Timetable change 2025/2026

last updated on 24.11.2025

Changes to regional bus services

Highlights:

• Start of operation of the new Traun city bus ("Spetzi")

  More mobility for Traun - now with an extended timetable and modern buses!
  The city bus network is growing: new buses, more kilometres on the timetable, longer operating times, half-hourly service and direct connections to important hubs such as the railway station, main square and Traun junction.

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• Realignment of route 625 with improved timetable
  • In future, the line will run every half hour from Monday to Friday between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. between Dörnbach-Hitzing railway station and Traun city cemetery.
  • The changed route will result in significantly shorter journey times.
  • The newly built central stop Pasching Dörnbacher Straße will be included in the timetable and will replace the stops Ruflinger Straße, Schulstraße, Westzeile and Mühlweg in future.
  • Optimisations have also been achieved by relocating the Wagram Kürnbergstraße stop (in the direction of Thurnharting) towards the Wagram tram stop and by concentrating all services at the Plus-City (Nord) stop as a central stop (between Plus-City and Bauhaus).
  • Not only commuters travelling on weekdays will benefit, there is also an attractive service on Saturdays: Line 625 runs every hour from 06:30 to 21:30 (excluding public holidays).
  • Evening services are also available on Thursdays and Fridays until 21:30. The comprehensive innovations will therefore provide passengers with longer operating times, more frequent services and more attractive journey times overall.
    
• Most of the 240 and 252 lines will once again run to/from the bus terminal at Linz main station.
• There will be extensive adjustments to the bus timetables in the Salzkammergut region due to the changes on the Salzkammergut railway.
• In response to the cancellation of occasional services, school services to/from the Desselbrunn primary school will be redesigned on route 521.
• On school days, a new 16:48 service from Vöcklabruck school centre via Don Bosco to Attnang-Puchheim station will be introduced on route 526, ensuring that train connections can be reached safely in future.
• On route 533, there are new connections from the Salzkammergutbahn (Bad Ischl) to Scharnstein at 12:39 and 14:39 from Monday to Friday.
• New RJX connection in Attnang-Puchheim: Line 560 will now arrive at Attnang-Puchheim Bf at 06:40 to provide a connection in the direction of Linz.
• To relieve congestion in the morning rush hour, a new booster service will run on route 560 at 07:23 from Attnang-Puchheim Bezirksaltenheim to Vöcklabruck Schulzentrum.
• On route 712, route 200 will run as a new booster service at 06:37 from Englfing directly via Vöcklabruck Poschenhof to Vöcklabruck .

Together with the regional bus service, regional rail transport forms the backbone of public transport in Upper Austria. Similar to regional bus services, the rail timetable is also being gradually expanded in order to make public transport accessible to even more people. However, following the massive expansion measures of recent years, the main focus for the 2025 timetable year will be on safeguarding existing services and making minor adjustments to regional and local railway services. The existing and very attractive timetable, which was commissioned by the province of Upper Austria and the Upper Austrian Transport Association, will remain largely unchanged.

With the start of the line renovations and the necessary closures by Deutsche Bahn in Bavaria, a phase will begin in 2026 that will affect the Mattigtalbahn and Weststrecke as diversionary routes. Temporary timetable adjustments will therefore be made on these routes from February and June 2026.

Construction will also resume in Upper Austria in 2026. The focus here will be on the four-track expansion of the western line between Linz and Wels. ÖBB will provide information about this in advance.