Fohnsdorf Railway

Fohnsdorfer Bahn Zeltweg – Fohnsdorf (0.000–5.938) Fohnsdorf – Pöls (0.000–7.676)
Route number (ÖBB) :	45601
Route number :	7561 ("Route 56")
Route length:	13.468 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Maximum slope :	26.4  ‰
Minimum radius :	190.7 m
Top speed:	60 km / h
Legend Rudolfsbahn from St. Michael 0.000 Zeltweg Rudolfsbahn to Tarvisio 0.910 Connection railway ( Awanst ) Wasserberg 1,092 EK 1.727 Connection railway (Awanst) Mayer 1.790 Connection railway (Awanst) Penz 2,389 Connecting railway (Awanst) Danicek 5.715 Fohnsdorf Lst (closed) 5.779 EK 5,792 0.000 Junction Fohnsdorf - Pöls 5.938 Fohnsdorf end of the route 0.538 Connection rail (Awanst) High Tech Plastics GmbH 0.971 Connection railway (Awanst) Landforst 1.995 EK 8,500 Antoni shaft 4.938 Allerheiligenbrücke (58m) 6.743 Pölsbach Bridge (112m) 7.259 Pöls 7.676 Pöls end of the route AB Pölser Zellulosewerk

The Fohnsdorf Railway , opened in 1870, is a standard-gauge railway line in Austria from Zeltweg to Fohnsdorf with a length of around 5.9 kilometers, the extension to the connecting railway at Pölser Zellulosewerk is an additional 7.7 kilometers.

history

The Fohnsdorfer Bahn was built by the Steierische Eisenindustrie-Gesellschaft . The management initially took over the Crown Prince Rudolf-Bahn , from 1884 the state operated the railway line. In 1872 the extension Fohnsdorf – Antonischacht was opened to traffic.

Passenger traffic was started between Zeltweg and Antonischacht in 1893, but was discontinued again in 1901 between Fohnsdorf and Antonischacht. The section Fohnsdorf - Pöls to the connecting railway Pölser Zellulosewerk of the paper mill Zellstoff Pöls AG was opened in 1984.

On June 1, 1991, passenger traffic between Zeltweg and Fohnsdorf was discontinued, so the Fohnsdorf Railway, with its Pöls extension, is now a pure freight line.

Route

Route Zeltweg - Fohnsdorf

After leaving the Zeltweg station, the train swings past the Hinterstoisser airfield in a north-westerly direction, then runs without bends to the Fohnsdorf – Rattenberg road, then runs at some distance to this approximately in a westerly direction and reaches Fohnsdorf. The route has no noteworthy engineering structures (bridges, tunnels and similar structures) or intermediate stations.

Fohnsdorf - Pöls route

The 7.676-kilometer route to the pulp mill in Pöls branches off from the former track 5 of Fohnsdorf station at 5.791 kilometers on the Zeltweg - Fohnsdorf route in a southbound direction. It leads in a left bend past the former Eumig plant , then turns to the right and then runs west. The slight pivoting in front of Wesendorfer Straße is due to the evasion of a well of the local water supply. In this area, due to the water protection area, the railway body was laid over a length of 900 meters on an oil- and acid-resistant film, which is stored between two layers of fleece. In the further course of the route, the Allerheiligengraben, the Pölsbach and the Steweag factory canal are crossed. The 5-track Pöls operating point is located at 7,259 km. The route ends at the Pöls exit point at 7.676 km. This is where the connecting railway from Pöls cellulose plant connects . Two in-house diesel locomotives are available for extensive shunting.

literature

• Dietmar Rauter / Herwig Rainer: A traffic route opens up the Alps. Volume 2. - St. Peter ob Judenburg, 1998.
• Horn Alfred: Eisenbahnbilderalbum 12. Bohmann Verlag, Vienna 2008. ISBN 978-3-901983-81-8
• Horst Knely: The new Fohnsdorf - Pöls railway line. In: Eisenbahn 2/84, page 24

Web links

• Elmar Oberegger in "Encyclopedia on the Railway History of the Alps-Danube-Adriatic Area": Fohnsdorfer Railway (accessed on April 14, 2010)