Stern und Hafferl Verkehr explained

Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. is a transport company operating train, bus and boat services in Upper Austria, Austria. The company owns and operates 105km (65miles) 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 line^[2] and transports 9.4 million tonnes of freight per year.^[3]

Services

Stern and Hafferl operate services on four different railway lines:^[1]

• : Linz - Eferding - Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis / Peuerbach (Line S5 of the Upper Austria S-Bahn)
• : Vöcklamarkt - St.Georgen im Attergau - Attersee
• : 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 2009^[5]
• Bürmoos - Ostermiething, transferred to Salzburger Lokalbahn in 1994^[6]
• Florianerbahn: Ebelsberg - Sankt Florian, closed in 1973^[7]
• Unterach am Attersee - See am Mondsee tramway, closed in 1951^[7]

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Infrastruktur . de . Infrastructure . Stern & Hafferl Verkehr . 4 November 2024.
2. Web site: Stern & Hafferl: „Barbara“ ist erste Hybrid-Lok für den Güterverkehr . de . Stern & Hafferl: "Barbara" is the first hybrid locomotive for freight traffic . Österreische Verkehrszeitung . 13 May 2019 . 6 November 2024.
3. Web site: Güterverkehr . de . Goods traffic . Stern & Hafferl Verkehr . 4 November 2024.
4. Web site: Metre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last . . 3 September 2018 . 4 November 2024.
5. Web site: Haager Lies ab 13. Dezember eingestellt . de . Haager Lies closed from 13 December . . 13 November 2009 . 4 November 2024.
6. Web site: Verlängerung der Salzburger Lokalbahn nach Ostermiething . de . Extension of the Salzburger Lokalbahn to Ostermiething . Regionale Schienen . Brandl . Peter . July 2008 . 4 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929131153/http://regionale-schienen.at/0_thema_200807.asp?mid=23 . 29 September 2023 . live.
7. 100 Jahre Stern & Hafferl . de . 100 years of Stern & Hafferl . Eisenbahn-Journal . 7/1983 . December 1983 . 24–27 . Hermann Merker-Verlag . 0720-051X.
8. http://www.railfaneurope.net/list_frameset.html Stern und Hafferl rolling stock