Aspangbahn#
Aspang Railway Line (Vienna - Aspang Railway), formerly a private railway line, originally planned to reach Salonika (boundary stones with the inscription "W. S. B." = Wien-Saloniki-Bahn (Vienna - Salonika Railway) have survived), built as far as Aspang in 1881, not extended until 1910, when it reached eastern Styria via the Wechsel Tunnel. Nationalised in 1937 along with the Schneeberg railway (BBOe). The Aspang train station was located in the 11th district of Vienna, demolished in 1977.
Further reading#
P., F. and J. O. Slezak, Vom Schiffskanal zur Eisenbahn, 1981.