AUSTRIA: Passenger services on a 3 km Y-shaped western extension of Innsbruck’s metre-gauge tram network were launched on December 10, following inauguration celebrations five days earlier.
The extension runs from the former terminus at Höttinger Au to Peerhofsiedlung, with a branch to Technik West which has been built as the first section of a planned route to Völs.
An eastern extension from Defreggerstraße to Olympisches Dorf is also under construction.
AUSTRIA: The Innsbruck tram network is to be extended west from Technik-West to Völs by 2030 at the latest, the Land of Tirol’s transport portfolio holder René Zumtobel said at the opening of an eastern extension of Line 5. The Land has invested €30m in the ...
AUSTRIA: The city of Innsbruck, the Land of Tirol and transport authority IVB signed a contract on December 16 for the supply of rolling stock for the city’s Regionalbahn light rail project. Bombardier Transportation is to supply 20 Flexity light rail vehicles, along with maintenance support under Bombardier’s FlexCare ...
AUSTRIA: Public celebrations and a street party were held in Innsbruck on October 26 to mark the opening of a short extension of tram route 3 in the eastern suburb of Amras. The extension was officially inaugurated at 11.00 by the city’s Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer, followed by a short concert ...
