Drava Valley Railway

Drava Valley Railway
Drava Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Drautalbahn
Line number	423 01 national border near Bleiburg–Bleiburg 410 01 Bleiburg–Klagenfurt Hbf 413 01 Klagenfurt Hbf–Villach Hbf 222 01 Villach Hbf– Pusarnitz-Süd junction 407 01 Pusarnitz-Süd junction–national border near Sillian
Service
Route number	620 Bleiburg–Klagenfurt 220 Salzburg Hbf–Klagenfurt Hbf 223 Spittal-Millstättersee–Innichen
History
Opened	1 June 1863 (1863-06-01)
Technical
Line length	311 km (193 mi)
Number of tracks	1 or 2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	266 m (873 ft)
Electrification	Klagenfurt Hbf–Innichen: 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	140 km/h (87 mph) (max)
Maximum incline	2.73%
Route map Legend km elev from Spielfeld-Straß and Graz 0.0 Maribor (Marburg (Drau) Hbf in 1943) Drava to Ljubljana and Trieste 0.9 Maribor Tabor (not listed in 1943) 1.9 Maribor Studenci (not listed in 1943) 2.6 Maribor Sokolska (Marburg (Drau) Kärntnerbf in 1943) 4.8 Marles (not listed in 1943) 5.9 Limbuš (Marburg-Lembach in 1943) 8.1 Bistrica ob Dravi (Feistritz (b Marburg) in 1943) 11.4 Ruše tovarna 12.4 Ruše (Rast in 1943) Tunnel (230 m) 18.3 Fala (Fall in 1943) 24.8 Ruta (Lorenzen am Bachern in 1943) 27.4 Ožbalt (Kappel (Steierm) in 1943) 34.5 Podvelka (Rottenberg-Fresen in 1943) 39.6 Vuhred elektrarna (Johannesberg in 1943) 43.7 Vuhred (Wuchern-Mahrenberg in 1943) Wucherbach viaduct 47.7 Sveti Vid (not listed in 1943) 51.7 Vuzenica (Saldenhofen in 1943) 54.1 Trbonjsko jezero (not listed in 1943) 56.1 Trbonje (Trofin in 1943) 59.6 Sveti Danijel (not listed in 1943) Rekabach viaduct 63.2 Dravograd (Unterdrauburg in 1943) Lavant Valley Railway to Celje 64.9 Podklanc (not listed in 1943) 69.2 Dobrije (not listed in 1943) 71.0 Ravne na Koroškem (Gutenstein-Streiteben in 1943) 74.3 Prevalje (Prävali in 1943) tunnel Holmec tunnel (338 m) 82.0 Holmec (Homberg (Kärnten) in 1943) 82.152 Slovenia Austria national border Jaun Valley Railway (from Zeltweg) 86.334 Bleiburg 486 m 89.261 St. Michael ob Bleiburg (not listed in 1943) 479 m 90.4 Mahle Filtersysteme Austria siding Koralm Railway to Klagenfurt Hbf (under construction) 93.430 Mittlern 482 m 100.027 Völkermarkt-Kühnsdorf 441 m Vellach Valley Railway (until 22 May 1971) 107.223 Tainach-Stein 393 m 110.7 Koralm Railway from Graz Hbf (under construction) Grafenstein green tunnel (633 m) 114.657 Grafenstein 418 m 124.322 Klagenfurt Ebenthal 441 m 124.092 Klagenfurt Fbf Rosen Valley Railway (from St. Veit a. d. Glan) 125.881 Klagenfurt Hbf 440 m Rosen Valley Railway (to Jesenice) 128.394 Klagenfurt Lend 447 m 129.693 Klagenfurt West (since 14 December 2014) 130.788 Klagenfurt See (closed on 21 May 1952) 133.257 Krumpendorf 445 m 137.630 Pritschitz 448 m 139.727 Pörtschach am Wörthersee 448 m 141.302 Leonstein (closed on 1 October 1967) 142.549 Töschling 445 m 147.883 Velden am Wörthersee 469 m 151.676 Lind-Rosegg 500 m 152.040 Bildstein siding 155.036 Föderlach 505 m 162.207 Villach Seebach 492 m Rudolf Railway (from St. Veit a. d. Glan) 163.450 Villach Hbf-Ostbf (goods yard) 164.264 Villach Hbf 498 m Rudolf Railway (to Tarvisio Boscoverde) Tauern link line 415 01 (from Villach Westbf) 166.483 Gummern 2 junction 171.384 Omya siding 172.799 Gummern (closed on 13 December 2014)[1] 174.013 Puch 505 m 177.688 Weißenstein-Kellerberg 506 m 178.744 EVONIK siding Paternion-Feistritz halt (since 14 December 2014) 183.163 Paternion-Feistritz 513 m 185.684 Markt Paternion 525 m 187.000 Ferndorf 527 m 188.062 Knauf Insulation siding 191.710 Rothenthurn 520 m 192.324 Danicek siding 200.135 Spittal-Millstätter See 544 m 206.504 Pusarnitz-Süd (line 407 01 junction) Tauern Railway (to Schwarzach-St. Veit) 206.652 Lendorf 548 m 210.639 Möllbrücke-Sachsenburg 558 m 213.057 Markt Sachsenburg 562 m 213.148 Hasslacher siding 219.574 Kleblach-Lind 572 m 226.460 Steinfeld im Drautal 582 m 232.075 Greifenburg-Weißensee 590 m 237.365 Berg im Drautal 594 m 241.780 Dellach im Drautal 608 m 246.640 Irschen 609 m 249.856 Oberdrauburg 621 m Carinthia Tyrol state border 257.013 Nikolsdorf 637 m 263.235 Dölsach 653 m 265.280 Verbund siding 265.354 Rossbacher siding 266.170 Liebherr siding 266.222 Landwirt siding 266.680 Lienz Peggetz (since December 2011) 268.381 Lienz 674 m 278.334 Thal 812 m 280.253 Theurl Leimholz siding 284.497 Mittewald an der Drau (loading point) 882 m 291.504 Abfaltersbach 1036 m 295.406 Tassenbach 1070 m 295.656 Nordpan siding 297.025 Heinfels (since 1 February 2020)[2][3] 1078 m 298.627 Sillian 1089 m 301.400 Weitlanbrunn 1111 m 302.246 Holzhof Arnbach siding 302.952 72.568 Austria Italy national border 71.668 Winnebach/Prato Drava 1125 m 70.632 Vierschach I closed in c. 1960s 69.115 Vierschach-Helm/Versciaco-Elmo (opened 2014) 1137 m 68.819 Vierschach II (closed 1989) 1138 m 64.509 Innichen/San Candido (electrication system change) 1176 m Puster Valley Railway to Franzensfeste km Source: Austrian railway atlas[4] This diagram: view talk edit

The Drava Valley Railway (German: Drautalbahn) is an east–west railway running along the Drava. It runs from Maribor (where it connects with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway, formerly part of the old Southern Railway—Südbahn) to Innichen, where it merges into the Puster Valley Railway (German: Pustertalbahn; Italian: Ferrovia della Val Pusteria) to Franzensfeste (Fortezza). It starts in northern Slovenia, crosses Carinthia and East Tyrol and ends in South Tyrol. The Klagenfurt–Bleiburg section has been rebuilt as part of the Koralm Railway, which follows the Jaun Valley Railway (Jauntalbahn) from Bleiburg. Like the rest of the line in Slovenia, this section of the line has one track and is unelectrified.