Gustav Jahn - Hohe Tauern, Grossglockner (Werbeplakat)

The Imperial-Royal State Railways (german: k.k. Staatsbahnen) abbr. ''kkStB'') or Imperial-Royal Austrian State Railways (''k.k. österreichische Staatsbahnen'',The name incorporating "Austrian" appears, for example, in the 1907 official state handbook (''Staatshandbuch'') and on the title page of the Imperial-Royal Railway Ministry publication
''Die neuen österr(eichischen) Alpenbahnen''
Maass’ Söhne, Vienna, 1908.) was the state railway organisation in the

Cisleithania Cisleithania, also ''Zisleithanien'' sl, Cislajtanija hu, Ciszlajtánia cs, Předlitavsko sk, Predlitavsko pl, Przedlitawia sh-Cyrl-Latn, Цислајтанија, Cislajtanija ro, Cisleithania uk, Цислейтанія, Tsysleitaniia it, Cislei ...

n (Austrian) part of the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1 ...

History

The introduction of railway traffic in the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

had been pushed by pioneers like physicist Franz Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), who advocated a railway connection from the

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

basin across the

Bohemian Massif The Bohemian Massif ( cs, Česká vysočina or ''Český masiv'', german: Böhmische Masse or ''Böhmisches Massiv'') is a geomorphological province in Central Europe. It is a large massif stretching over most of the Czech Republic, eastern Germ ...

to the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

river. After in 1810 a first long

horse-drawn railway Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways. The terms plateway, tramway, dramway, ...

line was built at the

Eisenerz Eisenerz (; "Iron ore") is a market place and old mining town in the Austrian state of Styria, . N.W. of Graz by rail. Pop. (2001) 6,400. It is situated in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein , on the west by the ...

mine in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

for the transport of iron stones, in 1832 a

wagonway Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded Steam locomotive, steam-powered rail transport, railways. The t ...

between Austrian

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 of ...

and

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

(Budweis) in

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

opened. It was long and was the second interurban railway in continental Europe (after the French Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway line opened in 1827). The southern continuation from Linz to

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-c ...

was finished in 1836. The first section of a new

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

railway from the Austrian capital

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

in the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

operated by the

Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (german: Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn; cs, Severní dráha císaře Ferdinanda; pl, Kolej Północna Cesarza Ferdynanda) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austrian Empire. Its m ...

company opened in 1837. Designed by

Franz Xaver Riepl Franz Xaver Riepl (29 November 1790 – 25 April 1857) was an important Austrian geologist, railway pioneer and metallurgical specialist. Life Riepl was born in Graz, Styria where his father worked as a building inspector. He attended the min ...

, it was financed by the banker

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (9 September 1774 – 28 July 1855) was a German-born banker in the Austrian Empire and the founder of the Austrian branch of the prominent Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. Family He was born at Frankfurt am Main ...

. The line then was the second solely steam-powered railway on the continent, after the inauguration of the Belgian Brussels–Mechelen railway line in 1835.

1841 railway programme

While the Northern Railway prospered, private investors held back on financing further railroad constructions and the expansion of the Austrian network came to a standstill. Nevertheless, after initial hesitation, the Austrian government took a keen interest in railways, and launched a public investment programme in 1841. The Northern Railway in

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

was completed up to the

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border at

Bernhardsthal Bernhardsthal is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in th ...

, a branch-off from

Olmütz Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

(Olomouc) and

Brünn Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inha ...

(Brno) to

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

was opened in 1845/49. In 1851, construction works reached the northern imperial border with

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

at Bodenbach, where the Northern Railway received access to the

Royal Saxon State Railways The Royal Saxon State Railways (german: Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) were the state-owned railways operating in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1869 to 1918. From 1918 until their merger into the Deutsche Reichsbahn the title 'Royal' was ...

. Beside the extension of the Northern Railway, plans for the construction of a Southern Railway (''Südbahn'') from Vienna to the Adriatic

seaport A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

via

Semmering Pass Semmering () is a mountain pass in the Eastern Northern Limestone Alps connecting Lower Austria and Styria, between which it forms a natural border. Location Semmering Pass is located west of Sonnwendstein and Hirschenkogel and east of the P ...

and

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

were finally carried out. Opened in 1857, it was then operated by the private

Austrian Southern Railway The Austrian Southern Railway (german: link=no, Österreichische Südbahn) is a long double track railway, which linked the capital Vienna with Trieste, former main seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, by railway for the first time. It now ...

company. In the

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia ( la, links=no, Regnum Langobardiae et Venetiae), commonly called the "Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom" ( it, links=no, Regno Lombardo-Veneto, german: links=no, Königreich Lombardo-Venetien), was a constituent land ...

