Westbahn welcomes 6,000 a day

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Westbahn manages to sell one in two of the overall number of tickets it offers, a spokesman said today (Fri). Manfred Mader told the Kurier that the private passenger railway service provider recorded nearly 6,000 passengers on average each day. He explained that around 50 per cent of tickets were sold at the moment. Westbahn became the first domestic competitor of Federal Railways (ÖBB) when it started operating in December of last year. The company offers several daily connections between federal capital Vienna and provincial capital Salzburg. Westbahn hoped to convince former ÖBB clients to switch to its trains by offering a wireless internet connection and restrooms separated by sex. It cooperates with bakery chain Ströck about on-board food services. ÖBB revealed only last week that it decided to team up with airline catering expert DO