Gmunden Tramway

Gmunden Tramway
See caption
Tramlink train on the Traun bridge
Overview
Line number965 01[citation needed]
LocaleGmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Termini
  • Gmunden railway station
  • Klosterplatz (connection to Traunseebahn)
Stations9 [note 1]
Service
TypeTram-train
Route number161
Operator(s)Stern & Hafferl[1]
Daily ridership2,260 (in 2019)[note 2][2]: 40 
History
Opened13 August 1894[3]: 36 
Technical
Line length3.090 km (1.920 mi) [note 3]
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[1]
Minimum radius17 m (55 ft 9 in)[1]
Electrification600 V DC overhead line[4]
Maximum incline10.0%[1]
Route map

Legend
km
m (AA)
Salzkammergutbahn from Stainach-Irdning
0,00
 Gmunden railway station
479
Salzkammergutbahn to Attnang-Puchheim
0,35
 Grüner Wald
closed 2014
480
B 145 Salzkammergutstraße
483
0,60
 Keramik
since 2005
485
0,70
 Kraftstation
closed 2005
484
0,70
Depot
484
1,00
 Rosenkranz/OKA-Siedlung
477
1,36
 Tennisplatz
458
1,60
 Kuferzeile
430
1,77
 Parkstraße
closed
2,05
 Bezirkshauptmannschaft
Traunsee
424
2,22
 Korso
closed
2,26
double track segment since 2018
2,32
 Franz-Josef-Platz
423
2,32
Terminus 1975-2014
423
2,42
 Postgebäude
closed 1975
2,54
 Rathausplatz
closed 1975 - 2018
424
2,54
Terminus until 1975
424
 Trauntor
Traun gate (10 m)
425
 Traun
2,84
 Klosterplatz
since 2014
2,84
 Transition to Traunseebahn
428
Track switch
 Gmunden Seebahnhof
closed 2014
424
3,09
 Gmunden Seebahnhof
since 2014
427
end of double track
Traunseebahn

The Gmunden Tramway (German: Straßenbahn Gmunden) is a tram line in the town of Gmunden in Upper Austria, Austria. The tramway opened in 1894 and since 2018 the line has been connected to the Traunseebahn as part of the Traunseetram tram-train service.[5][4] It is operated by Stern & Hafferl.[6] The line's maximum gradient of 10.0% makes it one of the world's steepest surviving adhesion-only tram lines.[7][8]


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  1. ^ a b c d Knoll, Otfried. "Tramlink V3 – Das Fahrzeug für die Stadt – Regio-Tram Gmunden – Vorchdorf" [Tramlink V3 – The vehicle for the Stadt – Regio-Tram Gmunden – Vorchdorf]. Eisenbahn Österreich (in German). No. 9/2016. Minirex. pp. 440–452. ISSN 1421-2900.
  2. ^ Traunseetram – Bericht des Rechnungshofes [Traunseetram – Report of the Court of Audit] (PDF) (Report) (in German). Vienna: Rechnungshof Österreich. October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ Marchetti, Heinrich (2003). Stern & Hafferl – Visionen mit Tradition [Stern & Hafferl – Visions with tradition] (in German) (1st ed.). Stern & Hafferl. ISBN 3-9501763-0-6.
  4. ^ a b Schrempf, Robert (November 2018). "Das „Wunder von Gmunden"" [The "Wonder of Gmunden"]. Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 30–36. ISSN 0340-7071.
  5. ^ "Metre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last". Railway Gazette International. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. ^ Buckley, Richard (2000). Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria (2nd ed.). Gloucester, UK: Light Rail Transit Association. p. 129. ISBN 0-948106-27-1.
  7. ^ Taplin, Michael; Russell, Michael. Trams in Western Europe. Middlesex, UK: Capital Transport Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 1-85414-265-8.
  8. ^ "Gmunden - Salt, Spa & Stadtregiotram". Locomotives International. No. 109. August 2017. pp. 10–20.