Branch Line Society "The Vienna Explorer" Tour, 13th September 2025 - Part 1

On Saturday, 13th September 2025, the Branch Line Society had a fixture in Vienna that aimed to cover several freight only branches and chords around the city.

Locomotives and stock were provided by Regiobahn (Austria), based at their Ernstbrunn location. The locomotives were former ÖBB class 2143 locomotives, 2143 033 & 2143 062.

From the BLS documentation, observations and Google maps this is my summary of the route taken. This may not have the correct names for some locations.

Part 1:

The train started at Ernstbrunn and like the majority of travellers I joined it at Harmannsdorf off of local bus 830 from Korneuburg. This video starts on the Umspannwerk Bisamberg siding then back to Stetten Fosslienwelt, Korneuburg (shunt from platform to docks access line) - Korneuburg Donaulände (docks on Tuttendörfl, reverse) - Korneuburg (reverse) - Wien Floridsdorf (reverse) - Wien Süßenbrunn (reverse) - Breitenlee branch (reverse) - Wien Stadlau yard - Wien Lobau Hafen - Tanklager Lobau via Ölhafenbahn (reverse) - Wien Lobau Hafen -Wien Stadlau yard (reverse) - Simmering - continued in Part 2

After crossing the Ostbahnbrucke another sonderzug is just glimpsed on the line coming in to Wien Praterkai from the west side of the river. The locomotive was not identified.

Train identifiers for this part of the video were:

SR 16475 - 09:13 Korneuburg to Wien Süßenbrunn-Mitte
SR 16746 - 10:12 Wien Süßenbrunn-Mitte to Wien Lobau Hafen
SR 16477 - 10:50 Wien Lobau Hafen - Flughafen Wien

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0:00:00 Umspannwerk Bisamberg Branch
0:05:45 Stetten Fossilienwelt
0:08:54 Korneuburg
0:16:29 Tuttendörfl (Korneuburg)
0:21:10 Korneuburg
0:24:03 Wien-Floridsdorf
0:26:12 Siemensstraße
0:27:38 Wien Süßenbrunn
0:33:06 Breitenlee
0:43:00 Stadlau
0:44:50 Kierischitzweg, Wien - Lobau
0:46:21 Biberhaufenweg, Wien - Lobau
0:46:58 Lobau Hafen
0:49:37 Ölhafenbahn
0:53:16 Tanklager Lobau
0:54:04 Ölhafenbahn
0:55:14 Lobau Hafen
0:56:36 Stadlau
1:02:02 Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke
1:02:27 Wien Praterkai
1:03:38 Simmering
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