Montafon Railway

The Montafonerbahn AG, abbreviated as MBS, is a private law and transport companies in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. There they mainly engaged the railway Bludenz- Schruns in the Montafon Valley, on this it is both railway infrastructure companies as well as the sole railway transport companies.

The Montafonerbahn - stock company was founded in 1904 in Schruns. Main shareholder is now the Stand Montafon with 54.5 percent. 11.5 percent are owned by the Vorarlberg Illwerke AG, 11.2 percent owned by the Land Vorarlberg and 22.8 percent of the shares are in free float.

History and things

The planning for the establishment of the company started with the opening of the Arlberg railway in 1884. Involved decisive because the standing representative and stars - host Jacob Stemer and the mill owner William Mayer were.

Litzkraftwerk since 1904

On April 1, 1895, started the construction of Litzkraftwerks in Tobel ( Silbertal ), and in December of the same year burned at the Gasthof Krone in Schruns already the first electric light in the valley. 1904 acquired the present in the founding Montafonerbahn Aktiengesellschaft E-Werk.

1996-1998 was the Litzkraftwerk that was undersized for the modern operation, location rebuilt on other things and the old decommissioned.

Montafonerbahn since 1905

With the opening on December 18, 1905, the 12.8 km long railway Bludenz- Schruns Montafon opened up.

In the 1990s, the company is also in the traffic group Vorarlberg ( VVV ) has been integrated. Since 2005, there is a close cooperation between the MBS and the Austrian Federal Railways ( ÖBB). Since then run MBS railcars on behalf of traffic on ÖBB routes, within one kilometers compensation for these services ÖBB sets come on the MBS - gap for use.

Güterbahnhof Tschagguns after 1961

In addition, the Montafonerbahn AG took over the remains of the railway line Tschagguns partenen Illwerke that are used today as a freight depot and freight station in Tschagguns. A re-establishment of route direction Gaschurn and partenen was last studied in the 1980s, but not implemented.

Omnibus bus service since 2005

In 2005, the MBS mbsBus its subsidiary, initially in ten buses and cars from the post bus. 2008 already reversed 18 buses of the mbsBus through the Montafon. These are part of the transport system with a uniform ticket system and rate model.

Mbs -Beteiligungs GmbH

Mbs -Beteiligungs GmbH, a subsidiary of Montafonerbahn took over in 2006, the company Elektro Decker in Weiler and participated in the natural heat -Montafon GmbH. The Company enters now appears under the name Red Zac Montafon.