List of railway lines in Austria
This is a list of the railroads in Austria . Each route is listed there. If a route is listed several times, this is a subdivision into single and double track sections.
The third section deals with operators of museum railways. The routes traveled there are already included in Sections 1 and 2.
Lines of the Austrian Federal Railways
Standard gauge
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
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Almtalbahn | Wels Hbf - Sattledt - Grünau im Almtal | 1435 | 1 | 43.0 | diesel | 1893, 1901 | ÖBB | ||
Almtalbahn branch line | Sattledt-pipe | 1435 | 1 | 12.4 | Diesel / steam | 1893 | ÖBB | removed around 1968 | |
Arlbergbahn I | Innsbruck main station - Ötztal | 1435 | 2 | 45.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Arlbergbahn II | Ötztal - Kronburg | 1435 | 1 | 20.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Arlbergbahn III | Kronburg - Landeck | 1435 | 2 | 8.8 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Arlbergbahn IV | Landeck - Schnann | 1435 | 1 | 18.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Arlbergbahn V | Schnann - Klösterle | 1435 | 2 | 20.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Arlbergbahn VI | Klösterle - Bludenz | 1435 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Aschach Railway | Haiding junction - Aschach an der Donau | 1435 | 1 | 20.5 | diesel | 1886 | ÖBB | Passenger traffic ceased with timetable change in 2019, only freight traffic | |
Aspangbahn inner part | (Vienna Aspangbahnhof - Central Cemetery -) Vienna Central Shunting Yard - Maria Lanzendorf - Traiskirchen Aspangbahn - Felixdorf | 1435 | 42.9 | diesel | 1881 | ÖBB | from Friday evening to Sunday night, and on holidays operating rest | ||
Aspangbahn outer part | Wiener Neustadt Hbf - Aspang | 1435 | 1 | 33.9 | diesel | 1881 | ÖBB | ||
Ausserfernbahn I | Reutte - Stgr. to Ehrwald (- Garmisch-Partenkirchen) | 1435 | 1 | 44.8 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | DB | Passenger operation by DB Regio Oberbayern since 2001 | ||
Ausserfernbahn II | Reutte - Stgr. to Schönbichl (- Kempten / Allgäu) | 1435 | 1 | 14.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | DB | Passenger operation by DB Regio since 2001, until Stgr. electrified to Schönbichl | ||
Breitenleer branch II | Süßenbrunn Entseuchungsbf - Breitenlee | 1435 | 1 | approx. 5 | diesel | ÖBB | only occasional freight traffic | ||
Brennerbahn | Innsbruck main station - Brennero / Brenner | 1435 | 2 | 36.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1867 | ÖBB | ||
Burgenland Railway (Austria) | (Sopron) border - Deutschkreutz - Oberpullendorf - Oberloisdorf - Stgr. to Rattersdorf-Liebing (- Kőszeg) | 1435 | 1 | 46.5 | Diesel; up to Deutschkreutz 25 kV 50 Hz WS | 1908 | ÖBB | Deutschkreutz - Oberloisdorf only freight traffic,
Oberloisdorf - Kőszeg removed around 1975 |
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Burgenland Railway (Austria) branch line | Oberloisdorf - Lutzmannsburg (- Bük) | 1435 | 1 | ~ 11.7 | steam | 1913 | ÖBB | removed around 1940 | |
Donauländebahn | Vienna Penzing - Vienna Albern Hafen | 1435 | 20.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1872 | ÖBB | |||
Donauuferbahn (Vienna) | Vienna Nussdorf - Vienna Freudenau harbor | 1435 | 11.3 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1876 | ÖBB | |||
Donauuferbahn (Wachau) I | St. Valentin - Sarmingstein | 1435 | 1 | 39.9 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Drautalbahn I | (San Candido / Innichen -) Sillian - Lienz - Abzw Lendorf | 1435 | 1 | 96.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Drautalbahn II | Junction Lendorf - Villach Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf | 1435 | 2 | 80.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Drautalbahn III | Klagenfurt Hbf - Bleiburg (- Dravograd) | 1435 | 1 | 43.7 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Ennstalbahn | Bischofshofen - Selzthal | 1435 | 1 | 98.6 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Erlauftalbahn | Pöchlarn - Kienberg Gaming | 1435 | 1 | 37.5 | diesel | ÖBB | with the 2010 timetable change in the Scheibbs - Kienberg-Gaming area, discontinued and dismantled. | ||
Erlauftalbahn branch line | Wieselburg on the Erlauf - Gresten | 1435 | 1 | 23.8 | diesel | ÖBB | previously 760 mm, only freight traffic | ||
Erzbergbahn I | Hieflau - iron ore | 1435 | 1 | 14.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | freight traffic only | ||
Erzbergbahn II | Iron ore - Vordernberg | 1435 | 1 | 18.1 | diesel | formerly a rack railway, now a museum railway | |||
Erzbergbahn III | Vordernberg Market - Leoben Central Station | 1435 | 1 | 16.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1872 | ÖBB | freight traffic only | |
Floridsdorfer Hochbahn | Vienna Jedlersdorf - Vienna Leopoldau - Vienna Süßenbrunn | 1435 | 1 | 6.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1916 | ÖBB | ||
Fohnsdorf Railway | Zeltweg - Fohnsdorf - Pöls | 1435 | 00.0 | diesel | ÖBB | freight traffic only | |||
Franz-Josefs-Bahn I | Vienna FJBf - Absdorf-Hippersdorf | 1435 | 2 | 44.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Franz-Josefs-Bahn II | Absdorf-Hippersdorf - Gmünd Lower Austria (- České Budějovice) | 1435 | 1 | 119.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | formerly two-pronged | ||
Gail Valley Railway | Arnoldstein - Kötschach-Mauthen | 1435 | 1 | 61.7 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1894 | ÖBB | discontinued with the 2016 timetable change in the Hermagor - Kötschach-Mauthen area. The remaining route from Arnoldstein to Hermagor has been electrified. | |
Local railway Gänserndorf – Mistelbach | Gänserndorf - Groß Schweinbarth - Mistelbach LB | 1435 | 1 | 80.2 | diesel | ÖBB | Bad Pirawarth - Gaweinstal dismantled,
Gaweinstal - Mistelbach LB and Gänserndorf - Bad Pirawarth out of service |
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Giselabahn | See Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn | 1435 | 2 | 192.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Gmundner Bahn | Junction Stadl-Paura - Engelhof - Gmunden Seebf | 1435 | 80.9 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | Freight traffic only, Engelhof - Gmunden Seebf three-rail track | |||
Görtschitztalbahn | Launsdorf-Hochosterwitz - Hüttenberg | 1435 | 29.5 | diesel | ÖBB | Wietersdorf - Hüttenberg shut down and dismantled | |||
Götzendorfer local railway | Fischamend - Götzendorf - Mannersdorf | 1435 | 1 | approx. 18 | diesel | 1884 | ÖBB | freight traffic only | |
Güssing Railway | Güssing - Strem (- Körmend) | 1435 | 1 | ~ 11.0 | 1909 | removed around 1950 | |||
