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Schaan-Vaduz Railway Station
Schaan-Vaduz is one of the four train stations serving Liechtenstein, located in the town of Schaan, from Vaduz. It is owned by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). The station is served by 22 trains per day, 11 in each direction between Switzerland and Austria. The station is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Overview Schaan-Vaduz is situated on the international and electrified Feldkirch-Buchs line, between the station of Buchs SG (in Switzerland) and the stop of Forst Hilti (in the northern suburb of Schaan). It is served only by regional trains. Located in the middle of town, the station is composed of a two-storey building, a wooden shed and a platform serving the first track. The second track has no platform and is rarely used. Located on the platform is the remnants of a rail line, part of a dismantled track system used by freight wagons. Services the following regional train service calls at Schaan-Vaduz station: * Vorarlberg S-Bahn : on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaan
Schaan (; dialectal: ''Schaa'') is the largest Municipalities of Liechtenstein, municipality of Liechtenstein by population. It is located to the north of Vaduz, the capital, in the central part of the country. it has a population of 6,039, making it the most populous administrative district in Liechtenstein. Representing an important traffic hub and industrial location of the country, Schaan covers an area of , including mountains and forest. It is a municipality within the electoral district of Oberland (electoral district), Oberland in the Liechtenstein, Principality of Liechtenstein. Schaan contains four exclaves: Brunnenegg, Gritsch, Guschg, and Plankner Neugrütt. History Recent archaeological finds have shown that Schaan has been inhabited for over 6,000 years: In the year 15 BC, the Roman Empire, Romans, under Augustus, conquered the territory of the present Principality of Liechtenstein and established the Roman province of Raetia. In the 1st century AD, a military ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's one railway line, the Feldkirch–Buchs railway, is operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As such, it represents an exception to the more usual Liechtenstein practice of cooperating closely with Switzerland, as in the case of the principality's use of the Swiss franc as its currency and its membership of a common customs area with its western neighbour. The railway line carries international services between Austria and Switzerland, most of which run non-stop through the principality. Only one local train service stops at three of the four stations located in Liechtenstein. The S2 (or R2 when it skips the stops of and in Feldkirch) of Vorarlberg S-Bahn runs 11 times in each direction a day on Workdays (Monday to Friday excluding Austrian Holidays) connecting to . In addition, there are 9 long-distance international trains that pass through Liechtenstein without stopping (Railjet, EuroCity). The line is also used to transport freight. Plans have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track (rail Transport)
Railway track ( and UIC terminology) or railroad track (), also known as permanent way () or "P way" ( and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers ( railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. It enables trains to move by providing a dependable, low-friction surface on which steel wheels can roll. Early tracks were constructed with wooden or cast-iron rails, and wooden or stone sleepers. Since the 1870s, rails have almost universally been made from steel. Historical development The first railway in Britain was the Wollaton wagonway, built in 1603 between Wollaton and Strelley in Nottinghamshire. It used wooden rails and was the first of about 50 wooden-railed tramways built over the subsequent 164 years. These early wooden tramways typically used rails of oak or beech, attached to wooden sleepers with iron or wooden nails. Gravel or small stones were pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's one railway line, the Feldkirch–Buchs railway, is operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As such, it represents an exception to the more usual Liechtenstein practice of Liechtenstein–Switzerland relations, cooperating closely with Switzerland, as in the case of the principality's use of the Swiss franc as its currency and its membership of a common customs area with its western neighbour. The railway line carries international services between Austria and Switzerland, most of which run non-stop through the principality. Only one local train service stops at three of the four stations located in Liechtenstein. The S2 (or R2 when it skips the stops of and in Feldkirch) of Vorarlberg S-Bahn runs 11 times in each direction a day on Workdays (Monday to Friday excluding Public holidays in Austria, Austrian Holidays) connecting to . In addition, there are 9 long-distance international trains that pass through Liechtenstein without stopping (Railjet, Transalp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaanwald Railway Station
Schaanwald was a railway station in Liechtenstein along the Feldkirch–Buchs railway line. It is one of four railway stations in Liechtenstein and located in the village of Schaanwald in the Mauren municipality. The station is currently disused and not served by any train service. History The station opened in 1902 and received a station building in 1928. It was staffed until 1988. Over time, the number of trains stopping at the station diminished considerably. From 2010 until 2012, only one train per day stopped here. Since 2013, the station is no longer served. Overview Customs Schaanwald, when used, is for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Austria. Liechtenstein is in a customs union with Switzerland. Customs checks may be performed in the station or on board trains by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Liechtenstein joined the Schengen Area in 2011. Gallery File:Haltestelle Schaanwald-Northeast.jpg, View ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nendeln Railway Station
