Narrow-gauge railways in Austria
The first railway in Austria was the narrow-gauge line from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic, this was 1,106 mm (3 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge. Some two dozen lines were built in 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge, a few in 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge. The first was the Steyrtalbahn. Others were built by provincial governments, some lines are still in common carrier use and a number of others are preservation projects. The tramway network in Innsbruck is also metre gauge; in Linz the rather unusual gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) is in use.
Train of the Mariazellerbahn in Lower Austria
384 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge; 88 km 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge (2008) [1]
Metre-gauge railways
- Achenseebahn, 6.78 km, steam engine.
- Lokalbahn Vöcklamarkt–Attersee, 15.3 km and electrified.
- Schafbergbahn,a cog railway, 5.85 km, steam engine.
- Schneebergbahn, a cog railway, 9.85km
- Stubaitalbahn, 18.2 km, now trams in Innsbruck Linie STB, Fulpmes-Innsbruck Hbf, electrified
- Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn, 8.4 km and electrified. Now became trams in Innsbruck Linie 6, electrified.
- Traunseebahn 14.9km, connects to the Gmunden tramway, electrified.
- Lokalbahn Mödling–Hinterbrühl, 4.5 km, closed in 1932. It was the first electrified railway in Austria.
- Straßenbahn Unterach–See am Mondsee, 3.26 km, closed in 1949.
- Lokalbahn Innsbruck–Hall in Tirol, 11.8 km, closed in 1974.
900mm gauge railways
- The Florianerbahn is a museum tramway in Upper Austria.
- The Trams in Linz are electrified, operating at 600 V C, opened in 1913 and extended in 2009 when the Pöstlingbergbahn was integrated with the tramway after gauge conversion from metre gauge.
760mm gauge railways
- Bregenzerwaldbahn 35.3 km, steam engine
- Feistritztalbahn in Steiermark, 42.2 km, steam engine
- Höllentalbahn, 5 km
- Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten in Lower Austria, 62.3 km, a branch of Mariazellerbahn.
- Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard in Steiermark, 10.7 km, electrified.
- Mariazellerbahn, from Sankt Pölten to Mariazell, 85 km electrified.
- Murtalbahn, 76.1 km, steam engine
- Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, from Zell am See to Krimml, 52.6 km
- Stainzerbahn in Steiermark, 11.3 km, steam engine.
- Steyrtalbahn, from Garsten to Klaus, 19.2 km, steam engine
- Taurachbahn, a museum railway.
- Vellachtalbahn in Kärnten, 17.5 km
- Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen in Lower Austria, 82 km, steam engine.
- Ybbstalbahn, 76.6 km, steam engine.
- Zillertalbahn, from Jenbach to Mayrhofen, 33.1 km, locomotive.
750mm gauge railway
- Dienstbahn der Internationalen Rheinregulierung, 25 km. Common freight carrier and partly a heritage railway
600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) railway lines
- Museumsfeldbahn Großgmain; 1.7 km, operating
- Feistritzwaldbahn; 22 km, defunct
- Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See; 1.5 km, defunct
- Reißeck-Höhenbahn, 3.3 km, defunct
- Schwertberger Kaolinzug; 3.8 km, defunct
- Waldbahn Haselbach; 2.5 km, defunct
- Waldbahn Naßwald; 2 km, a defunct heritage railway
500 mm (19 3⁄4 in) railway lines
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See also
- History of rail transport in Austria
- Rail transport in Austria
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Organ, John (2003). Austrian Narrow Gauge: featuring steam in the Alps. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 1904474047.
- Organ, John (2012). Northern Alpine Narrow Gauge: Interlaken to Puchberg. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174376.
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