Gutenstein Railway | Wittmannsdorf - Gutenstein | 1435 | 1 | 33.8 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Herzogenburg – Krems railway line | Herzogenburg - Krems on the Danube | 1435 | 1 | 20.0 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Innkreisbahn | Neumarkt-Kallham - Braunau am Inn (- Simbach / Inn) | 1435 | 1 | 59.2 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Jauntalbahn | St. Paul - Bleiburg | 1435 | 1 | 19.7 | diesel | 1964 | ÖBB | ||
Kaltenleutgender Bahn | Vienna Liesing - Waldmühle - Kaltenleutgabe | 1435 | 1 | 6.7 | diesel | 1883 | 2014 | ÖBB | Waldmühle - Kaltenleutzüge demolished around 1959, Vienna Liesing - Waldmühle ceased as a public railway and since 2017 as a connecting railway owned by the municipality of Perchtoldsdorf. Reopened for special trains on September 3, 2017. |
Kammerer Bahn | Vöcklabruck - Kammer-Schörfling | 1435 | 1 | 13.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Kamptalbahn | Hadersdorf am Kamp - Sigmundsherberg | 1435 | 1 | 43.8 | diesel | 1889 | ÖBB | ||
Karawankenbahn | Villach Westbahnhof - Rosenbach | 1435 | 1 | 22.6 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Karwendelbahn | See Mittenwaldbahn and Ausserfernbahn | 1435 | 1 | 115.6 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | The entire route from Innsbruck via Garmisch to Reutte or Vils is known as the Karwendelbahn | ||
Eastern Railway (Northern Line) | Vienna Südbf - Stadlau - Mistelbach - Laa an der Thaya (- Hevlín) | 1435 | 1 | 84 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | Laa on the Thaya - Hevlín removed | ||
State railway Willendorf - Neunkirchen | Willendorf - Neunkirchen regional train station | 1435 | 12.0 | steam | ÖBB | worn away | |||
Lavant Valley Railway | Zeltweg - Wolfsberg - St. Paul - Lavamünd (- Dravograd) | 1435 | 1 | 82.6 | diesel | 1879 (1900) | ÖBB | Zeltweg - Wolfsberg restricted operation
("Memorial train pair" to Wktg. + Güterverkehr), St. Paul - Lavamünd (up to here: 2016) - Dravograd (up to here: 1965) removed |
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Pannoniabahn I | Wulkaprodersdorf - Neusiedl am See | 1435 | 1 | 34.7 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz WS 25 kV 50 Hz WS |
ÖBB | |||
Pannoniabahn II | Neusiedl am See - Parndorf place | 1435 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Pannoniabahn branch line | Schützen am Gebirge - St. Margarethen-Rust | 1435 | 1 | 6.0 | steam | removed around 1952 | |||
Leobersdorfer Bahn | Leobersdorf - Weißenbach-Neuhaus - Hainfeld - Traisen - St. Pölten | 1435 | 1 | 75.3 | diesel | ÖBB | Operation between Weißenbach-Neuhaus and Hainfeld ceased | ||
Leobersdorfer Bahn branch I. | Traisen - Freiland - Market St. Aegyd am Neuwalde - Kernhof | 1435 | 1 | 34.3 | diesel | ÖBB | Market St. Aegyd am Neuwalde - Kernhof removed around 2002. Passenger traffic in the Schrambach - Markt St. Aegyd am Neuwalde section was discontinued with the 2010 timetable change, but freight traffic will continue to operate without restrictions. | ||
Leobersdorfer Bahn branch II | Freiland - Türnitz | 1435 | 1 | 9.2 | diesel | ÖBB | out of order and worn out | ||
Linz connecting railway | Linz Hbf - Hafen / VÖEST - Linz Urfahr | 1435 | 1 | approx. 10 | diesel | ÖBB | Traffic stopped, route partially removed | ||
Local train Absdorf - Krems | Absdorf-Hippersdorf - Krems | 1435 | 1 | approx 35 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Absdorf – Stockerau local railway | Absdorf-Hippersdorf - Stockerau | 1435 | 1 | 17.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1904 | ÖBB | ||
Local railway Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf | Ebenfurth - Wittmannsdorf | 1435 | 15.0 | steam | EWA | worn away | |||
Local railway Korneuburg – Hohenau | Korneuburg - Mistelbach LB - Hohenau | 1435 | 1 | 79.4 | diesel | 1906 | ÖBB | Freight traffic and adventure railways are also planned again | |
Local railway Mürzzuschlag – Neuberg | Mürzzuschlag - Neuberg place | 1435 | 1 | 12.1 | diesel | 1879 | 1996 | ÖBB | out of order and worn out |
Local railway Retz – Drosendorf | Retz - Drosendorf | 1435 | 1 | 25.1 | diesel | 1910 | ÖBB | ÖBB adventure railway
(Operation only on weekends May – Oct.) Freight traffic stopped in December 2010, freight traffic was resumed on October 15, 2018 between Langau and Retz. |
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Mattersburger Bahn | Wiener Neustadt - Stgr. to Loipersbach-Schattendorf (- Sopron) | 1435 | 1 | 26.0 | diesel | 1845 | ÖBB | ||
Mattigtalbahn | Steindorf near Straßwalchen - Braunau am Inn | 1435 | 1 | 36.0 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Mattigtalbahn branch line | Friedburg-Lengau - Snow Gate | 1435 | 1 | 6.0 | diesel | ÖBB | worn away | ||
Martinsberger local railway | Schwarzenau - Zwettl - Zwettl City - Waldhausen - Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn | 1435 | 1 | 54.0 | diesel | ÖBB | Schwarzenau - Zwettl - Waldhausen only freight traffic + special trains of the Museum-Local Railway Association Zwettl
Waldhausen - Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn section closed and dismantled |
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Mittenwaldbahn | Innsbruck West - Stgr. to Scharnitz (- Garmisch-Partenkirchen) | 1435 | 1 | 33.2 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Mühlkreisbahn | Linz Urfahr - Aigen-Schlägl | 1435 | 1 | 57.6 | diesel | 1888 | ÖBB | ||
Ölhafenbahn | Vienna Stadlau - Ölhafen | 1435 | 1 | 10.4 | diesel | ÖBB | freight traffic only | ||
North runway | Vienna North - Stgr. to Bernhardsthal (- Břeclav) | 1435 | 2 | 78.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Northern line branch line I | Gänserndorf - Marchegg | 1435 | 1 | 18.2 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Northern line branch line II | Drösing - Zistersdorf | 1435 | 1 | 11.4 | diesel | ÖBB | freight traffic only | ||
Northern line branch line III | Novosedly-Drnholec - Wildendürnbach - Laa an der Thaya - Zellerndorf | 1435 | 1 | 49.6 | diesel | ÖBB | Novosedly-Drnholec - Laa on the Thaya removed,
Laa an der Thaya - Zellerndorf only freight traffic |
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Northwest Railway | Wien Nordwestbf - Wien Jedlersdorf - Retz - Stgr. to Unterretzbach (- Znojmo) | 1435 | 20.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | Wien Nordwestbf - Abzw. Wien Brigittenau
Freight traffic only, Vienna Brigittenau - Vienna Jedlersdorf removed (Danube bridge -> motorway bridge) |
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Eastern Railway | Vienna Südbf - Nickelsdorf border (- Hegyeshalom) | 1435 | 2 | 67.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Ostbahn branch line I | Bruck an der Leitha West - Petronell-Carnuntum | 1435 | 1 | 13.5 | diesel | ÖBB | freight traffic only | ||
