Wiener Lokalbahnen AG

The corporation Vienna local railway as a provider of transport in the Vienna area and freight services in Austria and Europe was founded in 1888 and took over from the Neue Wiener Tramway Company (NWT) concession and operation, which opened on 09.29.1886 "Localbahn Vienna - Wiener Neudorf".

On 03.30.1897 the WLB took further trams operating the city of Baden (Lower Austria). By 1899 the two webs were linked, so today\\\'s main line of the WLB was born. The Badner Bahn runs with a total of 38 railcars as the only two-track, electrified completely private railway to both railway and road to rail infrastructure. In contrast, the route Vienna - Baden today an important transport connection that is working day and used by about 30,000 passengers.

In September 1999, the WLB was first approved as a railway company for all railway lines in Austria, so that together with a safety certificate in 2001, in the conditions for the implementation of freight traffic on the ÖBB network are met. Meanwhile, the Viennese local railways have permission for public rail transport network in Austria, Hungary and Germany. topics which has since built up services provide international transport of intermodal (combined cargo traffic) Represents the volume of goods in 2011 amounted to 3.1 million tons. Since 2007, the Viennese local railways have outsourced freight area in the newly founded Vienna Lokalbahnen Cargo GmbH.

Since 2010 takes the WLB to as RU for charter and nostalgia trains of ÖBB network, which are carried out in collaboration with various agencies.

In addition to the railway operation WLB is also active as an operator of bus service in Vienna and in the regions of Baden. Another area of business is the transportation of people with limited mobility to their training and jobs. Today the Viennese local railways are a transport provider with high expertise in passenger and freight transport.