📋 Tender Overview
Vehicles in use at the latest from autumn 2025 in long -distance transport
More capacity on the western route
Still high comfort for our passengers
(Vienna, May 22, 2025)-The OBB has been awarded the contract for the purchase of 17 IC doubles of the Type Stadler KISS 200 on the part of Deutsche Bahn. Due to the passenger boom in recent years and the planned supply extensions on the south route with the opening of the Koralm Railway, the capacity requirement and thus also the OBB long -distance fleet grows.
The IC sets acquired by the DB will increase the capacities on the western route from autumn 2025 at the latest for our customers: inside. They will keep on RJ connections with more common ones until the new Railjet double trains ordered by the OBB are delivered.
The faster RJX connections will continue to be covered with the existing Railjet fleet.
Since the double-decker trains have more seats than the existing Railjet sets, their use on the western route between Vienna and Salzburg will increase the seating capacity on the IC line by around 20 percent
Eight six-part trains will go to passenger use in autumn at the latest and expand the OBB fleet a year later. The modern and reliable vehicles receive a short refresh for OBB before using long -distance transport.
The IC double-stocking trains have 486 seats in the six-part variant (66 of them in the 1st grade and 420 in the 2nd class) and thus offer more seats than the vehicles used so far. They are equipped with eight bicycle parking spaces and two wheelchair spaces. In addition, they offer an attractive offer with barrier-free entrances, air conditioning, free WiFi, sockets, spacious luggage racks, catering zones with machines for snacks and (hot) drinks.