Ostbahn branch line II | Parndorf - Kittsee border (- Bratislava-Petržalka) | 1435 | 1 | 22.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Ostbahn branch line III | Vienna Stadlau - Marchegg border (- Bratislava hl. St.) | 1435 | 1 | 40.4 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Pinkatalbahn | Friedberg - Oberwart - Rechnitz (- Bucsu) | 1435 | 1 | 54.5 | diesel | ÖBB | Oberwart - Rechnitz only goods traffic, also museum railway, Rechnitz - Bucsu removed | ||
Pinkatalbahn branch line | Oberwart - Oberschützen | 1435 | 1 | 8.2 | diesel | 1903 | FrOWOS | Operating day on Sundays and public holidays May 25th - October 26th from Oberschützen to Unterschützen | |
Pottendorfer Bahn | Vienna Meidling - Wampersdorf - Wiener Neustadt Hbf | 1435 | 1 | 51.01 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1875 | ÖBB | see also "Wiener Neustadt – Gramatneusiedl-Bahn" | |
Enzersdorf near Staatz – Poysdorf | 1435 | 1 | 9 | diesel | ÖBB | Enzersdorf near Staatz - Poysdorf removed | |||
Dobermannsdorf – Poysdorf | 1435 | 1 | 20th | diesel | ÖBB | Poysdorf - Dobermannsdorf Passenger traffic since 1988, freight traffic stopped since 2001, route dismantled | |||
Pressburger Bahn | Vienna Wholesale Market Hall - Schwechat - Wolfsthal - Stgr. to Berg NÖ (- Bratislava) | 1435 | 1 | 60.9 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | Vienna Großmarkthalle - Schwechat and
Wolfsthal - Bratislava removed |
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Pyhrnbahn I | Linz central station - Nettingsdorf | 1435 | 2 | 12.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Pyhrnbahn II | Nettingsdorf - Selzthal | 1435 | 1 | 91.8 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Pyhrnbahn branch line | Rohr - Bad Hall | 1435 | 1 | 4.1 | diesel | ÖBB | Removed in 2007 | ||
Radkersburg Railway | Spielfeld-Straß - Bad Radkersburg (- Gornja Radgona) | 1435 | 1 | 30.7 | diesel | 1885 | ÖBB | Bad Radkersburg - Gornja Radgona removed | |
Rosentalbahn I | St. Veit an der Glan - Klagenfurt Hbf | 1435 | 2 | 18.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rosentalbahn II | Klagenfurt Hbf - Rosenbach | 1435 | 1 | 29.8 | diesel | ÖBB | with the 2016 timetable change, passenger traffic is currently suspended between Weizelsdorf and Rosenbach | ||
Rosentalbahn III | Rosenbach - Jesenice | 1435 | 2 | 5.8 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rosentalbahn branch line | Weizelsdorf - Ferlach | 1435 | 1 | 5.8 | diesel | ÖBB | now museum railway | ||
Rudolfsbahn I | St. Valentin - Hieflau - Selzthal | 1435 | 1 | 140.5 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rudolfsbahn II | Selzthal - St. Michael - St. Veit an der Glan | 1435 | 2 | 187.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rudolfsbahn III | St. Veit an der Glan - Feldkirchen - Villach Hbf | 1435 | 1 | 50.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rudolfsbahn IV | Villach Hbf - Stgr to Arnoldstein (- Tarvisio Boscoverde) | 1435 | 2 | 23.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rudolfsbahn branch line I | Amstetten - Abzw. Kastenreith | 1435 | 1 | 43.7 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Rudolfsbahn branch line II | St. Michael - Leoben Hbf | 1435 | 2 | 28.3 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Salzburg-Tyrolean Railway | Salzburg Hbf - Zell am See - Wörgl Hbf | 1435 | 2 | 192.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | also called "Giselabahn", in the section Zell am See - Wörgl Hbf also "Brixentalbahn" | ||
Salzkammergutbahn I | Stainach-Irdning - Attnang-Puchheim | 1435 | 1 | 107.6 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Salzkammergutbahn II | Attnang-Puchheim - Schärding | 1435 | 1 | 66.5 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Salzkammergutbahn II branch line | Holzleiten - Thomasroith | 1435 | 1 | 5.7 | steam | worn away | |||
Schneebergbahn | Wiener Neustadt Hbf - Puchberg am Schneeberg | 1435 | 1 | 28.0 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Schneebergbahn branch line | Bad Fischau-Brunn - Wöllersdorf | 1435 | 1 | 5.5 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Schneebergbahn branch line | Sollenau Aspangbahnhof - fireworks establishment | 1435 | 1 | 3.9 | diesel | ÖBB | worn away | ||
Stammersdorfer local railway | Stammersdorf - Groß Schweinbarth - Dobermannsdorf | 1435 | 1 | 80.2 | diesel | ÖBB | Stammersdorf - Obersdorf removed approx. 1993,
Sulz Museumsdorf - Dobermannsdorf out of operation, Obersdorf - Bad Pirawarth without regular traffic, Bad Pirawarth - Sulz-Nexing occasionally museum operation |
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Styrian Eastern Railway | Graz Hbf - Fehring - Stgr. to Mogersdorf (- Szentgotthárd) | 1435 | 1 | 80.2 | diesel | 1872 | ÖBB | ||
Summerau Railway | Linz central station - Summerau (- České Budějovice) | 1435 | 1 | ~ 61.7 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Summerauer Bahn branch line | (St. Valentin -) Mauthausen - Gaisbach-Wartberg | 1435 | 1 | 12.9 | diesel | ÖBB | Mauthausen - Gaisbach-Wartberg removed | ||
Southern runway | Vienna Südbf - Graz Hbf - Stgr. to Spielfeld-Straß (- Maribor) | 1435 | 2 | 260.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Tauern Railway | Schwarzach-St. Veit - Spittal - Millstätter See | 1435 | 80.9 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | ||||
Thayatalbahn | Schwarzenau - Waidhofen an der Thaya - Waldkirchen an der Thaya - Stgr. to Fratres (- Slavonice) | 1435 | 1 | 34.5 | diesel | ÖBB | Waidhofen an der Thaya - Waldkirchen an der Thaya
was removed in 2014, Waldkirchen an der Thaya - Slavonice was removed in 2015, Schwarzenau - Waidhofen / Thaya reopened for special trains in May 2019 |
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Thermenbahn | Fehring - Bierbaum - Friedberg | 1435 | 1 | 77.4 | diesel | ÖBB | |||
Thermenbahn branch line | Bierbaum - Neudau | 1435 | 1 | 9.2 | 1988 | ÖBB | worn away | ||
Tullnerfeld Railway | Tulln - Herzogenburg - St. Pölten Hbf | 1435 | 1 | 00.0 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Innsbruck bypass | Abzw Fritzens - Wattens 2 - Inntal Tunnel - Abzw Innsbruck 1 | 1435 | 2 | 15,414 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1994 | ÖBB | ||
Lower Inn Valley Railway | (Kiefersfelden -) border Kufstein - Wörgl Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf | 1435 | 2 | 75.3 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | Currently (2006) 4-track expansion for high-performance line and preparation for the Brenner base tunnel | ||
