Horn becomes the railway junction: faster to Vienna thanks to a new connection!

Horn becomes the railway junction: faster to Vienna thanks to a new connection!

Horn, Österreich - The connection of Horn to the Franz-Josefs-Bahn takes on concrete forms! As noe.orf.at , travelers will soon get from Horn to Vienna for around 15 minutes faster. The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) plan to connect Horn to the Sigmundsherberg train station, which makes a transfer time superfluous. The necessary environmental impact assessment (RRP) will be submitted to the Lower Austrian authority in February. The construction of about two kilometers of new railway line and the electrification of the entire route are planned by the end of 2030. At the same time, Horn station is also modernized, with new park-and-ride and bike-and-ride systems being created.

a long overdue project

The Franz-Josefs-Bahn has been passing Horn about 10 km away since its opening and leaves the district capital behind. Like pro-fjb.at , just over 10 % of the commuters are currently using this connection, since the trip from Horn to Sigmundsherberg takes at least 15 minutes before the actual journey continues to FJB. The current system is unattractive for the many commuters because the car ride to the big cities such as Vienna, Krems and St. Pölten is often faster. With the future expansion of the FJB, the travel time from Horn to Vienna could be reduced to less than 45 minutes and an enormous potential of rail drivers could be activated.

In order to optimize the connection, a new station in the south of Horn has been considered for years, which would not only offer direct access to the Franz-Josefs track, but could also contain a park-and-ride facility. A proposal from a 1991 study stipulates that the modernization and the upcoming expansion of FJB would bring many advantages for both Horn and the surrounding regions. Commuters could benefit from shortened travel times and improved connections, which would also increase the attractiveness of public transport in the entire region.