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2018: Netherlands and Germany

2017: Japan

2015: Styria, Carinthia, Salzburg

2014: Rhein-Elsass

2013: Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana

2012: St. Petersburg

Programme (12.-17.05.2012):

  • City tour with Peter and Paul's Fortress
  • Visit to the Hermitage
  • Visit to the railway museum
  • Visit to the Metro Technikum
  • Transport planning in St. Petersburg

2011: Romania/Bulgaria

Programme (09.-13.05.2011):

Sofia:

  • Visit to a metro station construction site
  • Visit to the Faculty of Transport Engineering of the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Bucharest:

  • Universitatea Politehnica din Bucaresti
  • Metro network operator METROREX ÖV-Betreiber RATB
  • City tour, Romanian Parliament

2010: Successful Austrian Regional Railways

Programme (10.-12.11.2010):

  • Pinzgauer Lokalbahn - Guided tour, information, visit, track inspection
  • Zillertalbahn - route inspection, guided tour, information and visit
  • Achenseebahn - tour of the railway facilities and rolling stock

2010: Brussels

Programme (03.-07.05.2010):

  • European Parliament
  • Permanent Representation of Austria
  • BMW Group
  • UITP
  • Transport and Environment
  • City tour Bruges
  • Coastal tram

2009: Switzerland

Focus on urban planning & public transport in Bern and Zurich

Programme (26.04.-01.05.2009):

  • ÖBB infrastructure project in Dornbirn
  • Urban planning Zurich
  • Traffic planning Bern
  • Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre
  • Return journey with the Glacier Express
  • and much more

2008: Hamburg

Focus on urban planning & public transport in Hamburg (D)

Programme (01.-06.04.2008):

  • Transport Planning Department Hamburg
  • University Hamburg Harburg
  • old and new Elbe tunnel
  • Hamburg container port
  • and much more

2007: Bratislava and Budapest

Focus on Urban Planning & Public Transport in Bratislava and Budapest

Programme (07.05.-09.05.2007):

  • Transport Planning Department Bratislava,
  • Transport Planning Department Budapest,
  • Urban Planning Department Bratislava,
  • Urban Planning Department Budapest,
  • Traffic Control Centre Bratislava, Traffic Control Centre Budapest
  • and much more

2006: Madrid

On this excursion we visited the Technical University of Madrid, toured the metro and underground bus stations and visited a testing centre for road materials. In addition, we were introduced to urban development areas in Madrid.   

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

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2004: Freight Transport Austria

During this excursion we visited the port of Enns, were informed about urban planning in Kufstein and had a presentation of the company LKW Walker at the Kufstein site. Furthermore, we were informed about the current urban planning in Salzburg and had the opportunity to visit the ÖBB logistics centre in Wels.

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

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2004: Lower Austria

During this excursion we visited the Danube port Krems, the town planning office St. Pölten, informed ourselves about the Lower Austrian regional planning and about the Wiesel bus system in Lower Austria.

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

More details can be found in the report below:

2003: South Tyrol

During this excursion we visited the pedestrian zone of Bressanone, visited the city of Bolzano, learned about the urban planning of the city and the district of Merano and visited the towns of Silandro and Naturno. On the way back we visited the towns of Landeck, St. Anton (new railway station) and Innsbruck.

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

More details can be found in the reports below.

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Reports:

2002: Mostviertel

During this excursion we visited the city of Waidhofen an der Ybbs, the company Forster and the company IFE. On the second day we learned about the urban planning activities of the city of Steyr and the company BMW Motorenwerke.

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

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2001: Munich

On this excursion, we visited the Munich city administration. there, urban planning was explained to us and the MOBINET project was presented. Afterwards, we visited the research and processing department of the BMW Group. A visit to the Petuelring tunnel construction site rounded off the picture.

A big thank you to the participating institutions!

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2000: Athens

On this excursion we visited the city of Athens just before the Olympic Games. We enquired about the transport master plan, visited the new Athens airport, which is about to be completed, and the port of Piraeus.

A big thank you to the institutions involved!

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