Railjet to Venice coming soon ?
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23/02/2016
Saturday 20 February, the Taurus ÖBB E.190.018 make the
full trip from Vienna to Venice with the Eurocity 31, after what it returned to
Vienna at the same day with the same trainset as the Eurocity 30. What is
exceptional? The Taurus locomotive was in Railjet livery, which that means that
this Latin excursion is maybe the next coming of the famous Austrian trains in
Venice, in place of some Eurocity. All neighbors of Austria would thus be
connected by Railjet, except for Slovenia.
According Ferrovie.IT, this possibility should correspond to the recent order from ÖBB to Siemens to provide 9 trainsets with seven vehicles worth 145 million euros. These
trains should strengthen the major service Vienna - Salzburg but also be most
likely used on Italy. Technically, the Taurus must wear a red band on their
front sides to ride in Italy. The composition of the trains should also be
amended with 5 class cars "Standard", a mixed dining car / First and
a pilot-car "First", with reduction in "Business" seats.
The new cars will have to receive permission to travel on the RFI network.
This is once again an example of the offensive politic of
the Austrian public company, which does not intend to leave the international
market and invests in modern rolling stock. Pictures of the first Taurus Railjet can be seen at
this link:
