{"id":132515,"date":"2024-09-23T23:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56423"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:26:37","slug":"vienna-salzburg-line-wont-be-available-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=132515","title":{"rendered":"Vienna-Salzburg line won\u2019t be available until further notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The newer section of the Westbahn (Western Railway), a key line in Austria which connects Vienna, Linz and Salzburg, \u201cwill not be passable for a long time\u201d, the country\u2019s railway holding \u00d6BB stated. After what was described as \u2018the flood of the century\u2019, trains can now only run on the old Westbahn, but only on one of the tracks.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-56423\"><\/span>The infrastructure of the Austrian Westbahn is divided into a double-track new infrastructure, opened in 2012, and an older double-track line, inaugurated in 1860. Concerning the new Westbahn in Austria, for example, the Atzenbrugger Tunnel, roughly 60 kilometres west of Vienna, is completely destroyed, \u00d6BB said on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>Metrans, an operator highly active in the area, added that the Vienna-St P\u00f6lten section of the Westbahn \u201cis completely closed to freight trains during the day, with limited passage only at night\u201d. In other words, it is currently impossible to reach Linz and Krems from Vienna, while &#8220;the Salzburg service is in full operation&#8221;, Metrans specified.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid wp-image-56425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel-336x224.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel-480x320.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Atzenbrugger-Tunnel-1024x682.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The damaged inside of the Atzenbrugger Tunnel. 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