📋 Tender Overview
(Klagenfurt, April 11, 2025)- Technical measurement and test drives as well as renovation work in the Lavant Valley will still be pending in December 2025. This leads to temporary routes on the S-Bahn line S3 between Klagenfurt Hbf and Wolfsberg. Replacement buses run for these periods.
April 12 to April 19, 2025
Between St. Andra and St. Stefan in the Lavant Valley, very extensive renovation work on the substructure has been necessary in recent years. This work is carried out in two phases and affect local transport with temporary routes and replacement hits.
Phase 1
From Saturday, April 12, 2025 (5:50 a.m.) until Saturday, April 19, 2025 (9:30 p.m.), replacement buses between Wolfsberg and St. Paul im Lavanttal take over all traffic.
Line S3, Plan exit Wolfsberg will still run on rail replacement on April 19, 2025 at 9:52 p.m.
On April 14th and 15th, 2025, daily between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. the rail replacement traffic between St. Paul in the Lavanttal and Klagenfurt Hbf.
Phase 2
Another rail replacement traffic follows from August 15th to 29th, 2025.
April 14 to June 12, 2025
Technical measurement and test drives are carried out on the new Koralbahn on a total of 32 days- not daily. In the period between 07:45 and 3:15 p.m. there are no train connections on the S-Bahn line S3 between Klagenfurt Hbf and St. Paul in the Lavanttal and are led by buses in rail replacement traffic.
Information for travelers - this is important:
The rail replacement traffic is taken into account in the timetable and drives according to the adapted replacement timetable.
Of course, all valid OBB tickets apply for the trip with the replacement bus.
It is not possible to take bicycles with you on the buses.
Travelers are asked to plan a little more travel time, inform themselves before starting travel and to follow the information on site.
Passenger information
Customer information is carried out via notices and posters at the train stations, announcements, the website oebb.at/beastselle, the Scotty app and via the OBB customer service at 05-1717.
Security and quality for the new connection
The test and construction work is a central step on the way to one of the most modern rail connections in Europe. The OBB thank all passengers for their understanding and patience.
Links to the press information:
KoralMBahn: 15,000 test kilometers until commissioning - Presseinfos - OBB
OBB Verkehrsinfo: Carinthias spring construction sites at an overview
