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Encyclopedia > Austrian West Railway

The Austrian Western Railway (German Westbahn) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still used (although only rarely) to refer to the railway lines which was formerly operated by that company. Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...


Named after Empress Elisabeth, the k.k. private Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn operated a line from Vienna to Linz, which was built between 1856 and 1858. The extensions from Linz to Salzburg and Passau were opened in 1860 and 1861. The company was nationalized in 1882. Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria and Princess of Bavaria (December 24, 1837 - September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was Empress-Consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... This article is about the city of Linz in Austria. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... This page is for the city of Salzburg. ... Old Town of Passau Passau is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as Dreiflüssestadt (the City of three rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


Since World War I, the former Giselabahn from Salzburg via Zell am See to Wörgl, the North Tyrolean Railway (Kufstein-Innsbruck, operated by the Austrian Southern Railway until 1923) and the Arlberg Railway have been understood as part of the Western Railway. Vienna West Station was heavily damaged in World War II and reconstructed until 1952, when the railway had been equipped with electrical power lines. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Kufstein is an old city in Tyrol, Austria. ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck (population 120,000) is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


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Online Etymology Dictionary (2082 words)
Noun sense of "underground railway" is from 1887 (phrase underground railway itself is attested from 1834).
"principal line of a railway," 1841; meaning "affluent area of residence" is 1930s, originally that of Philadelphia, from the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad which added local stops to a string of backwater towns west of the city late 19c.
The railway sense of "transverse sleeper" is from 1857, Amer.Eng.
Austrian Civil War (1262 words)
The Austrian Civil War, also known as the February Uprising, is a term sometimes used for a few days of skirmishes between socialist and conservative forces between 12 February and 16 February 1934 in Austria.
In a close vote (on railway workers' wages) in the National Council, each of the three presidents of parliament resigned their position in order to cast a ballot, leaving nobody to preside over the meeting.
But the events of the Austrian Civil War had persuaded many in the political establishment (and, indeed, the population at large) that a slow pace of political reform was a small price to pay for social calm.
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