Ammergau Railway

Ammergau Railway
ET 425 in Oberammergau (2007)
Overview
Native nameAmmergaubahn
StatusOperational
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Line number5451
LocaleBavaria
Termini
Stations11
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger rail
Regional rail
Route number963
Operator(s)DB Regio
History
Opened5 April 1900
Technical
Line length23.7 km (14.7 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification5 kV/16⅔ Hz (Until 1954)
15 kV/16⅔ Hz AC overhead line
Route map

0.0
Murnau
Murnau Lokalbahnhof
closed on 3 May 1960
0.4
Murnau Ort
1.6
Ramsachleite
3.3
Seeleiten-Berggeist
request stop
5.6
Grafenaschau
halt, former station
9.4
Jägerhaus
11.7
Bad Kohlgrub
13.1
Bad Kohlgrub Kurhaus
request stop
14.3
Saulgrub
16.6
Altenau (Bay)
18.9
Scherenau
20.4
Unterammergau
halt, former station
23.7
Oberammergau
halt, former station

The Ammergau Railway or Ammergaubahn (sometimes called the Ammertalbahn or "Ammer Valley Railway", originally the Lokalbahn Murnau–Oberammergau) is a single-tracked, electrified railway line in Bavaria in southern Germany. It runs from Murnau to Oberammergau, its latter stages following the valley of the river Ammer from which it derives its name. This stub line to Oberammergau branches off at Murnau from the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen main line.