Montafonerbahn

Current Per the December 2024 ÖBB schedule, the line sees two service patterns, both belonging to the Vorarlberg S-Bahn, the , and the . The resulting combined frequency is 30 minutes on the Montafonerbahn, where both services make local stops. While the S4 terminates at the end of the branch in Bludenz, the REX 1 continues along the Vorarlberg railway to , as an express service to the . Freight service on the line is operated by MBS using a V100 diesel locomotive. On the line, the through-car was coupled to an MBS motorcar or locomotive. From 1980 and until 2009, the MBS operated two locomotives for freight service on the line. They were replaced by a V100 diesel locomotive and were sent to preservation with the Austrian Society for Railway History. == History ==

Rail transport reached the area in 1884, with the opening of the Arlberg Railway to Bludenz, and initial plans for a railway in the Montafon Valley appeared at around this time. A contract for the construction of railway electrification was signed with the electrical manufacturer Siemens & Halske in 1893, though the character of the line was still undecided at this time. Preparatory work on a standard gauge, electric railway line started in 1903 with as contractor. Bludenz-Moos railway station opened in 1965. == Stations ==