📋 Tender Overview
In time for school, traffic is released
Work on the traffic node until mid -2026
(Raaba-Grambach, September 05, 2025)-The S-Bahn stop Raaba is made fit for the requirements of the future. By the end of May 2026, a new local transport node will be built, which will include both a modern, barrier-free rail stop and bus stops. The new state road underpass with accompanying walking and bike path contributes significantly to safety and improved traffic flow. This can now be released to traffic after 19 months of construction. The investment costs for the overall project are around 75 million euros, the country is with 18 million euros and the municipality with EUR 9 million.
The entire implementation of the underpass was largely under upright railway operation and was successfully handled by the use of 2 auxiliary bridges and a sophisticated construction logistics. An additional challenge was the high groundwater deposit in parts of the construction site.
More comfort and mobility: This is new in Raaba
The new platform 1 at the Raaba stop has been completed. This new 160-meter long platform enables barrier-free access and exit from the trains and is available from 7th September, 5:00 p.m., rail travelers. A modern waiting body offers protection in any weather.
The Park & Ride and Bike & Ride systems are also completed. Now 100 covered bicycle parking spaces, 30 storage areas for motorcycles and 50 car parking spaces are available. Here, too, modern waiting koks offer protection in any weather.
Furthermore, the new local transport node with its bus stops and the customer toilet at the forecourt is also finished and in operation.
What will happen until the end of May 2026?
The platform 2 has been working on platform since July. The expansion of the platform 2 as well as the completion of the elevator systems and the person tunnel are planned for the end of May 2026. Work on the rail systems approach the conclusion.
A detailed greening plan ensures that as few areas as possible seals
become. Trees and plants should not only donate shadows, but also integrate into the path management. A modern photovoltaic system is installed on the technical building.
Klaus Schneider, project manager for projects new/expansion, OBB-infrastructure AG: Passengers and road traffic participants benefit from this new stop: inside. The conversion creates the prerequisites for a further, significant improvement in the S-Bahn offer and is an important contribution to the mobility change.
Traffic Councilor Claudia Holzer: The new local transport node not only relieves traffic and ensures even more security, all publicly users and road users and road users also benefit from this new, improved transfer knot and the improved flow of traffic through the new state road underpass on the L 370, Raabastrasse, including walking and bike path.
Mayor Market town of Raaba-Grambach Karl Mayrhold: The new state road underpass and the renovation of the Raaba stop into a modern, barrier-free S-Bahn stop and upgrading to a local transport knot with and optimal connection options for buses is a huge improvement for the population.
