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| Main region | Upper Austria |
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| Parent company | Stern Holding GmbH |
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| Website | www |
Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. is a transport company and wholly owned subsidiary of Stern Gruppe. It operates train and bus services in Upper Austria, Austria. The company owns and operates 105 km (65 mi) of railways which carry 4.7 million passengers per year.1 Since 2005 the company has also worked in partnership with Rail Cargo Group in rail freight and from the end of 2012 has provided locomotives for Rail Cargo Group trains on the Salzkammergut railway line2 and transports 9.4 million tonnes of freight per year.3
Services
Stern and Hafferl operate services on four different railway lines:1
- Linzer Lokalbahn: Linz - Eferding - Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis / Peuerbach (Line S5 of the Upper Austria S-Bahn)
- Atterseebahn: Vöcklamarkt - St.Georgen im Attergau - Attersee
- Vorchdorferbahn: Lambach - Vorchdorf
- Traunseebahn: Vorchdorf - Gmunden
The company also operates bus services and the Gmunden Tramway, which since 2018 has been connected to the Traunseebahn with through services operating over both.4
A sister company, Atterseeschifffahrt, operates ferry services on the Attersee.
Stern & Hafferl also used to operate another four railway lines:
- Lambach - Haag am Hausruck, closed in December 20095
- Bürmoos - Ostermiething, transferred to Salzburger Lokalbahn in 19946
- Florianerbahn: Ebelsberg - Sankt Florian, closed in 19737
- Unterach am Attersee - See am Mondsee tramway, closed in 19517
Rolling stock
The company operate a number of locomotives as well as railcars, which often resemble trams.8
The company has a fleet of eight locomotives for freight operations.2
References
References
- "Infrastruktur" [Infrastructure] (in German). Stern & Hafferl Verkehr. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- "Stern & Hafferl: „Barbara" ist erste Hybrid-Lok für den Güterverkehr" [Stern & Hafferl: "Barbara" is the first hybrid locomotive for freight traffic]. Österreische Verkehrszeitung (in German). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- "Güterverkehr" [Goods traffic] (in German). Stern & Hafferl Verkehr. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- "Metre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last". Railway Gazette International. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- "Haager Lies ab 13. Dezember eingestellt" [Haager Lies closed from 13 December]. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). 13 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- Brandl, Peter (July 2008). "Verlängerung der Salzburger Lokalbahn nach Ostermiething" [Extension of the Salzburger Lokalbahn to Ostermiething]. Regionale Schienen (in German). Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- "100 Jahre Stern & Hafferl" [100 years of Stern & Hafferl]. Eisenbahn-Journal (in German). No. 7/1983. Hermann Merker-Verlag. December 1983. pp. 24–27. ISSN 0720-051X.
- Stern und Hafferl rolling stock