Rosen Valley Railway

Rosen Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameRosentalbahn
Line number
  • 413 01 Sankt Veit an der Glan–Klagenfurt Hbf
  • 409 01 Klagenfurt Hbf–Rosenbach
  • 222 02 Rosenbach–national border
Service
Route number
  • 221 (Villach Hbf–Jesenice)
  • 601 (Friesach–Spittal-Millstättersee)
  • 660 (Klagenfurt Hbf–Rosenbach)
History
Opened1906 (1906)
Technical
Line length62.812 km (39.030 mi)
Number of tracksSt. Veit a. d. Glan–Klagenfurt and
Rosenbach–Jesenice: 2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius266 m (873 ft)
ElectrificationSt. Veit a. d. Glan–Klagenfurt Hbf and
Rosenbach–Jesenice: 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Maximum incline2.6%
Route map

Legend
km
elev
Rudolf Railway from Vienna
0.000
 St. Veit a. d. Glan
476 m
Rudolf Railway to Villach
1.100
 St. Veit a. d. Glan-Süd
2.114
0.000
0.675
 Glandorf
3.254
FunderMax siding
4.518
 Willersdorf
(closed on 29.05.1994)
6.700
 Zollfeld
(closed on 28.05.1967)
7.969
8.000
chainage adjustment of −31 m
9.228
 Maria Saal
453 m
12.378
GBV II (Laudon-Kaserne) siding
13.592
 Klagenfurt Annabichl
Glan
16.773
 Klagenfurt East
440 m
Drava Valley Railway
17.960
 Klagenfurt Hbf
440 m
Drava Valley Railway from Bleiburg
19.218
 Klagenfurt South
(since 29.10.2015)
19.995
 Viktring
(closed in 2015)
440 m
23.000
 Köttmannsdorf
(closed in 1967)
25.046
 Maria Rain
525 m
Ferlach Reservoir
Ferlach Railway
30.079
 Weizelsdorf
31.526
Weizelsdorf Ort (until 10 Dec. 2016,
tourist operation since August 2020)
32.729
St. Johann im Rosental (until 10 Dec.
2016, tourist operation since August 2020)
35.462
Feistritz im Rosental (tourist
operation since August 2020)
498 m
Feistritz viaduct (193 m)
36.725
Feistritz im Rosental West
(until 10 Dec. 2016)
37.472
 Suetschach
(until 10 Dec. 2016)
38.637
 Ladinach
(until 10 Dec. 2016)
42.146
 Maria Elend im Rosental
525 m
Rosenbach viaduct (239 m)
46.138
Lessach tunnel (111 m)
from Villach
47.791
 Rosenbach
601 m
49.260
Karawanks Tunnel (7976.5 m)
53.635
637.265
Austria
Slovenia
national border
631.800
631.825
chainage adjustment of +25 m
from Tarvisio
630.211
 Jesenice
573 m
to Ljubljana
to Nova Gorica
km
Source: Austrian railway atlas[1]

The Rosen Valley Railway (German: Rosentalbahn) is a mainly Austrian railway that runs from Sankt Veit an der Glan via Klagenfurt and Rosenbach to Jesenice in Slovenia. The section between Rosenbach and Jesenice through the Karawanks Tunnel is part of and international long-distance route between Salzburg and Zagreb. The railway line is operated by the ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways). Traffic between Weizelsdorf and Rosenbach was suspended at the commencement 2016/17 timetable change. The line was sold to the state of Carinthia. NBIK heritage trains have been running between Weizelsdorf and Feistritz since the summer of 2020.[2][3]

  1. ^ Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 90, 91, 96.
  2. ^ "Rosentalbahn fährt wieder" [Rosentalbahn runs again]. Kleine Zeitung Kaernten (in German). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Eröffnung Rosentalbahn - Nostalgiebahnen in Kärnten - NBiK" (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2020.