Raaberbahn

Raaberbahn
GySEV
Joint-stock company
Founded 1872
Headquarters Sopron, Hungary
Key people
 Ilona Dávid
Services Transport and Logistics
Website www.gysev.hu
Headquarters building in Sopron
Share of the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurther Eisenbahn, issued 1. February 1876

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

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