, the first section of the

Milan–Venice railway The Milan–Venice railway line is one of the most important railway lines in Italy. It connects the major city of Milan, in Lombardy, with the Adriatic Sea at Venice, in Veneto. The line is state-owned and operated by the state rail infrastructu ...

was opened in 1842. Plans for a connection to Trieste became obsolete upon the loss of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

after the

Second Italian War of Independence The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859 ( it, Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana; french: Campagne d'Italie), was fought by the Second French Empire and t ...

in 1859. First construction works on the projected Western Railway (''Westbahn'') line to the border with

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

via

and

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

got stuck in the beginning. By late 1854, out of of Austrian railway lines were state owned (almost 70%). After 1854, however, because of financial crisis in the Empire, the railways were sold at prices cut to the bone, many of them to French investors. Concessions for new private companies, like the

Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (German: ''k. k. privilegierte österreichische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft''), from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company (''privilegierte österreic ...

, were granted.

Austrian state railways

After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the Transleithanian (Hungarian) lines of the Dual Monarchy were nationalized as the

Hungarian State Railways Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

(MÁV). Already in 1866, the Austrian trade minister

Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair Bernhard Freiherr von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, also: von Wüllersdorf-Urbair or von Wüllerstorf und Urbair, (29 January 1816 – 10 August 1883) was an Austrian vice admiral and, from 1865 to 1867, (k.k.) Austrian Imperial Minister of Trade. He was ...

had urged for a greater government commitment. A re-evaluation started in the

Long Depression The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in 1873 and running either through March 1879, or 1896, depending on the metrics used. It was most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing st ...

, sparked by the

Panic of 1873 The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877 or 1879 in France and in Britain. In Britain, the Panic started two decades of stagnation known as the "Lon ...

. The

Vienna stock market en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

crash resulted in the bankruptcy of several Austrian railway companies, and the state took them over. With effect from 1 January 1884, the ''k.k. Generaldirektion der Staatsbahnen'' ("Imperial-Royal General Directorate of the State Railways") was founded, situated at the Austrian Ministry of Trade; this was the birth of the Imperial-Royal State Railways. Operations Divisions were established in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

Villach Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the po ...

, Budweis, Pilsen,

, Cracow,

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...

Pola Pola or POLA may refer to: People * House of Pola, an Italian noble family * Pola Alonso (1923–2004), Argentine actress * Pola Brändle (born 1980), German artist and photographer * Pola Gauguin (1883–1961), Danish painter * Pola Gojawiczyńsk ...

, and

Spalato )'' , settlement_type = City , anthem = ''Marjane, Marjane'' , image_skyline = , imagesize = 267px , image_caption = Top: Nighttime view of Split from Mosor; 2nd row: Cathedral ...

. By the end of 1884 the state railway network covered 5,103 km. On 15 January 1896, Emperor

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

, at the suggestion of Minister President Count

Kasimir Felix Badeni Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (German: ''Kasimir Felix Graf von Badeni'', Polish: ''Kazimierz Feliks hrabia Badeni''; 14 October 1846 – 9 July 1909), a member of the Polish noble House of Badeni, was an Austrian statesman, who served as Minister-P ...

, approved the establishment of the ''k.k. Eisenbahnministerium'' ("Imperial-Royal Rail Ministry"). Further divisions were founded in

Triest Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

and Stanislau. Minister

Heinrich von Wittek Heinrich Ritter von Wittek (29 January 1844 – 9 April 1930) was an Austrian politician of the Christian Social Party (CS). He served as head of the '' k.k.'' Railway Ministry and as Minister-President of Cisleithania for four weeks in 1899/190 ...

promoted the expansion of the ''

Wiener Stadtbahn The Vienna Stadtbahn (german: Wiener Stadtbahn) was a rail-based public transportation system operated under this name from 1898 until 1989. Today, the Vienna U-Bahn lines U4 and U6 and the Vienna S-Bahn (commuter rail) run on its former lines. ...

'' network and the ''Neue Alpenbahnen'' project providing the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

with major rail crossings, including the

Tauern Railway The Tauern Railway (german: Tauernbahn) is an Austrian railway line between Schwarzach- Sankt Veit in the state of Salzburg and Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia. It is part of one of the most important north-south trunk routes (''Magistrale'') in ...

and the

Bohinj Railway The Bohinj Railway ( sl, Bohinjska proga, it, Transalpina, german: Wocheiner Bahn) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new ...

