Austrian Western Railway - up to 230km/h ÖBB Westbahn - fast and freight train traffic [4K]

Austrian Western Railway (Österreich Westbahn) is one of the major railway lines in Austria. It connects Vienna with Salzburg via St. Pölten, Amstetten, St. Valentin, Enns, Linz and Wels. At its most part this is 4 track line. 2 tracks date from Old Western Railway (Alte Westbahn). New Western Railway (Neue Westbahn) has 2 new railway tracks which allow higher train speeds. Maximum allowed speed is 250km/h, but trains operate at a maximum speed of 230km/h. Only Railjet and ICE train sets can achieve this speed. Other trains, like Westbahn Stadler KISS double-decker trains ride up to 200km/h. This tracks used by freight train traffic too.

This video shows most of rail traffic at this part of ÖBB Infrastrukture. There are ÖBB Railjet trains, DB and ÖBB ICE EMU trains, Westbahn Stadler KISS double-decker EMU trains, ÖBB regio and regio express trains and various freight trains. The surprise during the recording was new DB ICE 4 train, which is also shown in the video. Recordings were made at several locations along this line, between St. Pölten and Linz mainly near Amstetten, Aschbach, Krenstetten-Biberbach bahnhof, St.Peter-Seitenstetten, St.Valentin and between Linz and Wels, at Pasching and Hörsching.

Dates of recordings:
August 2018. and October 2019.