https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The recently-inaugurated night trains between the European capitals of Paris, Berlin and Vienna will be suspended for two months for important works, officials have said. https://www.thelocal.at/20240627/paris-night-trains-to-berlin-and-vienna-suspended-for-summer-works Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:06:01 +0200 paris-night-trains-to-berlin-and-vienna-suspended-for-summer-works The Austrian federal railways ‘Nightjet’ service will be launched in 2022. The service includes 33 routes all across Europe. https://www.thelocal.at/20210223/in-pictures-inside-austrias-night-train-of-the-future Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:46:07 +0100 in-pictures-inside-austrias-night-train-of-the-future Austria will devote 17 billion euros ($20bn) to greening its rail network despite a historic budget deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced Wednesday in its 2021 budget. https://www.thelocal.at/20201015/austria-to-spend-billions-on-making-rail-network-greener Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:17:53 +0200 austria-to-spend-billions-on-making-rail-network-greener The chief of the Austrian Railways (ÖBB) Christian Kern rejected recent criticism on the state-owned railway. https://www.thelocal.at/20140804/railways-not-a-political-football Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:49:00 +0200 railways-not-a-political-football Railway workers and employees will receive around a 2.4 percent wage increase as of July 1st. This compromise between the unions and the employers was found overnight Wednesday, shortly ahead of a planned strike. https://www.thelocal.at/20140724/last-minute-wage-agreement-for-rail-workers Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:10:00 +0200 last-minute-wage-agreement-for-rail-workers The finance ministry has had to admit it miscalculated figures it presented on the state railways, the ÖBB. https://www.thelocal.at/20140723/finance-ministry-red-faced-over-wrong-figures Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:40:03 +0200 finance-ministry-red-faced-over-wrong-figures