Lindau – Bludenz railway line | (Lindau Hbf -) border Hörbranz - Bregenz Hbf - Bludenz | 1435 | 2 | 67.7 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Feldkirch – Buchs railway line | Feldkirch - Buchs (SG) | 1435 | 1 | 17.3 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
St. Margrethen – Lauterach railway line | Junction Lauterach - Lustenau border (- St. Margrethen) | 1435 | 1 | 11.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Western Railway | Wien Westbf - Linz Hbf - Wels Hbf - Salzburg Hbf | 1435 | 2 4 |
313.4 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | partly 4-track for high-performance and high-speed traffic (250 km / h) | ||
Westbahn, Passau branch | Wels Hbf - Schärding - Stgr. to Pyret (- Passau Hbf) | 1435 | 2 | 79.6 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | |||
Suburban line | Vienna Hütteldorf - Vienna Penzing - Vienna Heiligenstadt - Vienna Handelskai | 1435 | 2 | ~ 9.3 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1898 | ÖBB | is under monument protection | |
Alternating path | Aspang - Friedberg | 1435 | 1 | 21.5 | diesel | 1910 | ÖBB | ||
Wiener Neustadt – Gramatneusiedl Railway | (Wiener Neustadt Hbf -) Wampersdorf - Gramatneusiedl | 1435 | 1 | 14.1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 1971 | ÖBB | see also " Pottendorfer Bahn " | |
Trunk line | Vienna Floridsdorf - Vienna Meidling | 1435 | 2 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | ||||
Railway line Vienna Penzing – Vienna Meidling | Vienna Penzing - Vienna Meidling | 1435 | 2 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ÖBB | ||||
Lake Constance Trajectories | Bregenz - Friedrichshafen (D) | 1435 | 1884 | 1913 | kkStB | ||||
Lake Constance Trajectories | Bregenz - Constance (D) | 1435 | 1884 | 1917 | kkStB | ||||
Lake Constance Trajectories | Bregenz - Romanshorn (CH) | 1435 | 1884 | 1915 | kkStB |
Narrow gauge
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
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Bregenz Forest Railway | Bregenz - Bezau | 760 | 1 | 42.4 | diesel | ÖBB | Bregenz - Schwarzenberg dismantled,
Schwarzenberg - Bezau Museum Railway |
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Gurktalbahn | Treibach-Althofen - Klein Glödnitz | 760 | 1 | 27.5 | diesel | ÖBB | Treibach-Althofen - Pöckstein-Zwischenwässern museum railway,
Pöckstein intermediate waters - Klein Glödnitz dismantled around 1975 |
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Mödling – Hinterbrühl local railway | Mödling - Hinterbrühl | 1000 | 1 | 4.5 | 500 V DC | BBÖ | dismantled approx. 1932,
Europe's first electric train for continuous operation |
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Steyrtalbahn | Garsten - Steyr Local Railway - Pergern - Klaus | 760 | 1 | 37.6 | Steam / diesel | ÖBB | Steyr Local Railway - Grünburg Museum Railway,
Garsten - Steyr LB and Grünburg - Klaus dismantled |
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Steyrtalbahn branch line | Pergern - Sierning - Bad Hall | 760 | 1 | 37.6 | steam | ÖBB |
reduced |
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Vellachtalbahn | Völkermarkt-Kühnsdorf - Eisenkappel | 760 | 1 | 17.5 | steam | ÖBB | reduced |
Private rail lines
Standard gauge
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | operator | comment |
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Ampflwanger Railway | Timelkam-Ampflwang | 1435 | 1 | 10.4 | Diesel / steam | ÖGEG | Museum train | ||
Donauuferbahn (Wachau) II | Sarmingstein - Krems on the Danube | 1435 | 1 | 68.1 | diesel | NÖVOG | Between Sarmingstein and Weins-Isperdorf only goods traffic, Weins - Weitenegg largely removed, Weitenegg - Emmersdorf occasional goods traffic, Emmersdorf - Krems / Danube daily from May to October, October to the end of November on weekends | ||
Badner Bahn | Vienna Opera - Leesdorf | 1435 | 2 | 27.2 | GS 600 + 850 V | Viennese local railways | |||
Badner Bahn | Leesdorf - Baden Josefsplatz | 1435 | 1 | GS 600 V | Viennese local railways | ||||
Badner Bahn | Baden Josefsplatz - Archduke Wilhelm Ring | 1435 | 1 | GS | Viennese local railways | reduced | |||
Badner Bahn | Baden Josefsplatz - Rauhenstein | 1435 | 1 | GS | Viennese local railways | reduced | |||
Badner Bahn | Baden Josefsplatz - Sooß - Bad Vöslau | 1435 | 1 | GS | Viennese local railways | reduced | |||
Ferlacher Bahn | Weizelsdorf - Ferlach | 1435 | 1 | 5.7 | steam | Nostalgic railways in Carinthia | Museum train | ||
Graz-Köflacher Railway | Graz - Lieboch - Köflach | 1435 | 1 | 40.3 | diesel | Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH | |||
Wieserbahn | Lieboch - Wies-Eibiswald | 1435 | 1 | 50.7 | diesel | Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH | |||
Graz-Köflacher Railway | Bärnbach - Oberndorf in Styria | 1435 | 1 | 1.8 | diesel | Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH | freight traffic only | ||
Hague Lies | Lambach - Haag am Hausruck | 1435 | 1 | 21.8 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | Rail traffic discontinued December 13, 2009 | ||
Kahlenbergbahn I | Vienna Nussdorf - Kahlenberg (Unterer Bahnhof) | 1435 | 2 | 4.9 | steam | Kahlenbergbahn AG | Rack railway, dismantled around 1922 | ||
Kahlenbergbahn II | Kahlenberg (Lower Station) - Upper Station | 1435 | 1 | 0.6 | steam | Kahlenbergbahn AG | Rack railway, dismantled around 1922 | ||
Landesbahn Feldbach – Bad Gleichenberg | Feldbach - Bad Gleichenberg | 1435 | 1 | 21.2 | 1800 V DC | Styrian state railways | |||
Landesbahn Gleisdorf – Weiz | Gleisdorf - Weiz | 1435 | 1 | 15.2 | diesel | Styrian state railways | |||
Linz local railway | Linz Hbf - Niederspaching - Neumarkt-Kallham | 1435 | 1 | 54.9 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | |||
Linz local railway | Niederspaching - Peuerbach | 1435 | 1 | 3.6 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | |||
Local railway Lambach – Vorchdorf-Eggenberg | Lambach - Vorchdorf-Eggenberg | 1435 | 1 | 14.7 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | |||
Local railway Peggau – Übelbach | Peggau-Deutschfeistritz - Ubelbach | 1435 | 1 | 10.1 | 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz AC | Styrian state railways | |||
Montafonerbahn | Bludenz - Schruns | 1435 | 1 | 12.7 | 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz AC | Montafonerbahn | |||
Museum tramway Mariazell – Erlaufsee | Mariazell - Erlaufsee | 1435 | 1 | 2.5 | Steam 600 V DC |
built as a museum railway | |||
Neusiedler Seebahn | Neusiedl am See - Pamhagen - Fertőszentmiklós | 1435 | 1 | 52.0 | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | ROeEE | |||
Raab-Ödenburg-Ebenfurther Railway (ROeEE) | Ebenfurth - Wulkaprodersdorf - Sopron | 1435 | 1 | 27.1 | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | ROeEE | |||
