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OBB expands passenger information
InfoToGo: Train information about stations based on location on your cell phone
OBB Scotty: Passengers can set an alarm for themselves
(Vienna, October 27, 2025) - OBB has expanded its digital traffic information. From now on, passengers can access current timetable deviations due to construction sites or route closures on the traffic reports page (www.unsereoebb.at/verkehrsmelden). Alternatively, you can set an individual alarm in the OBB Scotty app and receive push notifications about delayed or canceled trains.
OBB relies on a multi-channel strategy for passenger information. At our train stations and stops, traffic information will be given as usual via loudspeakers by the well-known OBB voice Chris Lohner and displayed on the departure and arrival monitors at the train stations. In addition, the federal railways are gradually expanding their digital information channels. The biggest challenge is the open system in Austria. While in aviation every passenger is registered with their name and email address, railways allow anonymous boarding and disembarking, says Peter N. Thier, head of OBB Group Communications, explaining the difference.
Passengers who are not registered can now get the information on their smartphone in various ways: on the new traffic information page, the new station page InfoToGo or, as usual, via the popular OBB app Scotty. The new services at a glance:
New platform for current traffic reports
From now on, all important information about construction sites, diversions and route closures can be found on a central traffic information website (address: https://www.unsereoebb.at/verkehrsmelden). There, passengers can see which routes are currently interrupted or where major construction work is planned - clearly filterable by federal state. Important information about rail replacement services as well as the OBB Scotty timetable information are directly linked. Particularly practical: The page can be saved as a so-called widget on the home screen of the smartphone.
Station monitors live on your cell phone
Using the new InfoToGo website (https://infotogo.oebb.at), passengers can also get arrival and departure displays from train stations and stops in Austria on their cell phones. In addition to viewing arrival and departure times on the station monitors, the website offers an overview of additional service and shopping options at the respective station.
OBB-Infrastructure AG is launching a pilot project at Vienna Meidling train station in October and November. Humorous subjects draw attention to the application, which works without an app or registration. The pilot project is supported by the TU Vienna.
Next improvements are already being planned
OBB is continuously working on expanding its services. Plans include, among other things, graphically simplified construction site information including on-site directions or improvements to the display of rail replacement bus services. Thier said: We know that we have a lot of catching up to do. In addition, the next two years will present us with a lot of construction sites. Thats why were working hard to further improve our passenger information.