, realised upon a 1901 resolution passed by the Imperial Council legislature. By nationalizing other companies or taking over their traffic, the State Railways obtained a practical

monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...

in rail transport. After the acquisition of the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway Company in 1906, followed by the

and the

Austrian Northwestern Railway The Austrian Northwestern Railway (German: ''Österreichische Nordwestbahn'', ÖNWB, Czech: ''Rakouská severozápadní dráha'') was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is sti ...

in 1909, the Southern Railway was the only major company that remained private until the end of Empire. In 1914, of a total of 22,981 km of railway tracks on Austrian territory, 18,859 (82%) were state owned.

Dissolution

After the end of the

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the Imperial-Royal Rail Ministry was disestablished on 12 November 1918 by resolution of the Provisional Assembly of

German-Austria The Republic of German-Austria (german: Republik Deutschösterreich or ) was an unrecognised state that was created following World War I as an initial rump state for areas with a predominantly German-speaking and ethnic German population wit ...

. The vehicle fleet and infrastructure of former ''kkStB'' were divided among state railway companies of the successor states of the Dual Monarchy: *

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

: ''Deutschösterreichische Staatsbahnen'' (DÖStB), renamed ''Österreichische Staatsbahnen'' (ÖStB) in 1919 and '' Österreichische Bundesbahnen'' (BBÖ) in 1923 *

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

: ''

Polskie Koleje Państwowe (''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant railway operator in Poland. The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separation between infrastructure ...

'' (PKP) *

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

: '' Československé státní dráhy'' (ČSD) *

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

: '' Jugoslovenske Železnice'' (JŽ) *

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

: ''

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

'' (FS) *

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

: ''

Căile Ferate Române Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) is the state railway carrier of Romania. As of 2014, the railway network of Romania consists of , of which (37.4%) are electrified. The total track length is , of which (38.5%) are electrifie ...

'' (CFR). With the promulgation of the Austrian

Federal Constitutional Law The Federal Constitutional Law (german: Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, abbreviated ) is a Federal law, federal constitutional law in Austria serving as the centerpiece of Constitution of Austria, the Constitution. It establishes Austria as a democrac ...

on 10 November 1920, the supervision of the national railway system passed to the newly established

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government age ...

Timeline

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Carl Ludwig-Bahn The Imperial and Royal privileged Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis (german: k.k.priv. Galizische Carl Ludwig-Bahn, pl, c.k. uprzyw. Kolej Galicyjska im. Karola Ludwika) was a privately owned railway company in the Austro-Hungarian pr ...

" bar:NStB from:1845 till:1855 color:blue from:1855 till:1909 color:red from:1909 till:1918 color:yellow at:1846 text:" Nördliche Staatsbahn" bar:SOStB from:1845 till:1850 color:orange from:1850 till:1855 color:green from:1855 till:1909 color:red from:1909 till:1918 color:yellow at:1846 text:" Ung.Zentr." at:1851 text:" SöStB" at:1886 text:"

Staats-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (German: ''k. k. privilegierte österreichische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft''), from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company (''privilegierte österreic ...

(StEG)" bar:Raaber from:1841 till:1855 color:blue from:1855 till:1909 color:red from:1909 till:1918 color:yellow at:1845 text:" Wien-Raaber-Bahn" bar:BrünnR from:1856 till:1879 color:green from:1879 till:1909 color:red from:1909 till:1918 color:yellow at:1857 text:" Brünn-Rossitzer Eisenbahn" bar:KFNB from:1837 till:1906 color:blue from:1906 till:1918 color:yellow at:1865 text:" Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB)" bar:Pferd from:1827 till:1859 color:green from:1859 till:1884 color:red from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1835 text:" Erste Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" at:1865 text:" Kaiserin Elisabeth Bahn bar:Dalm from:1877 till:1884 color:blue from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1878 text:" Dalm.Stb." bar:Dnie from:1872 till:1884 color:green from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1878 text:"

