Wiener Neustadt soon shines: 170 million for new tracks!

Wiener Neustadt soon shines: 170 million for new tracks!

On May 20, 2025, the official starting sign was given for the significant expansion of the northern entrance to the Wiener Neustadt main station. With an investment of 170 million euros, a fourth track will be built in order to meet the changing requirements in commuter and freight traffic. In addition to the additional track, the expansion also includes extensive modernization measures of the existing track systems. The entire project should be completed by 2029, as oe24.at reported.

Wiener Neustadt, a strategically important traffic hub south of Vienna, already has six railway lines that serve around 40 trains per hour in the morning and evening tip. The introduction of the fourth track enables a significant increase in capacity and is intended to ensure a more flexible access connection. Mayor Klaus Schneeberger (ÖVP) emphasizes the improvement of mobility and accessibility for the citizens, while the officer of ÖBB-Infrastructure AG, Judith Engel, emphasizes the increased capacity of the train station.

extensive construction work

The expansion includes several essential construction work. In addition to the construction of the fourth track, this also includes the construction of railway bridges and noise protection walls, which will be built over a length of around 350 meters and a height of around two meters. In addition, a new road underpass is being built at Pöckgasse, which will be equipped with its own sidewalk. The first phase of the work focuses on the construction pit protection, which has already started this week and is carried out until October 2025, such as meinzirk.at reported.

The modernizations are part of a comprehensive strategy for adapting the Austrian railway infrastructure to the increasing mobility needs. Austria already has an existing railway control strategy that was presented in the 2012 traffic plan. This guidance strategy is in line with the target network 2025+ and the traffic forecast 2025+, which underlines the need for such investments, as shown on [bmimi.gv.at] (https://www.bmimi.gv.at/themen/verbauplanung/ undehrttrategy.html).

The fourth track will also be possible to redirect long -distance traffic to the Pottendorf line, which will promote better use of the Südbahn for local transport trains. This not only increases the efficiency of the train station, but also strengthens the general accessibility and stability of public transport. Annainians are regularly informed about the progress of the construction work, and a hotline for symptoms has been set up to ensure communication during the construction period.