Tauern Railway

Tauern Railway
Railjet 793 near Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg
Overview
Native name	Tauernbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Austrian Federal Railways
Line number	222 01
Locale	Salzburg, Carinthia
Termini	Schwarzach-St. Veit Spittal-Millstättersee
Stations	21
Service
Type	Mountain railway Inter-city rail
Route number	220
Operator(s)	Austrian Federal Railways
History
Opened	Stages between 1905–1909
Technical
Line length	79 km (49 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track * Schwarzach-St. V. – Loifarn-Süd (5.4 km) * turnout Loifarn 1 – turnout Bad Hofg. 1 (13.3 km) * Angertal – turnout Angertal 1 (2.3 km) * Böckstein – Spittal-Millstättersee (46.5 km) Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	247 m (810.4 ft)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)
Maximum incline	3.0 %
Route map Legend km elev Salzburg-Tyrol Railway from Salzburg 0.000 Schwarzach-St. Veit Salzburg-Tyrol Railway to Wörgl Untersberg Tunnel (270 m) Kenlach Tunnel (314 m) Birgl Tunnel (960 m) 5.431 Loifarn (since 2006 no passenger services) 6.800 Loifarn-Süd 7.103 7.422 break in kilometrage (-319 m) Lower Klamm Tunnel (739.38 m) Oberer Klamm Tunnel (744.01 m) 9.292 9.337 Loifarn 1 turnout (break in kilometrage (-45 m)) Klammstein ( closed 01.06.1991) Gasteiner Ache 14.313 Dorfgastein 19.281 Bad Hofgastein 22.360 Bad Hofgastein stop 22.570 Bad Hofgastein 1 turnout Angerschlucht Bridge New bridge (138 m) 25.390 Angertal since 2006 no passenger services 27.662 turnout Angertal 1 27.840 27.900 break in kilometrage (-60 m) 30.078 Bad Gastein Nassfelder Ache Anlaufbach 34.183 Böckstein 34.200 34.204 break in kilometrage (-4 m) 34.816 Tauern Tunnel (8370 m) 43.187 Tauern Tunnel ( closed 2001) 43.347 Mallnitz-Hintertal Seebach 45.110 Mallnitz-Nord 45.932 Mallnitz-Obervellach formerly Mallnitz 46.000 46.862 break in kilometrage (-862 m) Dösen Tunnel (891.19 m) 47.635 Kaponig Tunnel (5096 m) 51.738 Mallnitz-Obervellach crossover 2 51.767 Kaponig formerly Obervellach closed 1999 52.731 Upper Kaponig Tunnel (236.05 m) Rescue gallery Ochenig Tunnel (690 m) Lower Kaponig Tunnel (789.22 m) Upper Lindisch Tunnel (260 m) Lindischgraben Bridge (283 m) Lower Lindisch Tunnel (379 m) 55.819 Oberfalkenstein Leutschach Tunnel (247 m) Falkenstein Tunnel (67 m) Falkenstein Bridge (396 m) Gratschach Tunnel (357 m) Pfaffenberg Bridge (377 m) Pfaffenberg Tunnel (499 m) Zwengenberg Tunnel (391 m) 57.942 58.300 break in kilometrage (-358 m) 58.417 Penk Mölltheuergraben Bridge (94 m) Litzelsdorfergraben Bridge (185 m) Rieckenbach Bridge (190 m) 64.790 Kolbnitz 69.124 Kolbnitz crossover 2 69.360 Mühldorf-Möllbrücke 69.428 Bahnhof Mühldorf-Möllbrücke replaced by Kolbnitz crossover 2 72.904 Pusarnitz 74.000 Pusarnitz-Süd 74.394 Line 407 01 turnout Drava Valley Railway from Innichen 80.897 Spittal-Millstättersee Drava Valley Railway to Villach and Maribor km Source: Austrian railway atlas[1]

The Tauern Railway (German: Tauernbahn) is an Austrian railway line between Schwarzach-Sankt Veit in the state of Salzburg and Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia. It is part of one of the most important north–south trunk routes (Magistrale) in Europe and also carries tourist traffic for the Gastein Valley. The standard gauge railway line is 79 km (49 mi) long and climbs the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps with a maximum incline of 2.5%, crossing the Alpine crest through the 8,371 m (27,464 ft) long Tauern Tunnel. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways in Europe and the third highest in Austria.