Narrow-gauge railways in Austria

Train of the Mariazellerbahn in Lower 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+12 in) gauge. Some two dozen lines were built in 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in) gauge, a few in 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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+716 in) is in use.

384 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge gauge; 88 km 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 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 InnsbruckHall in Tirol, 11.8 km, closed in 1974.

900mm gauge railways

760mm gauge railways

750mm gauge railway

600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) railway lines

  • Museumsfeldbahn Großgmain [de]; 1.7 km, operating
  • Feistritzwaldbahn [de]; 22 km, defunct
  • Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See [de]; 1.5 km, defunct
  • Reißeck-Höhenbahn [de], 3.3 km, defunct
  • Schwertberger Kaolinzug [de]; 3.8 km, defunct
  • Waldbahn Haselbach [de]; 2.5 km, defunct
  • Waldbahn Naßwald [de]; 2 km, a defunct heritage railway

500 mm (19+34 in) railway lines

See also

  • iconTrains portal
  • flagAustria portal

References

Notes

  1. ^ CIA World Fact Book

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.

External links

Media related to Narrow gauge railways in Austria at Wikimedia Commons

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