Commuter frustration

Three times as long on the road with rail replacement

The ÖVP-Gramatneusiedl sent 500 signatures and a letter of protest to ÖBB in order to achieve improvements for commuters.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/ÖVP Gramatneusiedl, Doris Seebacher)

Instead of 16 minutes, the journey now takes more than three times as long - that's around seven hours more valuable time per week that commuters from the district of Bruck an der Leitha have had to spend on public transport on their way from Gramatneusiedl to Vienna and back since yesterday.

"This is unacceptable!", those affected are furious and have received support from the local ÖVP. Signatures have therefore now been collected in order to achieve improvements from ÖBB.

Reconstruction work as the reason for cancellations
The reason for the timetable changes is reconstruction work on the railroad premises in Himberg. As a result, trains to Vienna are simply canceled, especially during the rush hour between 6:32 am and 7:28 am. Instead, there is the much slower rail replacement service by bus. And there are also no return trains from Vienna in the afternoon. Normally there are four trains per hour, now there is only one.

The situation would improve if all trains passing through Gramatneusiedl also stopped here.

Regina Wilmsen vom Team der ÖVP Gramatneusiedl

Concrete demands
Peter Tötzer, ÖVP chairman of Gramatneusiedl, took matters into his own hands and organized a signature campaign: "We have to pull out all the stops to bring about improvements for commuters and, after the vacations, for schoolchildren too." The 500 signatures collected were sent to ÖBB with a letter of protest.

More trains between 6.32 a.m. and 7.28 a.m. to Vienna and trains at least every half hour from Vienna to Gramatneusiedl in the afternoon. In addition, more wagons per train set should be provided in future.