ŽSR completes Devínska Nová Ves–Marchegg upgrade for €11.3m

The Slovak railway ŽSR completed construction work on the renewal and electrification of the Devínska Nová Ves–state border at Marchegg line on 6 October 2025; the final price was about EUR 11.3 million. Line speed rises from 80 to 120 km/h, which according to the transport minister will make the train between the main stations of Bratislava and Vienna faster than the car, and ZSSK cites up to 38 daily connections including new REX trains. Completion had been contractually due by 27 December 2024 (300 working days); delays came from protected animal species in a Natura 2000 area, floods in April and September 2024 and unexpected wartime structures (a bunker) at the Morava bridge. (LOK Report, 10 Oct 2025)