The Gänserndorf–Marchegg railway line is a single-tracked electrified railway line that runs from
Gänserndorf to
Marchegg, in
Austria
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. It connects the
North railway line at Gänserndorf with the
Marchegger Ostbahn at Marchegg, on the
Slovakia
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n border.
Route
The Gänserndorf–Marchegg railway line begins at
Gänserndorf, where it splits off from the
North railway line, which runs between and . The line runs southeast toward the border with
Slovakia
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, with a single intermediate stop at
Oberweiden. At the line meets the
Marchegger Ostbahn, which continues across the border.
History
The railway line was built by the
Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway
The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (; ; ) was a railway company during the time of the Austrian Empire. Its main line was intended to connect Vienna with the salt mines in Bochnia near Kraków. The name is still used today in referring to a ...
and opened on 20 August 1848. At the same time, the completed a from Marchegg to Pressburg (now
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
). On January 10, 2012, the route was declared a high-performance route and in 2012 an application was submitted to electrify the area between the Gänserndorf station and Marchegg.
The line was closed from July–December 2020 while electrification work took place. The line reopened with electrified service on 13 December 2020.
Service
The
S1 of the
Vienna S-Bahn
The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban commuter rail network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways, ÖBB (Austria ...
operates hourly between Gänserndorf and Marchegg.
References
External links
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Railway lines in Austria
Railway lines opened in 1848