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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 10/2023

Modernising the Lower Austrian Kamptalbahn with innovative control and safety systems

October 2023 | Harald Taferner, Christoph Grünberger

The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) will complete the first modernisation phase of the control and safety systems (CSS) on the Kamptalbahn between Sigmundsherberg (the District of Horn) and Hadersdorf am Kamp (the District of Krems) by the end of 2023. The Kamptalbahn has existed since 1889 and is a single-track, non-electrified, 43.8 km long regional railway line. Since 2022, measures have been taken to make it more attractive in order to increase its potential transport capacity and thereby attract more rail passengers....