Traunseebahn

Traunseebahn
See caption
Tramlink train on the Traunseebahn
Overview
LocaleUpper Austria, Austria
Termini
Service
TypeTram-train
Operator(s)Stern & Hafferl
Daily ridership2,000 (in 2019, including Gmunden tramway)[1]: 27 
History
Opened21 March 1912[2]: 59 
Technical
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)[1]: 26 
Electrification
  • 600 V DC Gmunden – Engelhof
  • 750 V DC Engelhof – Vorchdorf[3]
Route map

The Traunseebahn is an electrified metre-gauge railway running from Vorchdorf to Gmunden in Upper Austria, Austria. The line is 17.9 km (11.1 mi) long and is owned and operated by Stern & Hafferl.[1]: 26  The railway opened on 21 March 1912[2]: 59  and since 2018 it has been connected to the Gmunden Tramway as part of the Traunseetram tram-train service.[4][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Investitionsoffensive Privatbahninfrastruktur – 9. MIP [Mittelfristigen Investitionsprogramme]" [Investment offensive private railway infrastructure – 9th medium-term investment programme] (PDF) (in German). Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie. 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Marchetti, Heinrich (2003). Stern & Hafferl – Visionen mit Tradition [Stern & Hafferl – Visions with tradition] (in German) (1st ed.). Stern & Hafferl. ISBN 3-9501763-0-6.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Metre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last". Railway Gazette International. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2024.