Southern Railway (Austria)

Southern Railway (Austria)
Southern Railway (Austria)
Overview
Native name	Südbahn (Österreich)
Status	Operational
Owner	Austrian Federal Railways
Line number	105 01
Locale	Vienna; Lower Austria; Styria
Termini	Wien Hauptbahnhof; Border of Austria–Slovenia;
Stations	82
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail; Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number	500 (Wien Hbf – Mürzzuschlag); 501 (Wien Hbf – Graz); 502 (Graz – Maribor/Bad Radkersdburg); 510 (Wien Hbf – Payerbach-Reichenau); 524 (Wien Meidling – Deutschkreutz); 600 (Wien Hbf – Tarvisio); 900 (Wien S-Bahn)
Operator(s)	Austrian Federal Railways
History
Opened	Stages between 1841–1848
Technical
Line length	259.7 km (161.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track; • Wien Hbf – Werndorf, Lebring – Leibnitz; Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	171 m
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Maximum incline	2.81 %
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	99.947
	0.000
	Guntramsdorf-Thallern
	(formerly Guntramsdorf a.d. Südbahn)
	Semmering Base Tunnel to Mürzzuschlag
	(under construction)
	Lower Austria
	000Styria
	Semmering Base Tunnel from Gloggnitz
	(under construction)
	125.045
	125.100
	195.428
	195.600
	200.024
	200.200

The Southern Railway (German: Südbahn) is a railway in Austria that runs from Vienna to Graz and the border with Slovenia at Spielfeld via Semmering and Bruck an der Mur. Along with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway (lying largely in Slovenia), it forms part of the Austrian Southern Railway that connected Vienna with Trieste, the main seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, via Ljubljana. A main obstacle in its construction was getting over the Semmering Pass over the Northern Limestone Alps. The twin-track, electrified section that runs through the current territory of Austria is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and is one of the major lines in the country.

^ Friedrich, Paul; Slezak, Josef Otto (1990). Kanal, Nostalgie, Eisenbahn (in German). Vienna: Verlag Slezak. pp. 134, 136–137, 139. ISBN 3-85416-153-0., which refers to: Witz, Johann (1974). "Zwischen Wöllersdorf und Blumau. Die Militärschleppbahnen auf dem Steinfeld". Eisenbahn (in German) (12): 181–184. ISSN 0013-2756. and Witz, Johann (1975). "Zwischen Wöllersdorf und Blumau. Die Militärschleppbahnen auf dem Steinfeld". Eisenbahn (in German) (1–2): 4–6. ISSN 0013-2756. (section: Strecke Wöllersdorf↔Mittel)
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [Austrian railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 18–24, 26–31, 98, 99, 106. ISBN 978-3-89494-138-3.

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[1] Friedrich, Paul; Slezak, Josef Otto (1990). Kanal, Nostalgie, Eisenbahn (in German). Vienna: Verlag Slezak. pp. 134, 136–137, 139. ISBN 3-85416-153-0., which refers to: Witz, Johann (1974). "Zwischen Wöllersdorf und Blumau. Die Militärschleppbahnen auf dem Steinfeld". Eisenbahn (in German) (12): 181–184. ISSN 0013-2756. and Witz, Johann (1975). "Zwischen Wöllersdorf und Blumau. Die Militärschleppbahnen auf dem Steinfeld". Eisenbahn (in German) (1–2): 4–6. ISSN 0013-2756. (section: Strecke Wöllersdorf↔Mittel)

[Eisenbahnatlas-3] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [Austrian railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 18–24, 26–31, 98, 99, 106. ISBN 978-3-89494-138-3.

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