ÖBB - Austrian Federal Railways - A

• Full-price tickets.

• And cheaper but non-exchangeable and non-refundable tickets.

• 1882 - Gradual nationalisation of the railway network of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (Kaiserlich-königliche österreichische Staatsbahnen, kkStB). By the outbreak of the World War I, the only major railway in Austria to remain in private hands was the Austrian Southern Railway (Südbahn).
• 1918 - After the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the World War I, the Austrian rump of kkStB remained in state control under the name Deutschösterreichische Staatsbahnen (DÖStB), which was renamed the Österreichische Staatsbahnen (ÖStB) in 1919.
• 1923 - Foundation of the independent, commercial enterprise, the Bundesbahn Österreich (which used the abbreviation BBÖ, because ÖBB was already taken by the Swiss Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn). This company took over the assets of the ÖStB and the Südbahn, together with other minor railways.
• 1938 - The Anschluss of Austria into the German Empire. The BBÖ was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn. During World War II about 41% of the Austrian railway network was destroyed.
• 1947 - The company was reformed using the slightly different name of Österreichische Bundesbahnen and the abbreviation ÖBB (by that time the Swiss private railway used the abbreviation SP for its goods wagons in international traffic, so its abbreviation ÖBB could now be appropriated) as a state-owned company. Their infrastructure was rebuilt and electrification was accelerated.
• 1969 - A new federal railway law was enacted. The ÖBB became a non-independent, economic entity, that was run as a branch of the government's industrial programme and remained entirely within the Federal budget.
• 1992 - The ÖBB were broken out of the federal budget and turned into company with its own legal status (a cross between a GmbH and an AG in Austrian commercial terms). The company is 100% owned by the Republic of Austria. This change had two primary aims: 1. It had to conform to EU rules on the admission of Austria into the European Union. 2. The financial demand on the public purse was to be reduced as a result of improvements in efficiency and the pressure of competition.
• 2004 - The ÖBB were reorganised into ÖBB Holding AG and a number of operating subsidiaries. The holding company was to oversee the operations of the companies assigned to it, coordinate a coherent strategic approach and allocate tasks for the whole enterprise.
• 1 January 2005 - The subsidiaries of ÖBB-Holding AG became autonomous and independent operationally.

• Eisenbahngesetz (EisbG 1957),
• Schieneninfrastrukturfinanzierungsgesetz (SCHIG 1999),
• Eisenbahnhochleistungsstreckengesetz (HIG 1999) and
• Bundesbahngesetz (1992).

• ÖBB's first logo. It consists of a flying wheel-styled symbol with one "B" on each side of the "Ö", and was used from 1960 to 1974.
• ÖBB's second logo consists of a stylized "O" symbol with extending arrows. Within Austria it was nicknamed the "Pflatsch" (lit. spatter, spot), and was officially used from 1974 to 2004, although some stations and vehicles used it up to the mid-late 2010s. It continued to be used when ÖBB's current logo was introduced in 1998.
• This is a special variant of the "Pflatsch" logo, created in 1987 for the 150th anniversary of railway in Austria.
• This combination of the old "Pflatsch" logo and a new ÖBB stylized text was rarely used due to the former's popularity within Austria. It was in use between 1998 and 2004.
• The current ÖBB logo, used since 1998.

• ÖBB-Postbus GmbH
• ÖBB-Produktion GmbH (50% shares)
• ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH (75% shares) (railroad vehicle maintenance)
• Rail Tours Touristik GmbH
• iMobility GmbH (mobile app developer)
• ÖV Ticketshop GmbH (online ticket distributor)

• Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt.
• ÖBB-Produktion GmbH (50% shares)
• ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH (25% shares)
• Rail Cargo Logistics - Austria GmbH
• Rail Cargo Carrier Kft.
• Rail Cargo Operator - CSKD s.r.o

• ÖBB-Immobilienmanagement GmbH
• Mungos Sicher & Sauber GmbH (Security and Cleaning)
• Rail Equipment GmbH
• WS Service GmbH (51% shares)
• Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE (50% shares)
• Weichenwerk Wörth GmbH (43.05% shares)

• Sales Infrastructure
• Passenger transport Network
• Freight transport Tracks
• Traction Signal-/System technology
• Technical services Telekom
• Power plants Energy network
• Facility management Planning/Engineering
• Facility management

• 4,859 km (3,020 route miles), 72% electrified
• 1,128 train stations
• 1,093 locomotives
• 2,799 passenger vehicles
• 26,518 freight wagons
• 2,200 busses
• ÖBB's bus services travel 52,500,000 km (32,621,988 mi) per year.

• Western Railway from Wien Westbahnhof via St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof and Linz Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, including a parallel high-speed rail section ("New Western Railway") from Wien Meidling railway station to Linz
• Southern Railway from Wien Hauptbahnhof/Wien Meidling to Graz Hauptbahnhof, including the Semmering railway section - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Continuation to Klagenfurt by the Koralm Railway (under construction)
• Northern Railway from Wien Praterstern railway station to Breclav, Czech Republic
• Eastern Railway from Vienna Hauptbahnhof (under construction) to Hegyeshalom, Hungary and Budapest Keleti railway station
• Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Gmünd, Lower Austria and Ceské Velenice, Czech Republic
• Salzburg-Tyrol Railway from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wörgl Hauptbahnhof
• Enns Valley Railway from the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway at Bischofshofen to Selzthal
• Tauern Railway from the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway at Schwarzach/Sankt Veit to Spittal an der Drau via the Tauern Railway Tunnel
• Lower Inn Valley Railway from the German border near Kufstein railway station via Wörgl Hauptbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof; to be relieved by the New Lower Inn Valley railway line (under construction), part of the Trans-European Berlin-Palermo railway axis
• Western continuation by the Arlberg Railway to Bludenz railway station via the Arlberg Railway Tunnel
• Northwestern continuation by the Mittenwald Railway to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and the Ausserfern Railway to Kempten Hauptbahnhof
• Southern continuation by the Brenner Railway to Bozen, Italy and Verona via the Innsbruck bypass and the Brenner Pass, to be replaced by the Brenner Base Tunnel (planned)