Austrian Northwestern Railway

"Nordwestbahn" redirects here. For the German railway company, see NordWestBahn.

The Austrian Northwestern Railway (German: Österreichische Nordwestbahn, ÖNWB, Czech: Rakouská severozápadní dráha) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still used (although only rarely) to refer to the railway line which was formerly operated by that company.

Bond of the Austrian Northwestern Railway, issued 1 March 1871

ÖNWB network in comparison to other railway companies.

The privately owned Nordwestbahn took over the branch of the Nordbahn from Floridsdorf to Stockerau in 1871 and extended it in 1871 via Hollabrunn and Retz to Znojmo (Moravia). Nordwestbahn owned and operated many important lines in Bohemia and Moravia. It was nationalized in 1908 and subsequently lost its significance. Nordwestbahnhof was closed down in 1924 and has only been used for freight transports since World War II. The bridge used by the company was transformed into an Autobahn bridge during the 60s. Passenger service between Retz and Znojmo was reopened in 1990.

Lines built by Nordwestbahn lying in today's Czech Republic

Drawing of railway station Prague-Těšnov

Station Ústí n.L.-Střekov

In chronological order

Date opened	From	To	To	To	To	To
6 December 1869	Golčův Jeníkov	Čáslav	Kolín
29 October 1870	Trutnov (main station)	Trutnov (Poříčí)
29 October 1870	Nymburk (main station)	Veleliby	Mladá Boleslav (main station)
29 October 1870	Kolín	Velký Osek	Nymburk (main station)
21 December 1870	Havlíčkův Brod	Světlá nad Sázavou	Golčův Jeníkov
21 December 1870	Velký Osek	Chlumec nad Cidlinou	Ostroměř
21 December 1870	Kunčice nad Labem	Trutnov (main station)
25 January 1871	Jihlava	Havlíčkův Brod
23 April 1871	Znojmo	Moravské Budějovice	Okříšky	Jihlava
1 June 1871	Havlíčkův Brod	Ždárec u Skutče	Chrast	Chrudim	Pardubice (Rosice nad Labem)
1 June 1871	Pardubice (main station)	Pardubice (Rosice nad Labem)
1 June 1871	Ostroměř	Stará Paka	Kunčice nad Labem
1 October 1871	Kunčice nad Labem	Vrchlabí
1 November 1871	Austria/Czech Republic border	Šatov	Znojmo
17 December 1871	Ostroměř	Jičín (cargo station)
17 December 1871	Trutnov (main station)	Svoboda nad Úpou
4 October 1873	Chlumec nad Cidlinou	Hradec Králové
4 October 1873	Nymburk	Lysá nad Labem	Čelákovice	Prague (Rohanský ostrov interim station)
1 January 1874	Lysá nad Labem	Všetaty	Mělník	Litoměřice (lower station)	Ústí nad Labem (Střekov)	Ústí nad Labem (west station)
10 January 1874	Hradec Králové	Týniště nad Orlicí	Letohrad	Lichkov
10 January 1874	Letohrad	Ústí nad Orlicí
5 October 1874	Ústí nad Labem (Střekov)	Velké Březno	Děčín (east station)	Děčín (Prostřední Žleb)
15 October 1875	Lichkov	Czech Republic/Poland border
15 October 1875	Prague (Rohanský ostrov interim station)	Prague (Těšnov station)