Vorarlberg Railway

Vorarlberg Railway
Class 4024 running as an S-Bahn service at the entrance of Dornbirn station
Overview
Native name	Vorarlbergbahn
Line number	5420
Locale	Vorarlberg, Austria Bavaria, Germany
Termini	Lindau-Insel, Bavaria, Germany Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
Service
Route number	101 05
Technical
Line length	67.746 km (42.095 mi)
Number of tracks	2: Lindau–Lochau-Hörbranz 2: Bregenz–Bludenz
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	321 m (1,053 ft)
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed	160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	1.4%
Route map Legend 0.000 Lindau-Insel ↓S1 Bodenseedamm to Munich Line 5421 from Lindau-Aeschach junction (Aeschach curve) 1.600 Lindau Langenweg 2.600 Lindau-Reutin ↓S7 3.800 Lindau Strandbad 5.400 Lindau-Zech (1944: Lindau-Siebertsdorf) 5.941 Germany Austria (Leiblach) 5.988 Unterhochsteg (until 15 May 1939) 6.500 Lochau-Hörbranz 7.261 Haggen (until 6 October 1940) 7.700 Langer Stein (until 15 February 1943) 9.150 Tannenbach (until 24 November 1971) 9.700 Bregenz Hafen 10.405 Bregenz ↓S3 398 m above sea level (AA) Bregenzerwald Railway to Bezau (mostly dismantled) 12.390 Bregenz Riedenburg Bregenzer Ach 13.202 Lauterach Nord S3 S7 to St. Margrethen (CH) 14.196 Lauterach R5 to St. Margrethen (CH) 14.707 Wolfurt-Lauterach Süd 16.980 Wolfurt 18.620 Schwarzach in Vorarlberg (formerly Schwarzach-Wolfurt) 20.248 Haselstauden 22.233 Dornbirn 431 m above sea level (AA) Dornbirner Ach 23.320 Dornbirn-Schoren 25.138 Hatlerdorf 25.827 Siding 30.121 Hohenems 421 m above sea level (AA) 32.214 Altach (formerly Altach-Bauern) 32.368 Loacker siding 34.760 Götzis 426 m above sea level (AA) Sattelberg tunnel (81 m) 38.145 Klaus in Vorarlberg siding (1944: Klaus-Koblach) 38.145 Klaus in Vorarlberg Lst 38.490 siding 39.998 Sulz-Röthis Frutz 42.518 Rankweil 463 m above sea level (AA) 44.855 Feldkirch Amberg S2 from Buchs SG 46.912 Feldkirch ↑S2 R5 457 m above sea level (AA) Schattenburg tunnel (138 and 909 m) Ill 51.387 Frastanz 472 m above sea level (AA) 56.198 Schlins-Beschling (1944: Schlins) 56.984 Ludesch 1 crossover 57.739 Nenzing 507 m above sea level (AA) 58.849 Hydro Aluminium siding Ill 63.327 Ludesch (formerly Ludesch-Thüringen (1944: Großwalsertal)) 535 m above sea level (AA) 65.224 Nüziders 67.746 Bludenz ↑S1 ↓S4 558 m above sea level (AA) S4 to Schruns Arlberg Railway to Innsbruck Source: Austrian railway atlas[1]

The Vorarlberg Railway (German: Vorarlbergbahn) denotes a railway line running in north-south direction through the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and extending to Lindau (Germany). Its route is similar to the Rheintal/Walgau Autobahn, from Lindau to the border and to Bludenz, where it connects to the Arlberg Railway and Bludenz–Schruns railway (Montafonerbahn) lines. The entire route in Austria is owned and is operated up to Lindau-Insel by the Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen, ÖBB). Services of Vorarlberg S-Bahn, one service of St. Gallen S-Bahn and EuroCity trains of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) also use a part of the line.

The Vorarlberg Railway is the western continuation of the Arlberg Railway (ÖBB timetable number AT 401) through the Walgau valley and the Vorarlberg section of the Rhine Valley.