Badner Bahn

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeOperating speed

Oper–Schedifkaplatz: 60 km/h
Schedifkaplatz–Baden: 80 km/h

Route map

Legend

Opera

Karlsplatz

Resselgasse

Paulanergasse

Mayerhofgasse

Johann-Strauß-Gasse

Laurenzgasse

Kliebergasse

0.0

Matzleinsdorfer Platz

Eichenstraße

1.0

Marx-Meidlinger Straße

Flurschützstraße/Längenfeldgasse

Aßmayergasse

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 [de] and is one of the most important passenger services owned by WLB.^[1] In 2013, 35,000 passengers per day used the service.^[2]

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, including parts of a tram tunnel. 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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).^[5]

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

historical trainset
historical trainset
trainset from Cologne
class 100 and 400 trainsets

References

^ "Partner & Links" (in German). Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "Ausbau der Badner Bahn für Pendler". APA-OTS (in German). 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "Personenverkehr" (in German). Wiener Lokalbahnen. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "Fahrplanwechsel bringt Verbesserung für Fahrgäste" (in German). Wiener Lokalbahnen. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
^ "Letzte vier T400 an die Wiener Lokalbahnen ausgeliefert". LOK Report (in German). 2010. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2014.