Marchegg railway station (German: Bahnhof Marchegg) is a railway station in the town of Marchegg, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is located at the junction of the Marchegger Ostbahn and Gänserndorf–Marchegg railway line. It is the last station in Austria before the Slovakian border.
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| Location | Marchegg Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°15′0″N 16°55′3″E / 48.25000°N 16.91750°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Train operators | ÖBB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station was substantially renovated in 2015 for improved physical accessibility including barrier-free access, elevators, and high-level platforms. The renovation also added a 120-space park and ride lot.[1] The Marchegger Ostbahn, although the most direct route between Vienna and Bratislava, was not electrified until December 2022. ÖBB is also double-tracking the route.[2]
Services
editAs of the December 2022 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Marchegg:[3][4]
- REX 8: hourly service between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Bratislava main.
- R 81: hourly service to Wien Hauptbahnhof.
- Vienna S-Bahn S1: hourly service to Wien Meidling.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "119800_Bahnhof Marchegg". Land Niederösterreich (in German). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "ÖBB completes major electrification and modernisation projects". RailTech. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Wien - Gänserndorf - Hohenau - Břeclav/ Marchegg" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Wien Hütteldorf - Wien Hbf - Wien Hirschstetten - Marchegg - Bratislava" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
External links
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Media related to Bahnhof Marchegg at Wikimedia Commons- YouTube video showing the 2015 renovation
