Austrian Federal Railways

Austrian state-owned railway company
Organization railway_company Q83822
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Austrian Federal Railways

Summary

Austrian Federal Railways is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Austrian Federal Railways was a member of Railteam[3].
  • Austrian Federal Railways was a member of International Union of Railways[4].
  • Austrian Federal Railways was a member of International Rail Transport Committee[5].
  • Austrian Federal Railways is in the country of Austria[6].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's image is recorded as ÖBB 5022-036 im Bahnhof Kötschach-Mauthen.jpg[7].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's instance of is recorded as railway company[8].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's instance of is recorded as business[9].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's owned by is recorded as Austria[10].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's logo image is recorded as Logo ÖBB.svg[11].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's follows is recorded as Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways[12].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's follows is recorded as Erste Eisenbahnwagen-Leihgesellschaft[13].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's headquarters location is recorded as ÖBB Konzernzentrale Hauptbahnhof Wien[14].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's ISNI is recorded as 0000000095159807[15].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140196402[16].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's GND ID is recorded as 16095670-5[17].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89670040[18].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as Österreichische Bundesbahnen (4c) - Rollendes Material[19].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H[20].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as ÖBB-Business Competence Center[21].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as ÖBB-Infrastruktur[22].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as Rail Cargo Austria[23].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as ÖBB-Personenverkehr[24].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as ČSAD AUTOBUSY České Budějovice[25].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as Postbus[26].
  • Austrian Federal Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as Rail Cargo Hungaria[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1919-11-21T00:00:00Z[28] and +2004-03-31T00:00:00Z[29].

Identity

Austrian Federal Railways's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding Aktien\xadgesellschaft'}[30]. Predecessors include Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways[12] and Erste Eisenbahnwagen-Leihgesellschaft[13].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Andreas Matthä[31] and Josef Halbmayr[32].

Operations

Austrian Federal Railways's headquarters location is recorded as ÖBB Konzernzentrale Hauptbahnhof Wien[14]. Subsidiaries include Österreichische Bundesbahnen (4c) - Rollendes Material[19]; City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H[20], a railway company[33], in Austria[34], founded in 2002[35], headquartered in Wien-Schwechat Airport[36]; ÖBB-Business Competence Center[21], an enterprise[37], in Austria[38], headquartered in Leopoldstadt[39]; ÖBB-Infrastruktur[22], an enterprise[40], in Austria[41], founded in 2009[42], headquartered in Vienna[43]; Rail Cargo Austria[23], a transport company[44], in Austria[45], founded in 2005[46], headquartered in Vienna[47]; and ÖBB-Personenverkehr[24], a transport company[48], in Austria[49].

Industry

Industries include rail transport[50], passenger rail transport, interurban (NACE 49.1)[51], and rail freight transport[52].

Ownership

Austrian Federal Railways's owned by is recorded as Austria[10]. Its product or material produced is recorded as rail transport[53].

Why It Matters

Austrian Federal Railways ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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  13. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [51] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [52] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . railteam.eu. Retrieved . railteam.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [4] . vademecum.uic.org. Retrieved . vademecum.uic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] . cit-rail.org. Retrieved . cit-rail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . blog.oebb.at. blog.oebb.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] . wikidata.org.
  33. [53] . wikidata.org.
  34. [30] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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