Raaberbahn
| Joint-stock company | |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Headquarters | Sopron, Hungary |
| Services | Transport and Logistics |
| Website | www.gysev.hu |
Headquarter in Sopron
The Raaberbahn or GYSEV is an Austrian–Hungarian railway company based in Sopron, Hungary. The company is a joint enterprise of the states of Hungary (66.5%),[1] Austria (28.6%) and a holding belonging to ÖBB Austrian Federal Railways (4.9%). In Hungarian it is called Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (GYSEV), in German it was called Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurther Eisenbahn (ROeEE) until 2008 when it changed to its name to Raaberbahn.
Lines
Green: Lines of Raaberbahn (2011)
The company maintains the following railway lines:
- Line 1 Hegyeshalom–Rajka
- Line 8 Győr/Raab–Sopron/Ödenburg–Ebenfurth (Lower Austria), the main line of the company
- Line 9 Neusiedl am See (Burgenland)–Fertőszentmiklós (Hungary), German: "Neusiedler Seebahn"
- Line 15 Sopron/Ödenburg–Szombathely/Steinamanger (parallel to the Austrian border, in Hungary only; operated by MÁV, the Hungarian State Railway, until 2002)
- Line 16 Porpác–Csorna–Hegyeshalom
- Line 17 Szombathely–Zalaszentiván
- Line 21 Szombathely/Steinamanger–Szentgotthárd/St. Gotthard (as above; operated by MÁV until 2006)
- Line 22 Körmend–Zalalövő (closed, no traffic)
- Széchenyi Museum Railway near Nagycenk/Groß-Zinkendorf (Hungary), a narrow-gauge track constructed in 1972
See also
References
External links
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Media related to GySEV at Wikimedia Commons - Official Website of Raaberbahn/GySEV (de, hu, en)
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