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WestbahnWestern Railway: Built as k. k. privileged "Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn" (Empress Elisabeth Railway) from 1856 to 1858 between Vienna and Linz, the service was extended to Salzburg in 1860 and from Wels to Passau in 1861; nationalised in1882. Since the First World War, the Western Railway has also encompassed the earlier Gisela Railway (Salzburg- Zell am See- Wörgl), the North Tyrolean Railway (Kufstein- Innsbruck, until 1923 operated by Südbahn-Gesellschaft), and the Arlberg Railway. During the Second World War, the Vienna West railway station suffered heavy damage. The Western Railway was electrified, in the course of reconstruction, which was completed in 1952.P>
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