Railway line Salzburg – Lamprechtshausen | Salzburg - Bürmoos - Lamprechtshausen | 1435 | 1 | 25.5 | 1000 V DC | Salzburg AG | |||
Bürmoos – Ostermiething railway line | Bürmoos - Easter rental | 1435 | 1 | 11.3 | 1000 V DC | Salzburg AG | |||
Railway line Salzburg – Hangender Stein | Salzburg - St. Leonhard - Stgr. with hanging stone | 1435 | 1 | 13.6 | 1000 V DC | Salzburg municipal utilities | reduced | ||
St. Pölten tram | St. Pölten Goldeggerstrasse - Harland | 1435 | 1 | approx. 9 | 750 V DC | St. Pöltner Straßenbahn AG | also freight traffic, dismantled in 1976 | ||
Sulmtalbahn | Leibnitz - Pölfing-Brunn (- Wies-Eibiswald) | 1435 | 1 | ~ 35 | steam | Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH | Leibnitz - Gleinstätten around 1968, the remainder dismantled in 1976 |
Narrow gauge
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgenland | |||||||||
Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See | Neusiedl am See - bathing establishment | 600 | 1 | 1.5 | 1928 | 1939 | reduced | ||
Carinthia | |||||||||
Lendcanaltramway | Klagenfurt, Europapark | 1000 | 1 | 1.0 | Nostalgic railways in Carinthia (NBiK) | ||||
Reisseck-Höhenbahn | Schoberboden - Hotel Hochalmsee | 600 | 1 | 8.3 | diesel | Tauern tourism | Operation ceased from 9/2014, vehicle fleet and infrastructure sold to Germany. | ||
Lower Austria | |||||||||
Mariazellerbahn | St. Pölten Hbf - Mariazell - Gußwerk | 760 | 1 | 91.3 | 6.5 kV 25 Hz alternating current |
NÖVOG | St. Pölten - Mariazell in operation all year round
Mariazell - Gußwerk dismantled |
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The crump | Ober Grafendorf - Mank - Wieselburg on the Erlauf | 760 | 1 | 37.6 | diesel | NÖVOG | Discontinued in 2010 after takeover by NÖVOG, since 2019 nostalgic trains between Ober-Grafendorf and St. Margarethen-Rammersdorf again | ||
Austrian Höllentalbahn | Payerbahn-Reichenau - Raxbahn wind bridge | 760 | 1 | 6.1 | 550 V DC | LBPH | Payerbach-R - Hirschwang Museum Railway,
Hirschwang - Raxbahn wind bridge dismantled |
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Schneebergbahn | Puchberg am Schneeberg - Berghaus Hochschneeberg | 1000 | 1 | 9.7 | Diesel / steam | NÖSBB AG | Rack railway | ||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Gmünd Lower Austria - Groß Gerungs | 760 | 1 | 43.1 | Diesel / steam | NÖVOG | |||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Gmünd Lower Austria - Alt Nagelberg - Litschau | 760 | 1 | 25.3 | Diesel / steam | NÖVOG | |||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Alt Nagelberg - Heidenreichstein | 760 | 1 | 13.2 | Diesel / steam | NÖVOG | |||
Ybbs tram | Ybbs-Kemmelbach (Bf) - Ybbs town square | 760 | 1 | 2.9 | 550 volts DC | City of Ybbs | Dismantled in 1954 | ||
Ybbstalbahn | Waidhofen an der Ybbs - Gstadt - Lunz am See - Kienberg-Gaming | 760 | 1 | 70.9 | Diesel / steam | NÖVOG | Waidhofen - Gstadt Citybahn Waidhofen, Gstadt - Lunz am See Takeover by NÖVOG in 2010 discontinued and dismantled cycle path in the Gstadt - Göstling an der Ybbs section; Lunz am See - Kienberg-Gaming museum train | ||
Ybbstalbahn branch line | Gstadt - Ybbsitz | 760 | 1 | 5.7 | diesel | NÖVOG | 2010 Takeover by NÖVOG discontinued and dismantled | ||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
Attergaubahn | Vöcklamarkt - Attersee | 1000 | 1 | 13.7 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | Attersee Bf - Attersee landing area dismantled | ||
Electric train Unterach – See | Unterach Lake on Mondsee | 1000 | 1 | 3.3 | 600 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | dismantled around 1940 | ||
Florianerbahn | Linz Ebelsberg - St. Florian | 900 | 1 | 6.1 | 650 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | last train on January 2, 1974, later a museum train | ||
Pöstlingbergbahn | Linz Urfahr - Pöstlingberg | (1000 to 2008) 900 | 1 | 2.9 | 600 V DC | Linz AG lines | steepest adhesion railway in Central Europe; 2008/2009 rescheduling and integration in the Linz tram | ||
Salzkammergut local railway | Bad Ischl - Salzburg | 760 | 1 | 63.2 | steam | SKGLB | Dismantled in 1958 | ||
Salzkammergut local railway branch line | St. Lorenz - Mondsee | 760 | 1 | 3.5 | steam | SKGLB | Dismantled in 1958 | ||
Schafbergbahn | St. Wolfgang Schafbergbf - Schafbergspitze | 1000 | 1 | 5.9 | Steam / diesel | Salzburg AG | Rack railway | ||
Horse tram | (Budweis-Rybnik-) border-Linz Urfahr | 1106 | 1 | 54.3 | horse | EEG | |||
Horse tram | Linz main toll office-Lambach | 1106 | 1 | 43.9 | horse | EEG | Remaining stretch Lambach-Gmunden retraced | ||
Local railway Gmunden – Vorchdorf | Gmunden Seebf - Vorchdorf-Eggenberg | 1000 | 1 | 15.2 | 750 V DC | Stern & Hafferl | vulgo "Traunseebahn"; Gmunden Seebf - Engelhof three-rail track | ||
Salzburg | |||||||||
Gaisbergbahn | Salzburg Parsch - Gaisberg | 1000 | 1 | 5.3 | steam | Gaisbergbahn AG | Rack railway, dismantled around 1932 | ||
Pinzgauer local railway | Zell am See - Mittersill - Krimml | 760 | 1 | 52.7 | Diesel, steam | Salzburg AG | |||
Styria | |||||||||
Feistritztalbahn | Weiz - Birkfeld - rats | 760 | 1 | 42.2 | Diesel / steam | Styrian state railways | Weiz - Birkfeld freight transport + museum railway,
Birkfeld rats dismantled around 1980 |
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Local railway Mixnitz – Sankt Erhard | Mixnitz-Bärenschützklamm - St. Erhard | 760 | 1 | 10.7 | 800 V DC | Styrian state railways | |||
Murtalbahn | Unzmarkt - Tamsweg - Mauterndorf | 760 | 1 | 76.1 | Diesel / steam | Styrian state railways | Tamsweg - Mauterndorf Museum Railway | ||
Stainzerbahn | Preding-Wieselsdorf - Stainz | 760 | 1 | 11.3 | steam | Styrian state railways | now museum railway | ||
Thörlerbahn | Kapfenberg - Au-Seewiesen | 760 | 1 | 22.7 | Diesel / steam | Styrian state railways | reduced | ||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Achenseebahn | Jenbach - Eben - Achensee boat station | 1000 | 1 | 6.7 | steam | Achenseebahn AG | combined cogwheel (Jenbach - Eben) and adhesion train (Eben - Achensee) | ||
Innsbruck low mountain range railway | Innsbruck-Bergisel - Igls | 1000 | 1 | 8.3 | 600 V DC | Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe & Stubaitalbahn GmbH | |||
Local train Innsbruck-Hall i. Tyrol | Innsbruck - (brine bath) Hall in Tirol | 1000 | 1 | 600/1200 V DC | Innsbruck transport company | 1974 dismantled, re-commissioning planned on a changed route | |||
Stubai Valley Railway | Innsbruck main station - Fulpmes | 1000 | 1 | 18.2 | 850 V DC | Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe & Stubaitalbahn GmbH | before 1983 3000 V AC / 50 Hz, first AC powered railway | ||
Wachtl Express | Kiefersfelden (D) - Wachtl | 900 | 1 | ~ 4.8 | 1200 V DC | MEGW | originally works railway, see also Bavaria | ||