Dniester Bahn The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

" bar:Istr from:1876 till:1884 color:blue from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1877 text:" Istr.Stb." bar:Rakonitz from:1872 till:1884 color:green from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1873 text:" Rakonitz-Protiviner Bahn" bar:BCB from:1881 till:1910 color:blue from:1910 till:1918 color:yellow at:1890 text:" Böhmische Commerzialbahnen" bar:BNB from:1865 till:1867 color:blue from:1867 till:1883 color:green from:1883 till:1908 color:red from:1908 till:1918 color:yellow at:1865 text:" TKP" at:1868 text:" Turnau-Kralup-Prag & BNB" at:1890 text:" Böhmische Nordbahn" bar:BWB from:1867 till:1894 color:orange from:1894 till:1918 color:yellow at:1875 text:" Böhmische Westbahn" bar:BozMer from:1881 till:1906 color:blue from:1906 till:1918 color:yellow at:1890 text:" Bozen-Meraner Bahn" bar:DuxB from:1871 till:1892 color:green from:1892 till:1918 color:yellow at:1875 text:" Dux-Bodenbacher Eisenbahn (DBE)" bar:EPPK from:1872 till:1884 color:blue from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1873 text:" Pilsen-Priesen(-Komotau)" at:1900 text:" kaiserlich-königliche" bar:EUGE from:1872 till:1889 color:green from:1889 till:1918 color:yellow at:1873 text:"

Erste Ungarisch-Galizische Eisenbahn Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Group) is an Austrian financial service provider in Central and Eastern Europe serving 15.7 million clients in over 2,700 branches in seven countries. History Erste Group was founded in October 1819 as ''Erste österr ...

" at:1900 text:"österreichische" bar:EAB from:1873 till:1892 color:blue from:1892 till:1918 color:yellow at:1880 text:"

Erzherzog Albrecht-Bahn Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

" at:1900 text:" Staatsbahnen" bar:KFJB from:1868 till:1884 color:green from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1870 text:" Kaiser Franz Josefs-Bahn" at:1900 text:"kkStB" bar:KTB from:1881 till:1906 color:orange from:1906 till:1918 color:yellow at:1890 text:" Kremstalbahn" bar:KRB from:1868 till:1884 color:blue from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1873 text:" Kronprinz Rudolf-Bahn" bar:LCJE from:1866 till:1889 color:green from:1889 till:1918 color:yellow2 at:1871 text:" Lemberg-Czernowitz-Jassy Eisenbahn" bar:MGB from:1871 till:1895 color:blue from:1895 till:1918 color:yellow at:1880 text:" Mährische Grenzbahn (MGB)" bar:MSCB from:1872 till:1895 color:green from:1895 till:1918 color:yellow at:1873 text:" Mährisch-Schlesische Centralbahn (MSCB)" bar:Mühl from:1888 till:1900 color:green from:1900 till:1918 color:yellow2 at:1889 text:" Mühlkreisbahn" bar:NÖSWB from:1877 till:1882 color:blue from:1882 till:1918 color:yellow at:1878 text:" NÖSWB" bar:ÖLEG from:1880 till:1894 color:green from:1894 till:1918 color:yellow at:1882 text:" ÖLEG" bar:ÖNWB from:1868 till:1908 color:red from:1908 till:1918 color:yellow at:1869 text:" Österreichische Nordwestbahn (ÖNWB) & Süd-Norddeutsche Verbindungsbahn" bar:PD from:1872 till:1892 color:blue from:1892 till:1918 color:yellow at:1880 text:" Prag-Duxer Eisenbahn (PD)" bar:TL from:1873 till:1884 color:green from:1884 till:1918 color:yellow at:1874 text:" Tarnow-Leluchow Stb." bar:UWB from:1871 till:1889 color:blue from:1889 till:1918 color:yellow at:1874 text:" Ungarische Westbahn (UWB)" bar:VB from:1872 till:1885 color:green from:1885 till:1918 color:yellow at:1874 text:" Vorarlberger Bahn (VB)" bar:ATE from:1858 till:1918 color:orange at:1884 text:" Aussig-Teplitzer Eisenbahn (A.T.E.)" bar:BEB from:1855 till:1918 color:red at:1864 text:" Buschtiehrader Eisenbahn (BEB)" bar:NLB from:1880 till:1918 color:orange at:1884 text:" Neutitscheiner Lokalbahn (NLB)" bar:StStB from:1881 till:1918 color:red at:1884 text:" Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn (StStB)" bar:KsOd from:1869 till:1918 color:orange at:1874 text:" Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn (Ks.Od.)"

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History of Austrian Railway until 1918
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{{Authority control Defunct railway companies of Austria Railway companies established in 1884 Railway companies disestablished in 1918 Organizations based in Austria-Hungary

History

1841 railway programme

Austrian state railways

Dissolution

Timeline

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