The North railway line (german: Nordbahn) is a two-track, electrified railway line that runs from

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

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Břeclav Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav. Etymol ...

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. It was built by the Emperor Ferdinand North Railway company as a part of the Warsaw-Vienna railway.

Route

The North railway line begins at , in the

Leopoldstadt Leopoldstadt (; bar, Leopoidstod, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal Districts of Vienna, district of Vienna (german: 2. Bezirk) in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Bri ...

district of

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

. It extends north from the

Verbindungsbahn A Verbindungsbahn ('' link line, connecting line, junction line'') is in German language a railway line that links stations, in some cases of different railroad companies, sometimes bypassing specific stations. Its most simple form is a Umgehungs ...

, the primary trunk line 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 ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways), and c ...

. It runs east-north-east out of Vienna, crossing the

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at . There are major junctions with the Northwest railway line near and the Laaer Ostbahn near . At , the Gänserndorf–Marchegg railway line splits off to serve , while the North railway line turns north toward the

. From

Angern an der March Angern an der March ( sk, Congr) is a market town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Angern, Grub, Mannersdorf, Ollersdorf'' and ''Stillfried''. Angern i ...

, the line follows the Morava river north. It crosses the Austrian–Czech border near

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 ...

, then continuing to . The line is electrified at within Austria and within the Czech Republic.

Operation

The of the

provides frequent service between and Gänserndorf, with some services continuing over the Gänserndorf–Marchegg railway line to Marchegg.

Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at ...

trains operate hourly between or and Břeclav. Various long-distance

Railjet Railjet is a high-speed rail service in Europe operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Czech Railways (ČD). Branded as ''Railjet Express (RJX)'' for the fastest services and as ''Railjet (RJ)'' for services with additional stops, it w ...

, EuroCity,

EuroNight EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category which denotes many main-line national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network. Overview The classification and name were bro ...

, and

Nightjet Nightjet (stylised as nightjet) is a brand name given by the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB to its overnight passenger train services. ''Nightjet'' operates in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. The ...

services use the route as well, but do not make local stops between

Wien Hauptbahnhof Wien Hauptbahnhof, Vienna Central Station or Vienna Main Station is the main railway station in Vienna, Austria, located in the Favoriten district. It became fully operational in December 2015, linking major railway lines from the north, east ...

and Břeclav.

References

External links

* Railway lines in Austria Railway lines in the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-transport-stub