Badner Bahn

Badner Bahn
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File:I9485 Hp Schöpfwerk, ET 413.jpg A mixed class 100/400 train leaving the Schöpfwerk railway station
Overview
Other name(s)	Wiener Lokalbahn
Type	tram-train
System	Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region
Status	open
Locale	Vienna metropolitan area
Stations	36
Daily ridership	35,000
Operation
Opened	1873 (1873)
Operator(s)	Wiener Lokalbahnen
Depot(s)	Wolfganggasse Inzersdorf Lokalbahn Leesdorf
Rolling stock	class 100 class 400
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	Oper–Schedifkaplatz: 60 km/h Schedifkaplatz–Baden: 80 km/h
Route map Legend Km Opera Karlsplatz Resselgasse Paulanergasse Mayerhofgasse Johann-Strauß-Gasse Laurenzgasse Kliebergasse 0.0 Matzleinsdorfer Platz Eichenstraße 1.0 Wolfganggasse Dörfelstraße Bahnhof Meidling Wiener Linien Wiener Lokalbahnen infrastructure border Schedifkaplatz 2.5 Schedifkaplatz crossover 3.3 Metro line U6 Pottendorfer Line 3.6 Schöpfwerk 4.3 Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse 5.1 Liesingbach 5.2 Inzersdorf Lokalbahn 6.6 Neu Erlaa 7.2 Schönbrunner Allee Vienna Lower Austria state border 8.4 Vösendorf-Siebenhirten 8.5 Petersbach 10.0 Vösendorf SCS 11.3 Krottenbach 11.4 Vösendorf crossover 11.7 Maria Enzersdorf Südstadt 12.7 Wiener Neudorf Mödlingbach 13.8 Griesfeld 14.5 Griesfeld crossover 15.1 IZ NÖ Süd 15.3 Neu Guntramsdorf 15.6 Guntramsdorf crossover 16.8 Wiener Neustädter Kanal 17.2 Guntramsdorf Lokalbahn 18.4 Eigenheimsiedlung 18.7 Eigenheimsiedlung crossover 19.8 Möllersdorf 21.4 Traiskirchen Lokalbahn 21.7 Semperit 22.4 Aspangbahn 23.4 Tribuswinkel-Josefsthal 23.9 Wiener Neustädter Kanal 24.1 Pfaffstätten Rennplatz 24.2 Mühlbach 24.7 Melkergründe 25.1 Baden Landesklinikum 25.5 Leesdorf 26.4 Baden Viadukt 27.2 Baden Josefsplatz

The Badner Bahn or Wiener Lokalbahn is a tram-train service in the metropolitan area of Vienna. It runs for 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi) between Vienna and Baden, and is operated by the Wiener Lokalbahnen Aktiengesellschaft. The entire Badner Bahn is part of the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region and is one of the most important passenger services owned by WLB. In 2013, 35,000 passengers per day used the service.

Route

Starting from the Vienna State Opera, the service uses the tracks of Vienna's tram network as far as the Schedifkaplatz tram stop in the Meidling district (omitting, however, the Wolfganggasse and Schedifkaplatz tram stops). From Schedifkaplatz to Leesdorf in Baden and between Leesdorf and Josefsplatz, the train service has its own infrastructure, 25 kilometres (16 mi) of double-track light rail and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of tram line, respectively. These tracks are owned and maintained by Wiener Lokalbahnen.

Since 14 December 2014, there is a new train station at the state clinical center (German: Landesklinikum) in Baden. Despite its addition to the route, the length of a journey could be kept at 62 minutes.

Rolling stock

Most trainsets currently in use are class 100 high-floor units built between 1979 and 1993 by Simmering-Graz-Pauker. 26 of these were ordered, and 2 discharged in 2010 because of problems obtaining replacement parts. Although it would be technically possible to use trains consisting of up to three class 100 units, there are currently only single-unit and double-unit trains. Additionally, there are 14 low-floor class 400 units built between 2000 and 2010 by Bombardier in operation (often as double-unit trains with a class 100 unit).

Class	Built	Numbers	Cars	Length	Width	Weight	Power	Max. speed
100	1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991–1993	101–126	26	26,750 m	2,40 m	37 t	2 x 190 kW	80 km/h (limited to 78 km/h)
400	2000, 2006, 2009–2010	401–414	14	26,942 m	2,50 m	35 t	4 x 100 kW	80 km/h

• GuentherZ 2004-06-19 0068 Lokalbahn Wien-Baden historische Garnitur.jpg

  historical trainset

• TWT 2011 IMG 3378.jpg

  historical trainset

• Baden-wlb-zug-bestehend-aus-frueheren-588641.jpg

  trainset from Cologne

• Baden Josefsplatz.jpg

  class 100 and 400 trainsets

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Website of Wiener Lokalbahnen