Zillertal Railway | Jenbach - Mayrhofen | 760 | 1 | 31.7 | Diesel / steam | Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG | |||
Vorarlberg | |||||||||
Railway of the Rheinschauen Museum | Lake Constance - Kadelberg quarry | 750 | 1 | Steam / diesel | |||||
Electric train from Dornbirn to Lustenau | Dornbirn - Lustenau | 1000 | 1 | 12.6 | 1000 V DC | EMCDDA | dismantled around 1939 |
Industrial railways
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgenland | |||||||||
Feldbahn Sankt Andrä | Sankt Andrä am Zicksee | 600 | 1 | horse | FStA | reduced | |||
Lower Austria | |||||||||
Kremser Hafen- und Industriebahn GmbH | Krems an der Donau - Krems harbor | 1435 | 1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | VOEST | Port and industrial railways | |||
Industrial railway company Rohrböck sons | Under Waltersdorf - Eisenwerk | 600 | 1 | 9.9 | IbR | 1921–1932, dismantled, restricted public transport | |||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
EHG Ennshafen GmbH | Enns - Ennsshafen | 1435 | 1 | 2.2 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | EHG | Port railway and Danube port Enns-Ennsdorf | ||
Wolfsegg-Traunthaler coal works | Breitenschützing - Kohlgrube | 1106 | 1 | 10.7 | steam | WTK | reduced | ||
Wolfsegg-Traunthaler coal works | Thomasroith Wolfshütte | 1106 | 1 | 7.5 | steam | WTK | dismantled, remeasured the remaining 4 km to Attnang | ||
Wolfsegg-Traunthaler coal works | Holzleithen -Thomasroith | 580 | 1 | 7.5 | WTK | dismantled, later relocated | |||
Wolfsegg-Traunthaler coal works | Branch line - Thomasroith | 580 | 1 | ~ 5.4 | WTK | dismantled, not re-tracked | |||
Linz AG - Linz Service GmbH Port Railway Linz | Linz - harbor | 1435 | 1 | ||||||
LogServ - Logistik Service GmbH | Linz - harbor | 1435 | 1 | VOEST | |||||
Salzburg | |||||||||
Museum field railway Großgmainbahn | Grossgmain | 600 | 1 | 1.7 | Steam, diesel | 06/13/2010 | Salzburg AG | ||
Wasenmoosbahn | Pass Thurn | 600 | 1 | Peat track | |||||
Diabas factory in Saalfelden | Saalfelden | 600 | 1 | reduced | |||||
Connecting line Tauern power plants | Bruck an der Großglocknerstrasse - Kaprun | 1435 | 1 | 6.8 | reduced | ||||
Gasteiner Heilstollenbahn | Bad Gastein | 600 | 1 | 2.4 | GH | Visitor trips | |||
Imhofstollen visitor mine | Böckstein- Nassfeld to Kolm-Saigurn | 600 | 1 | 4.9 | BI | out of service since 1993 | |||
Styria | |||||||||
Radmer factory railway | Hieflau - Radmer | 900 | 1 | 12.8 | 1200 V DC | WbRa | Works railway without passenger traffic, dismantled | ||
Andritzer tow | Graz-Gösting - Graz-Andritz machine factory - Graz-Andritz paper factory Arland | 1435 | 1 | 2 | diesel | Works railway without passenger traffic, partially dismantled between the machine factory junction and the Arland site | |||
Lamingtaler Schleppbahn | Bruck an der Mur (freight station) - Oberdorf (Sankt Katharein an der Laming) | 760 | 1 | 15th | Steam, diesel | 1920 | 1959 | Magnesite factory, today: STYROMAG | reduced |
Cargo Center Graz Betriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG | Kalsdorf near Graz - Werndorf (Graz South) | 1435 | 1 | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | CCG | ||||
Schwanberg - Kalkgrub | Schwanberg - Kalkgrub | 1 | Steam storage | reduced | |||||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Copper plate show mine | Jochberg | 600 | 1 | Visitor mine railway | |||||
Vorarlberg | |||||||||
International regulation of the Rhine | Wiesenrain - quarry | 750 | 1 | 750 V DC | |||||
Partenen works railway | Tschagguns - Partenen | 760 | 1 | ~ 18.0 | Steam and diesel | Vorarlberger Illwerke AG | Material web with restricted public passenger traffic, shut down in 1961 | ||
Höhenbahn Trominier | Trominier - Vermunt | 760 | 1 | 2.6 | Vorarlberger Illwerke AG | ||||
Vienna | |||||||||
Feldbahn Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald | Hietzing , Geriatric Center Am Wienerwald | 500 | 1 | 4.0 | Battery, diesel | 1904 | 2011 | ||
Liesing siding | Liesing - Seven Shepherds | 1435 | 1 | 10 | Steam, compressed air, diesel | 1860 | 2003 | private companies | reduced |
Forest railways
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgenland | |||||||||
Waldbahn Dörfl (WbD) | Dörfl | 600 | 1 | 9.4 | 1924 | 1933 | WbD | ||
Großmürbisch Forest Railway (WbG) | (Alsórönök–) border Großmürbisch - Reinersdorfer Bach | 760 | 1 | ~ 7.5 | 1935 | 1937 | WbG | 4 km in Hungary, dismantled | |
Waldbahn Großpetersdorf-Rumpersdorf (WGR) | Großpetersdorf - Rumpersdorf | 760 | 1 | ~ 13.5 | 1920 | ~ 1933 | WGR | ||
Forest Railway Güssing - Rohr im Burgenland (WGR) | Güssing - Rohr in Burgenland | 760 | 1 | ~ 27.0 | 1913 | 1921 | WGR | ||
Forest Railway Güssing - Neuberg im Burgenland (WGN) | Güssing - Neuberg in Burgenland | 760 | 1 | ~ 14.0 | 1913 | 1921 | WGN | ||
Lockenhaus Forest Railway (WbL) | Lockenhaus | 600 | 1 | 14.9 | 1926 | 1956 | WbL | ||
Forest Railway Punitz (WbP) | Punitz - Punitz community forest | 600 | 1 | ~ 9.0 | horse | 1905 | ~ 1933 | WbP | |
Carinthia | |||||||||
Waldbahn Gundersdorf (WbG) | Gundersdorf , steam saw Gundersdorf on the Gurktalbahn - Höllein | 760 | 1 | 4.0 | Gravity, gasoline train | 1902 | 1958 | WbG | reduced |
Lower Austria | |||||||||
Rothwaldbahn | Rothwald , municipality of Gaming | 1000 | 1 | 7.39 | horse | 1854 | 1868 | Festetics (until 1864) | Metal-studded wooden rails, dismantled |
Haselbach forest railway | Near Fahrafeld : Forsthaus - Hochwiese | 600 | 1 | ~ 2.5 | Gravity, oxen, petrol Locomotive | 1915 | 1918 | BMF | reduced |
Forest Railway in Klauswald (WbK) | Klauswald, near Puchenstuben | 600? | 1 | 4.5 | 1930 | 1937 | WbK | ||
Langau – Lackenhof forest railway | Langau - Ötscherwiese near Lackenhof | 1000 | 1 | 4.7 | horse | 1828 | 1868 | Festetics (until 1864) | Metal-studded wooden rails, dismantled |
Forest railway Lunz – Langau –Saurüsselboden (WbLL) | Lunz am See - Langau - Saurüsselboden | 700 | 1 | 12.2 | diesel | 1920 | 1974 | WbLL | Forest railway with restricted public passenger traffic, dismantled |
Nasswald forest railway | Schwarzau in the mountains , wet forest | 600 | 0.6 | Diesel, battery | 1985 | 2008 | Museum railway, new line, dismantled | ||
Waldbahn Wastl am Wald - Hühnerkogel (WbW) | Wastl in the forest | 600 | 1 | ~ 3.9 | 1934 | 1945 | WbW | ||
Forest Railway in the Weinsberger Forest (WWF) | Martinsberg - Gutenbrunn - Berglucke | 760 | 1 | ~ 35.9 | 1920 | 1933 | WWF | ||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
Waldbahn Offensee (WbO) | Steinkogl - Steibachl | 800 | 1 | 13.9 | 1899 | 1954 | WbO | ||
Waldbahn Offensee (WbO) | Steibachl - Obere Moosau | 800 | 1 | 1.6 | 1899 | 1954 | WbO | ||
