Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. is a transport company operating

train In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often k ...

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

and

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services in

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, an ...

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. The company operates of

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and of narrow gauge railway. Until December 2009 Stern & Hafferl operated the route from Lambach to Haag, but this line has been closed. They carry 4.7 million passengers per year and 150,000 tonnes of freight.Overview of Stern und Hafferl
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Services

Services offered include:Network map of Stern und Hafferl
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Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

- Eferding - Neumarkt / Peuerbach'' * Attergaubahn: '' Vöcklamarkt - St.Georgen im Attergau - Attersee'' * Vorchdorferbahn: '' Lambach - Vorchdorf'' *

Traunseebahn The Traunseebahn is a historic railway in Austria, running from Vorchdorf to Gmunden. History The railway was built in 1912; it connected Gmunden - then a successful spa resort - to the agricultural area around Vorchdorf. Early investment in elec ...

: '' Vorchdorf - Gmunden'' * Gmunder Straßenbahn: ''Gmunden Tram services'' * Atterseeschifffahrt There where plans to extend the Traunseebahn so that it terminates closer to the centre of Gmunden, at Klosterplatz. From there it might be possible to extend the line further via the town tram system, to Gmunden's ÖBB station. Traunseebahn and Gmunder Straßenbahn were connected on 1 September 2018.Neue Traunsee-Tram in Betrieb genommen
auf ORF-Oberösterreich 1 September 2018 retrieved 2 September 2018.

Rolling stock

The company operate a number of locomotives as well as railcars, which often resemble trams.
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stern und Hafferl Verkehr Railway companies of Austria Economy of Upper Austria