S7 (Vienna)

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A Floridsdorf bound train at Wien Zentralfriedhof.
Overview
Status	Operating
Owner	ÖBB
Locale	Vienna
Termini	Laa an der Thaya/Mistelbach/Wien Floridsdorf railway station Flughafen Wien/Wolfsthal
Stations	47
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Vienna S-Bahn
History
Opened	24 May 1998 (1998-05-24)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Lower Austria Vienna S1 to Wien Leopoldau and to or Wien Floridsdorf Wien Handelskai Wien Traisengasse Wien Praterstern Wien Mitte Wien Rennweg S1, , , and toward Wien Meidling Wien Geiselbergstraße Vienna Lower Austria Flughafen Wien This diagram: view

S7 is an electrified commuter rail service operating between Floridsdorf and Vienna International Airport, with extended southbound service to Wolfsthal in the greater Vienna area and northbound service to Laa an der Thaya, sometimes ending in Wolkersdorf and Mistelbach. Between Wien Mitte and the airport, S7 provides local service on the route while the City Airport Train provides non stop express service to the airport. The S7 uses the former Aspangbahn right-of-way in the city center then, at Kledering, transitions to the former Pressburger Bahn, which connected Vienna and Bratislava, to Wolfsthal. Average travel time between Floridsdorf and Vienna International Airport is 37 minutes.

Route[]

The S7 uses the right of way of the former Aspang and Pressburger railways as well as the Vienna Trunk Line, in the city center. The line begins at Laa an der Thaya, far in the north of Lower Austria, then comes to Vienna, stopping at Wien Floridsdorf in Northern Vienna, cross the Danube on the Northern Railway Bridge, and continue along the Trunk Line to Wien Rennweg keeping just east of Vienna's historical city center. After Rennweg, the route diverges off the Trunk Line and transitions to the former Aspang Railway right of way. After passing Kledering marshalling yard, the route briefly connects to the Danube Overland Railway, via Flying junction. Past Wien Kaiserebersdorf, the route switches to the Pressburger railway, again via Flying Junction.