Tauernbahn car lock
The Tauernbahn car lock (or Tauernschleuse or ASTB for short ) is a rail connection that has been in operation since 1920 for the transport of cars and their occupants, operated by the ÖBB .
Route and processing
Its 11.75 km long route is a section of the Tauern Railway and contains the 8.37 km long Tauern Railway Tunnel , which connects the main Alpine ridge at an altitude of 1226 m above sea level. A. crosses. The route between the Böckstein and Mallnitz - Obervellach stations connects the Gastein Valley in Salzburg (in the north) with the Möll valley in Carinthia (in the south).
There is no direct road between these two places, but there are hiking trails , historically mule tracks , over the Gasteiner Tauern with 2414 and 2459 m above sea level. A. Pass summit. From the north the Böcksteiner Bundesstrasse B167 leads exactly to one car loading station, from the south the Mallnitzer Strasse B105 to the other.
The train travel time through the Tauern lock is approx. 12 minutes. In addition, there is still time for loading vehicles, maneuvering the car loading wagons at their destination and unloading the vehicles. The loading of the vehicle - by the vehicle drivers themselves - is only possible on one level and is also possible for trucks and buses with restrictions in width, height, length and weight. Motorbikes are lashed down by railway staff and have to drive up early, for bicycles an extra bike wagon is carried in the summer. Pedestrians without a vehicle, such as skiers, are also taken along.
1960–2001, the inmates were allowed to remain seated in the vehicle to speed up the handling time, but this has since been prohibited for safety reasons. The price for a car also includes the occupants, while the price for the bike includes the cyclist.
At present, weasel train double-decker cars with the label “Autoschleuse Tauernbahn” are used as passenger cars .
line
| line | route | Clock frequency |
|---|---|---|
|
Böckstein - Mallnitz-Obervellach | Hourly |
- First / last train from Böckstein at 06: 20/23: 20
- First / last train from Mallnitz-Obervellach at 05: 50/22: 50
Rolling material
Since June 22, 2006, roofed low-floor wagons have been used as transfer cars for vehicles, which again made it possible to carry buses up to 3.80 m high. The platform height was adjusted accordingly, and three low-floor passenger wagons will also be used from 2006. The salt water dripping off the cars in the warmth of the tunnel in winter strongly attacks the floor panels, which meant that these panels had to be repainted as early as 2016.
A typical train formation, new since June 2006, consists of:
- Train locomotive ÖBB 1044
- a double-deck, low-floor passenger car with low entrances
- Wagons that serve as entry and exit ramps for vehicles
- a long row of roofed low-floor transport wagons
- (again) wagons that serve as entry and exit ramps for vehicles
In 2015 one set will be deployed
- Train locomotive ÖBB 1016
- the sequence for the vehicle transport itself
- ÖBB 8633 double-decker low-floor control car at the end of the train
From 2016 to 2020 a formation will run out
- ÖBB 8633 double-decker low-floor control car
- in summer a 1st class / luggage compartment Eurofima wagon for bicycle transport
- the sequence for the vehicle transport itself
- Locomotive 1x16
Parallel alpine crossings by road
The Felbertauern tunnel runs west of the rail loading route, so cyclists etc. have to take a different route.
To the east there are roads over the Tauern motorway (Tauern tunnel) and the Katschberg pass .
Web links
- Gasteinertal.com: car lock
- Austrian Federal Railways: Tauernschleuse
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian Federal Railways : Tauernbahn car lock
- ↑ New Tauern lock in operation bahnbilder.warumdenn.net, June 22, 2006, accessed January 25, 2020.
- ↑ Tauernschleuse completely renovated bahnbilder.warumdenn.net, May 31, 2016, accessed January 25, 2020.
- ↑ Tauernbahn car lock in deep winter Mallnitz! bahnbilder.warumdenn.net, February 8, 2015, accessed January 25, 2020.
- ↑ 8633.100 (wide angle) Gerfried Moll, bahnbilder.warumdenn.net, September 19, 2019, accessed January 25, 2020.