ÖBB Annual Report 2023

Group Management Report 80 Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding Aktiengesellschaft Consolidated Financial Statements | Group Management Report 35 Stations and other investments In 2023, the following stations were improved and modernised: – Ebreichsdorf station – Hadersdorf am Kamp station – Baumgartenberg station – Helmahof stop – Süßenbrunn station – St. Paul im Lavanttal station – Wiederndorf-Aich stop – Kühnsdorf Klopeiner See stop – Kremsmünster station – Wiener Neustadt Civitas Nova stop – Freistadt station – Summerau station – Steinkogel stop – Pinsdorf stop – Mitterweißenbach stop – Schwarzach / St. Veit station – Ebreichsdorf station – Completion Vienna Neustadt parkdeck Brenner axis ÖBB’s planning and preparatory work for the expansion of the Brenner railway axis at the northern approach to the Brenner Base Tunnel is being systematically continued. Exploratory work is underway to prepare the environmental impact statement for the project section near the state border between Kufstein and Schaftenau. When planning the border tunnel to Germany, the technical standards need to be defined together with colleagues from DB in such a way that both countries are able to approve the project. The detailed approval planning for the Schaftenau – Radfeld junction project was publicly negotiated in autumn 2023. In the long term, the project will serve to relieve congestion at the Wörgl railway junction and will be fully effective towards the end of this decade. The 2.6-kilometre-long Angath roughwork tunnel was already excavated in summer 2023. The gallery serves to support planning through detailed rock exploration. In the coming years, it will facilitate construction logistics during the main work and will later be equipped as a rescue tunnel. In the coming years, it will facilitate construction logistics during the main work and will later be equipped as a rescue tunnel. These are effective in the short term to further increase capacity on the existing route. There are plans for further passing tracks in the Schwaz railway station area. In 2023, ÖBB undertook preliminary work for completion in the second half of the 20s. The railway expansion in the Tyrolean lowlands serves to increase the performance of the northern access route to the Brenner Base Tunnel. In a few years, trains will travel safely, quickly and comfortably between Innsbruck and Franzensfeste in South Tyrol on the tunnel route. It is therefore essential to direct rail traffic from the population and economic centres of Europe to the tunnel. The railways in Austria, Italy and Germany are implementing this with the expansion of the Munich – Verona railway axis as part of the European Scandinavia-Mediterranean core network corridor. The Brenner Base Tunnel In 2023, the construction work of the shell structures for the Brenner Base Tunnel was continued by Galleria di Base del Brennero – Brenner Base Tunnel BBT SE. 159 km of the entire 230 km tunnel system have already been excavated. Of these, 62 km are railway tunnels, 55 km are exploratory tunnels and approx. 42 km are other tunnels. Concrete and backfilling work was carried out on the 200 m long and approx. 9 m high retaining wall in the “H21 Sillschlucht“ construction area. The tracks that will connect the Brenner Base Tunnel with Innsbruck railway station in the future run through this area. Concrete work for the “Silltal“ tunnel is in progress. Work is also being carried out on the two railway bridges over the Sill. The steel supporting structures and the floor slabs for the railway tracks have already been completed. A 55 metre long span bridge for pedestrians over the Sill was also constructed. A total of 75% of the construction lot has been completed. | MR35