Waldbahn Reichraming (WbRr) | Schallau - Maieralm - Hansigraben | 760 | 1 | 16.5 | 1920 | 1971 | WbRr | ||
Waldbahn Reichraming (WbRr) | Maieralm - under white water | 760 | 1 | 13.0 | 1920 | 1971 | WbRr | ||
Waldbahn Reichraming (WbRr) | Reichraming - Hintergebirge | 760 | 1 | 32.7 | diesel | 1920 | 1971 | WbRr | Forest railway with restricted public passenger traffic, dismantled |
Thalham Forest Railway | Straß im Attergau | 750 | 1 | 8.0 | 1920 | 1921 | |||
Salzburg | |||||||||
Zinkenbach Forest Railway (WbZ) | Zinkenbach , Hundsleiten camp site - Königsbachalm | 700 | 1 | 6.7 | diesel | 1921 | 1967 | WbZ | no passenger traffic, dismantled |
Styria | |||||||||
Forest Railway Deutschlandsberg (WbD) | Deutschlandsberg - open land near Deutschlandsberg | 760 | 1 | 9.9 | steam | 1921 | 1959 | WbD | restricted public transport, dismantled |
Forest Railway Deutschlandsberg (WbD) | Kupper - Bärental | 600 | 1 | 8.5 | diesel | 1927 | 1958 | WbD | dismantled, connection between Freiland and Kupper with 3.1 km long cable car (dismantled) |
Forest Railway Deutschlandsberg (WbD) | Kupper - Hofbauer | 600 | 1 | 9.4 | diesel | 1928 | 1958 | WbD | Forest railway, no passenger traffic, dismantled |
Waldbahn Frauenwald (WbF) | Steinhaus am Semmering - Rettenegg | 600 | 1 | 22.0 | steam | 1902 | 1958 | WbF | Forest railway with limited public passenger traffic, dismantled, with two inclined lifts |
Forest Railway Frohnleiten (WbF) | Frohnleiten - Traninger - Rossstall | 760 | 1 | 12.4 | 1925 | 1951 | WbF | reduced | |
Waldbahn Frohnleiten (WbF) branch line | Traninger - Dionys | 760 | 1 | 5.6 | 1925 | 1951 | WbF | reduced | |
Waldbahn Ingering (WbI) | Ingering II - Seeboden | 720 | 1 | ~ 10.5 | 1887 | 1938 | WbI | reduced | |
Waldbahn Radmer (WbRa) | Hieflau - Radmer - Neuhaus | 830 | 1 | ~ 14.0 | 1920 | 1967 | WbRa | reduced | |
Waldbahn Radmer (WbRa) | Hieflau - Radmer - Neuhaus | 900 | 1 | ~ 14.0 | 1200 V DC | 1967 | 1979 | reduced | |
Forest Railway Trieben (WbT) | Trieben - Seyfried camp | 800 | 1 | ~ 10.8 | 1900 | ~ 1939 | WbT | ||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Klammbach forest railway | Achenkirch | 760 | 6.6 | 1914 | 1960 | Klammbachwaldbahn | |||
Bächental forest railway | Bächentalbahn | 750 | 10.2 | 1930 | 1956 | see also Bavaria |
Park railways
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vienna | |||||||||
Vienna , Wiener Prater , Liliputbahn Prater | Prater Hbf - Ernst Happel Stadium | 381 | 2 | 3.9 | Steam, diesel | ||||
Vienna , Donaupark , Donauparkbahn | Danube Tower - UN City | 381 | 2.6 | diesel |
Garden railways
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgenland | |||||||||
Mörbisch am See | 127 | 1 | 0.125 | battery pack | 2012 | Private | |||
Lower Austria | |||||||||
Baden near Vienna | 127 184 |
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Bad Vöslau | 127 | ||||||||
Strasshof , railway museum | 127 184 |
1995 | Strasshof Railway Museum | ||||||
Klosterneuburg , Aupark | 2006 | ||||||||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
Goldwörth- Haguenau | 127 184 |
0.42 | steam | 1988 | Steam Railway Club Linz | [1] , flood in June 2013 up to 2.7 m high | |||
Pulgarn Monastery near Steyregg | 127 | Steam, diesel | 1997 2019 |
2015 |
Technical model making and garden railway association (TMGV) | [2] after a 3-year break only again from 13.8.2019 | |||
Styria | |||||||||
Graz , Wagner-Jauregg-Platz | 127 184 |
2004 | Graz Steam Railway Club | [3] Wagons for sitting astride, one wagon for wheelchairs | |||||
Knittelfeld , railway museum | 127 | ||||||||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Barwies , Barwies 345b | 127 184 |
0.63 | Steam, electric locomotive | 2002 | Mini steam Tyrol | The highest garden railway in Europe, over 864 m high, 2 tunnels (built in 2004) 12.6 and 12.25 m long, 2 bridges over a stream | |||
Ebbs , Parkbahn Blumenwelt Hödnerhof | 127 184 |
Chiemgau steam and small train enthusiasts |
See also: The garden railway database of the community of interests for garden railway with passenger transport Vienna (GMP)
Funiculars
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carinthia | |||||||||
Großglockner glacier lift | Pasterze - Franz Josefs Höhe | 1000 | 1 | 0.212 | electricity | ||||
Kolbnitz , Kreuzeckbahn | Tratten-Kreuzeck | 1000 | 1 | 1.280 | electricity | ||||
Kolbnitz , Reisseckbahn | Zandlach-Schoberboden | 1000 | 1 | 3.575 | electricity | ||||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
Wurzeralmbahn | Spital am Pyhrn - Wurzeralm | 1435 | 1 | 2.937 | electricity | 1978 | |||
Salzburg | |||||||||
Bad Hofgastein , Schlossalmbahn | 1200 | 1 | 1.251 | Dismantled in 2018 after the construction of the new monocable gondola | |||||
Kaprun , Lärchwand inclined lift | 8200 | 1 | 0.820 | ||||||
Kaprun , Kaprun glacier lift 2 | 946 | 3,900 | No longer in operation after the accident in 2000 and dismantled since 2014 | ||||||
Salzburg , Salzburg fortress railway | 1000 | 0.199 | electricity | ||||||
Salzburg , pull pull | 1435 | 0.190 | electricity | until 1951 narrow gauge | |||||
Styria | |||||||||
Graz , Schlossbergbahn | Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai - Schlossberg | 1000 | 1A | 0.212 | electricity | GVB | 1A = 1 track with a turnout in the middle of the route | ||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Hartkaiserbahn | Ellmau - Hartkaiser | 1435 | 1 | 2,316 | electricity | 1972 | |||
Olympic track | Axamer Lizum - Hoadl | 1427 | 1 | 2.105 | electricity | 1975 | |||
Hungerburgbahn | Innsbruck - Hungerburg | 1000 | 1 | 0.839 (old) 1.838 (new) |
electricity | 1905 | City of Innsbruck, STRABAG, Leitner AG | from 1906 to 2005 from the giant circular painting to the Hungerburg , from 2007 from the Innsbruck Congress to the Hungerburg | |
Innsbruck , Bergiselschanze (to the diving platform) | 1 | ||||||||
Kufstein , fortress railway | 1 | ||||||||
Rosshütte funicular | Seefeld in Tirol - Rosshütte | 1200 | 1 | 2.469 | electricity | 1969 | |||
Pitztaler Gletscherbahn | St. Leonhard im Pitztal - Mittelbergferner | 1000 | 1 | 3,786 | electricity | 1983 | Tunnel track | ||
Serfaus village railway | Parking lot - cable car | 1 | 1.280 | electricity | 1985 | underground air-cushion cable car | |||
Vorarlberg | |||||||||
Partenen | Partenen - Trominier | 1000 | 1 | 1.453 | shut down |
Museum railways
Name of the railway | route | Track wide mm |
G l e i s e |
Length km |
Drive through |
from | to | Working drove through |
comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgenland | |||||||||
Fairy tale train | Großpetersdorf - Rechnitz | 1435 | 1 | 14.8 | steam | ||||
Carinthia | |||||||||
Ferlacher Bahn | Weizelsdorf - Ferlach | 1435 | 1 | 5.7 | steam | Nostalgic railways in Carinthia (NBiK) | |||
