NÖVOG
Encyclopedia
NÖVOG is a public transport operator, owned by the provincial government of Lower Austria
. It holds concessions for a number of regional and heritage railway
s.
NÖVOG's transport concessions include:
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. It holds concessions for a number of regional and heritage railway
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
s.
Operations
- Wiesel buses: A regional busBusA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
service, with a fleet including 47 new SetraSetraSetra is a Neu-Ulm, Germany-based manufacturer of commercial buses and touring coaches, and recently a subsidiary of Daimler AG.The name "Setra" comes from "Selbsttragend"...
buses - Light rail services in WaidhofenWaidhofenWaidhofen may refer to the following places:* Waidhofen an der Ybbs, a town in Lower Austria, Austria* Waidhofen an der Thaya, a town in Lower Austria, Austria* Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land, a municipality in Lower Austria, Austria...
/YbbsYbbsYbbs is a river in Lower Austria, and in Austria also the common short form to designate the little town Ybbs an der Donau.Its source is located on the Zellerrain Pass near Mariazell... - Mariazell Railway, taken over from ÖBBÖBBThe Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...
in December 2010 - The rack railway section of Schneeberg RailwaySchneeberg RailwayThe Schneeberg Railway is a local railway line in Lower Austria running from Wiener Neustadt to the Hochschneeberg mountain. From Wiener Neustadt to Puchberg am Schneeberg it runs as a standard gauge, adhesion railway and from Puchberg am Schneeberg to the Hochschneeberg as a narrow-gauge, cog...
, between Puchberg am SchneebergPuchberg am SchneebergPuchberg am Schneeberg is a town in the south-eastern part of Lower Austria with approx. 2650 inhabitants. It is situated about 80 Kilometres from Vienna. The highest point of Puchberg is the Schneeberg with 2076 m, the highest mountain of Lower Austria....
and Hochschneeberg - Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen
- Semmeringbahn