Brenner Railway

Innsbruck–Bozen–Verona railway
An OBB EuroSprinter with a Eurocity train
passes KM 91,5 towards Matrei station.
Overview
Line number
  • 302 02 Austria
  • 42 (Brenner–Bozen)
  • 43 (Bozen–Verona)
LocaleAustria and Italy
Service
Route number
  • 300 (Salzburg Hbf - Brennero/Brenner)
  • 301 (Jenbach - Telfs-Pfaffenhofen / Steinach in Tirol)
  • 50 (Italy)
Technical
Line length275.4 km (171.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius264 m (866 ft)
Electrification
  • 15 kV 16.7 Hz Austria
  • 3 kV Italy
Operating speed180 km/h (112 mph)
Maximum incline
  • north ramp: 2.5%
  • south ramp: 2.25%
Route map

Map of the Brenner railway

elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
75.130
Innsbruck
 S3   S4  ↓
582 M
76.725
Bergisel tunnel
662 m
78.198
Sonnenburg tunnel
249 m
79.646
Innsbruck Hbf
1 junction
Innsbruck
bypass
80.291
Ahrnwald tunnel
165 m
80.809
Schupfen tunnel
35 m
81.295
Unterberg-
Stefansbrücke
716 M
81.648
Unterberg tunnel
49 m
82.662
Patsch tunnel
176 m
83.905
Innsbruck Hbf
2 crossover
84.718
Patsch
784 M
85.403
Schönberg tunnel
89 m
85.726
Mühltal tunnel
872 m
86.936
Moserwiese tunnel
74 m
91.847
Matrei tunnel
124 m
93.281
Matrei am Brenner
995 M
97.884
Steinach in Tirol
 S3  ↑
1,048 M
101.918
St. Jodok
1,141 M
102.427
Sankt Jodok spiral tunnel
480 m
104.323
Stafflach tunnel
283 m
106.189
Gries tunnel
173 m
106.651
Gries am Brenner
1,255 M
106.917
Steinach in Tirol 2 crossover
110.900
Brennersee
1,351 M
111.145
Steinach in Tirol 4 junction
track 302 11
111.425
Brennersee Terminal
111.561
ÖBB
RFI
maintenance border
111.663
240.083
239.533
Brennero/Brenner
 S4  ↑
1,371 M
236.200
Brennerbad
(former spa)
1,310 M
Pflersch tunnel
7.267 m
13.10
Moncucco/Schelleberg
1,242 M
Ast spiral tunnel
761 m
226.70
Fleres/Pflersch
1,130 M
222.80
Colle Isarco/Gossensaß
1,100 M
Eisack bridge I
217.00
Vipiteno/Sterzing
943 M
Campo di Trens/Freienfeld
935 M
Palude di Vipiteno bridge
208.90
Mules/Mauls
900 M
204.30
Le Cave/Grasstein
843 M
200.80
Mezzaselva/Mittewald
798 M
197.00
Fortezza/Franzensfeste
747 M
197.00
192.19
Varna/Vahrn
650 M
188.36
Bressanone/Brixen
577 M
Eisack bridge II
184.70
Albès/Albeins
548 M
Funes/Villnöß
539 M
178.24
Chiusa/Klausen
523 M
172.43
422 M
Schlern tunnel
13,159 m
Rötele bridge
Castelrotto/Kastelruth
428 M
Campodazzo/Atzwang
373 M
Eisack bridge I
tunnel VII
55 m
tunnel VI
72 m
tunnel V
60 m
tunnel IV
62 m
tunnel III
79 m
tunnel II
57 m
Völsersteig/Fiè allo Sciliar
340 M
tunnel I
40 m
Schlern tunnel
13,159 m
157.99
Prato all'Isarco/Blumau
315 M
Kardaun tunnel
3,789 m
Prato Tires tunnel
430 m
Cardano/Kardaun
283 M
Kardaun bridge
150.23
Bolzano/Bozen
266 M
148.59
142.56
Laives/Leifers
230 M
139.29
Bronzolo/Branzoll
227 M
134.17
Ora/Auer
223 M
128.40
Egna/Neumarkt
217 M
124.42
Magrè/Margreid
Cortaccia/Kurtatsch
216 M
118.99
Salorno/Salurn
211 M
111.62
Mezzocorona
110.50
104.32
Lavis
95.43
Trento goods station
94.79
Trento
93.01
87.22
Mattarello
78.91
Calliano
(
closed
2004
)
71.21
Rovereto
66.91
Mori
60.86
Serravalle
54.68
Ala
50.36
Avio
45.48
Borghetto
40.36
Peri
32.77
Dolcè
22.80
Domegliara–Sant'Ambrogio
16.98
Pescantina
11.65
Verona Parona
6.39
San Massimo junction (PC)[nb 1]
Adige river
3.37
Verona Porta Nuova
0.00
Verona Porta Vescovo


 
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Source: Italian railway atlas[1]
Innsbruck station at the north end of the Brenner railway

The Brenner Railway (German: Brennerbahn; Italian: Ferrovia del Brennero) is a major line connecting the Austrian and Italian railways from Innsbruck to Verona, climbing up the Wipptal (German for "Wipp Valley"), passing over the Brenner Pass, descending down the Eisacktal (German for "Eisack Valley") to Bolzano/Bozen, then further down the Adige Valley to Rovereto/Rofreit, and along the section of the Adige Valley, called in Italian the "Vallagarina", to Verona. This railway line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). It is considered a "fundamental" line by the state railways Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).[2]


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  1. ^ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 3, 8, 9, 23, 24, 136, 137.
  2. ^ "Rete FS in esercizio (FS operational network)" (PDF) (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.