Gurktalbahn | Treibach - Althofen - Pöckstein | 760 | 1 | 3.3 | steam | Carinthian Museum Railways (KMB) | |||
Lavant Valley Railway | St. Paul - Lavamünd | 1435 | 1 | 12.6 | diesel | Nostalgic railways in Carinthia (NBiK) | |||
Lendcanaltramway | Klagenfurt , Wörthersee | 1000 | 1 | 1.0 | Nostalgic railways in Carinthia (NBiK) | ||||
Lower Austria | |||||||||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Gmünd Lower Austria - Groß Gerungs | 760 | 1 | 43.1 | Diesel / steam | ÖBB adventure railway | |||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Gmünd Lower Austria - Alt Nagelberg - Litschau | 760 | 1 | 25.3 | Diesel / steam | ÖBB adventure railway | |||
Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways | Alt-Nagelberg - Heidenreichstein | 760 | 1 | 13.2 | Diesel / steam | Waldviertel Narrow Gauge Railway Association (WSV) | |||
Ybbstalbahn mountain route | Lunz am See - Kienberg - Gaming | 760 | 1 | 17.1 | steam | NÖLB | |||
Nasswald forest railway | Wet forest | 600 | 1 | 0.6 | Diesel, battery | Operation stopped | |||
Höllentalbahn | Payerbach - Reichenau - Hirschwang | 760 | 1 | 6.1 | 550 V DC | ÖGLB | |||
Phylloxera Express | Retz - Drosendorf | 1435 | 1 | 39.8 | diesel | ÖBB adventure railway | |||
Upper Austria | |||||||||
Ampflwanger Railway | Timelkam - Ampflwang | 1435 | 1 | 10.4 | Diesel / steam | ÖGEG | |||
Ampflwang narrow-gauge railway | Ampflwang | 760 | 1 | ||||||
Steyrtalbahn | Steyr Local Railway - Grünburg | 760 | 1 | 16.5 | steam | ÖGEG | |||
Florianerbahn | Linz Pichling - St. Florian | 900 | 1 | 6.1 | 600 V DC | Club Florianerbahn (CFB) | Operation stopped | ||
Salzburg | |||||||||
Museum field railway Großgmainbahn | Grossgmain | 600 | 1 | 1.7 | Steam, diesel | 06/13/2010 | Salzburg AG | ||
Imhofstollen visitor mine | Böckstein- Nassfeld to Kolm-Saigurn | 600 | 1 | 4.9 | BI | out of service since 1993 | |||
Taurach Railway | Tamsweg - Mauterndorf | 760 | 1 | 10.4 | steam | Taurachbahn (TB) / Club 760 | |||
Gasteiner Heilstollenbahn | Gastein healing cave | 600 | 1 | 2.4 | GH | Visitor trips | |||
Styria | |||||||||
Erzbergbahn | Vordernberg market - iron ore | 1435 | 1 | 19.7 | diesel | Erzbergbahn Association | |||
Feistritztalbahn | Weiz - Birkfeld | 760 | 1 | 23.9 | Diesel / steam | FTB / Club U 44 | |||
Museum tramway Mariazell-Erlaufsee | Mariazell - Erlaufsee | 1435 | 1 | 2.5 | Steam, 600 V DC |
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Stainzerbahn | Preding - Wieselsdorf - Stainz | 760 | 1 | 11.3 | steam | Market town of Stainz | |||
Tyrol | |||||||||
Wachtl Express | Kiefersfelden (D) - Wachtl | 900 | 1 | ~ 4.8 | 1200 V DC | MEGW, see also Bavaria | |||
Copper plate show mine | Jochberg | 600 | 1 | Visitor mine railway | |||||
Vorarlberg | |||||||||
Railway of the Rheinschauen Museum | Lake Constance - Lustenau - Kadelberg quarry | 750 | 1 | Steam, diesel, 750 V DC |
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Bregenz Forest Railway | Schwarzenberg - Bezau | 760 | 1 | 5.0 | Diesel / steam | Bregenz Forest Museum Railway Association |
Discarded projects, unfinished railway lines
- Felbertauernbahn
- Reschenbahn
- Sellraintalbahn
- Salzatalbahn
- Railway line Jedlesee - Theben (source (year 1870): History of Marchfeld # 1800–1900 )
- Groß Gerungs - Rappottenstein - Ottenschlag - Krems railway line , later closing the gap between Martinsberg and Danube
- Steinbach-Bad Großpertholz or Langschlag - Freistadt railway line
- Railway line Raabs - Znojmo
- Closing the gap in Aigen im Mühlkreis - Czech Republic
- Closing the gap between Litschau and Nová Bystřice
- Closing the gap between Rohrbach and Wegscheid
- Closing the gap between Kernhof and Neuberg an der Mürz , with possible branch line to Mariazell
- Closing the gap in the Gußwerk near Mariazell - Au-Seewiesen
- Closing the gap between Gresten and Ybbsitz
Railway lines under construction
- Koralmbahn (new line Wettmannstätten - West Styria - Lavanttal - Grafenstein )
- Semmering Base Tunnel ( Gloggnitz - Mürzzuschlag )
- Brenner Base Tunnel ( Innsbruck Hbf - Franzensfeste )
Current projects
- Extension of the 2nd track and expansion of the Pottendorfer line
- Extension of the 2nd track, expansion and electrification of Marchegger Ostbahn
- Electrification and expansion Gänserndorf - Marchegg
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipalities buy Kaltenleutgebner Bahn In: mein district.at June 2, 2017 (accessed May 7, 2020).
- ↑ erlebnisbahn.at
- ↑ The "regiobahn" can start. In: Courier . May 13, 2012, accessed December 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Back on track: new opportunities for freight transport. In: noen.at. NÖN, October 17, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Cycle path instead of train line? In: noen.at. NÖN, July 17, 2019, accessed on May 10, 2020 .
- ^ Manfred Hohn: Forest railways in Austria. Slezak publishing house, Vienna 1980. ISBN 3-900134-68-5 . Pp. 207-208.
- ↑ The history of the Ingeringsee. Retrieved July 10, 2013 .
- ↑ Distribution page. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011 ; Retrieved July 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Danube Park Railway. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008 ; Retrieved July 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Flood June 2013 dbc-linz.at, 2013, accessed March 20, 2020.
- ↑ Special trips accessed March 20, 2020
- ↑ by Kurt Hämmerle / MiniDampfTirol: Steam Locomotives - Mini Steam Tirol. Retrieved October 28, 2018 (German).
- ↑ by Kurt Hämmerle / MiniDampfTirol: E-Locomotives - Mini Steam Tirol. Retrieved October 28, 2018 (German).
- ↑ by Kurt Hämmerle / MiniDampfTirol: MiniDampf Tirol. Retrieved October 28, 2018 (German).
- ↑ The garden railway database , GMP, accessed on March 20, 2020.
- ^ Railway history Alps - Danube - Adriatic. Retrieved February 24, 2017 .
Remarks
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↑ Opened on January 5th, 1884 as a local railway (Klein-) Schwechat - Mannersdorf . - See: Vienna, January 6th. Local railway Schwechat – Mannersdorf. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6955/1884, January 7, 1884, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .
Pre-license: communications. Vienna. Railway pre-concession. In: Der Bautechniker , year 1881, no. 1/1881 (I year), p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
Concession: RGBl. 1882/74. In: Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe , year 1882, pp. 243–248. (Online at ANNO ). ;
Transfer of the concession to the priv. Austro-Hungarian state railway company : RGBl. 1884/183. In: Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe , year 1884, p. 503. (Online at ANNO ). .