorf crossover
16.8
Wiener Neustädter Kanal
17.2
 Guntramsdorf Lokalbahn
18.4
 Eigenheimsiedlung
18.7
Eigenheimsiedlung crossover
19.8
 Möllersdorf
21.4
 Traiskirchen Lokalbahn
21.7
Semperit
22.4
Aspangbahn
23.4
 Tribuswinkel-Josefsthal
23.9
Wiener Neustädter Kanal
24.1
 Pfaffstätten Rennplatz
24.2
Mühlbach
24.7
 Melkergründe
25.1
 Baden Landesklinikum
25.5
 Leesdorf
26.4
 Baden Viadukt
27.2
 Baden Josefsplatz

The Badner Bahn or Wiener Lokalbahn is a tram-train service in the metropolitan area of Vienna. It runs for 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi) between Vienna and Baden, and is operated by the Wiener Lokalbahnen Aktiengesellschaft. The entire Badner Bahn is part of the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region [de] and is one of the most important passenger services owned by WLB.[1] In 2013, 35,000 passengers per day used the service.[2]

Route

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Starting from the Vienna State Opera, the service uses the tracks of Vienna's tram network as far as the Schedifkaplatz tram stop in the Meidling district, including parts of a tram tunnel. From Schedifkaplatz to Leesdorf in Baden and between Leesdorf and Josefsplatz, the train service has its own infrastructure, 25 kilometres (16 mi) of double-track light rail and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of tram line, respectively. These tracks are owned and maintained by Wiener Lokalbahnen.[3]

Since 14 December 2014, there is a new train station at the state clinical center (German: Landesklinikum) in Baden. Despite its addition to the route, the length of a journey could be kept at 62 minutes.[4]

From April until November 2024, trains will be diverted from their normal northern terminus due to construction. During this time, trains end at Quartier Belvedere station, near Wien Hauptbahnhof.[5]

Rolling stock

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Original 26 class 100 high-floor units built between 1979 and 1993 by Simmering-Graz-Pauker served the line. In order to provide headways of 7.5 minutes 14 low-floor class 400 units were ordered from Bombardier, they were produced from 2000 to 2010 and put in operation as double-unit trains with a class 100 units to provide accessibility.[6] In December 2018 Wiener Lokalbahnen presented the new class 500 Flexity trams designed by Bombardier Transportation (now part of Alstom), 18 trains were ordered with an option for 16 more,[7] 12 of those were taken in 2023. The new trams will replace all class 100 units of which only 10 are still in service.[8]

Class Built Numbers Cars Length Width Weight Power Max. speed
100 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991–1993 101–126 10 (16 decommissioned) 26.750 m 2.40 m 37 t 2 x 190 kW 80 km/h (limited to 78 km/h)
400 2000, 2006, 2009–2010 401–414 14 26.942 m 2.50 m 35 t 4 x 100 kW 80 km/h
500 2021–2024 501–530 18+12 (+4 option) 27,82 m 2.55 m 42 t 4 x 110 kW 80 km/h
  • historical trainset
    historical trainset
  • historical trainset
    historical trainset
  • trainset from Cologne
    trainset from Cologne
  • class 100 and 400 trainsets
    class 100 and 400 trainsets
  • class 500 trainset
    class 500 trainset

References

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  1. ^ "Partner & Links" (in German). Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Ausbau der Badner Bahn für Pendler". APA-OTS (in German). 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Personenverkehr" (in German). Wiener Lokalbahnen. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Fahrplanwechsel bringt Verbesserung für Fahrgäste" (in German). Wiener Lokalbahnen. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Sperre Wiedner Hauptstraße". Wiener Lokalbahnen (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  6. ^ "Letzte vier T400 an die Wiener Lokalbahnen ausgeliefert". LOK Report (in German). 2010. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Wiener Lokalbahnen unveils the design of the new LRVs". Railway PRO. 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  8. ^ "WLB's Class TW500 In Passenger Service". Railvolution. 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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