Nendeln is one of the four railway stations on the Feldkirch–Buchs railway line serving Liechtenstein. It is located in the village of Nendeln, in Eschen municipality. The station is served by eighteen trains per day, nine in each direction between Switzerland and Austria. The station is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). The next station in direction to is . Until 2013, it used to be , which is now closed. Customs When the next station in the direction of Austria (Schaanwald) is not used, which has been the case since 2013, Nendeln is for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Austria. Liechtenstein is in a customs union with Switzerland. Customs checks may be performed in the station or on board trains by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Liechtenstein joined the Schengen Area in 2011. Services the following regional train service calls at Nendeln station: * Vorarlberg S-Bahn : on weekdays, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goods Station
A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings. A station where goods are not specifically received or dispatched but simply transferred on their way to their destination between the railway and another means of transport, such as ships or lorries, may be referred to as a transshipment station. This often takes the form of a container terminal and may also be known as a container station. Goods stations were more widespread in the days when the railways were common carriers and were often converted from former Train station, passenger stations whose traffic had moved elsewhere. First goods station The world's first dedicated goods terminal was the 1830 Park Lane railway goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montafonerbahn
The Montafonerbahn (''Montafon Railway'', MBS) is a privately owned railway company that primarily operates services from Bregenz to Schruns, via Bludenz Bludenz (; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Bludaz'') is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg with around 15,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of Vorarlberg's territ .... The company is headquartered in Schruns. References External links * Official website Railway lines in Austria Railway companies of Austria Transport in Vorarlberg {{Austria-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg S-Bahn
Vorarlberg S-Bahn () is a label for regional rail services in the westernmost Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg. The S-Bahn services also connect to stations in the Germany, German town of Lindau, the Switzerland, Swiss towns of St. Margrethen and Buchs, St. Gallen, Buchs, and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is integrated into the , which manages Fare, ticket pricing. Liechtenstein and northeastern Switzerland are within the transit district. The services are operated by the state-owned Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), THURBO (a subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways) and the privately owned Montafonerbahn (mbs). Three services (S1, S3, R5) are part of a Transnationality, transnational railway network around Lake Constance () marketed as Bodensee S-Bahn. Lines Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operates services S1, S2, S3 and R5 while ''Montafonerbahn'' operates line S4. The system is supported by a ''Regional-Express'' (, –), also operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goods Wagon
Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon types are in use to handle different types of goods, but all goods wagons in a regional network typically have standardized couplers and other fittings, such as hoses for air brakes, allowing different wagon types to be assembled into trains. For tracking and identification purposes, goods wagons are generally assigned a unique identifier, typically a UIC wagon number, or in North America, a company reporting mark plus a company specific serial number. Development At the beginning of the railway era, the vast majority of goods wagons were four- wheeled (two wheelset) vehicles of simple construction. These were almost exclusively small covered wagons, open wagons with side-boards, and flat wagons with or without stakes. Over the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchs SG Railway Station
Buchs SG railway station () is a railway station in Buchs, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen (abbreviated to SG). It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and western terminus of the Feldkirch–Buchs line to Austria and Liechtenstein. It is served by local and long-distance trains. As the station is located just north of the crossing of the Rhine between Switzerland and Liechtenstein, long-distance trains traveling between Zürich and points east must reverse direction. Services Long-distance , the following long-distance services call at Buchs SG: * EuroCity ''Transalpin'': Single round-trip per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Feldkirch–Buchs lines between and Graz Hauptbahnhof. * : Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich HB and , half-hourly service between and Chur. * Railjet Express: Four round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Feldkirch–Buchs lines from Zürich HB to , , or . * Nightjet/EuroNight: Overnight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forst Hilti Railway Station
Forst Hilti, also known as ''Schaan Forst Hilti'', is one of four railway stations on the Feldkirch–Buchs railway line serving Liechtenstein. It is located in front of the Hilti Corporation's headquarters, on the outskirts of Schaan. The station is served by 22 trains per day, 11 in each direction between Switzerland and Austria. The station opened in 2000 and is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Services the following regional train service calls at Forst Hilti station: * Vorarlberg S-Bahn : on weekdays, eleven trains per day to both and See also *Schaan-Vaduz railway station * Nendeln railway station *Schaanwald railway station *Rail transport in Liechtenstein *Railway stations in Liechtenstein Liechtenstein's one railway line, the Feldkirch–Buchs railway, is operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As such, it represents an exception to the more usual Liechtenstein practice of cooperating closely with Switzerland, as in the ca ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
