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Narrow gauge railways in Austria

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Narrow-gauge railways in Austria

The first railway in Austria was the narrow-gauge line from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic, this was 1,106 mm (3 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge. Some two dozen lines were built in 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge, a few in 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge. The first was the Steyrtalbahn. Others were built by provincial governments, some lines are still in common carrier use and a number of others are preservation projects. The tramway network in Innsbruck is also metre gauge; in Linz the rather unusual gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) is in use.

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384 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge; 88 km 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge (2008)

Metre-gauge railways

  • Achenseebahn
  • Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn, 8,4 km and electrified.
  • Lokalbahn Innsbruck–Hall in Tirol, 11,8 km, closed in 1974.
  • Lokalbahn Vöcklamarkt–Attersee, 15,3 km and electrified.
  • Lokalbahn Mödling–Hinterbrühl, 4,5 km, closed in 1932. It was the first electrified railway in Austria.
  • Pöstlingbergbahn built at the gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, converted to 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) in 2009 and integrated in the Linz tram network.
  • Schafbergbahn,a cog railway.
  • Schneebergbahn, a cog railway.
  • Straßenbahn Unterach–See, 3.258 km, closed in 1949.
  • Stubaitalbahn
  • Traunseebahn

    • 900mm gauge railways

  • The Florianerbahn is a museum tramway in Upper Austria.
  • The Trams in Linz are electrified, operating at 600 V C, opened in 1913 and extended in 2009 when the Pöstlingbergbahn was integrated with the tramway after gauge conversion from metre gauge.

    • 760mm gauge railways

  • Bregenzerwaldbahn
  • Feistritztalbahn in Steiermark, 42,2 km.
  • Gurktalbahn in Kärnten, 28,8 km and was closed for regular traffic in 1974, now a 3,6 km heritage railway
  • Höllentalbahn, today a 5 km heritage railway, originally called Lokalbahn Payerbach–Hirschwang and 6 km long
  • Klammbachwaldbahn, a forest railway in the forests northeast of Achenkirch, closed in 1960.
  • Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten in Lower Austria
  • Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard in Steiermark, 10,7 km, electrified
  • Mariazellerbahn, an 85-km-long electrically operated railway.
  • Murtalbahn
  • Pinzgauer Lokalbahn
  • Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn, closed and partially revived as the SKGLB Museum
  • Stainzerbahn in Steiermark, 11,3 km.
  • Steyrtalbahn
  • Taurachbahn, a museum railway.
  • Thörlerbahn, now dismantled.
  • Tschagguns–Partenen railway, converted to standard gauge in 1961
  • Vellachtalbahn in Kärnten, 17,5 km
  • Waldbahn Deutschlandsberg in Steiermark, 9,9 km, closed in 1959
  • Waldbahn Reichraming, 38,3 km, closed in 1971.
  • Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen in Lower Austria, 82 km.
  • Ybbstalbahn
  • Ybbs Straßenbahn, 2,943 km, closed in 1953.
  • Zillertalbahn

    • 750mm gauge railway

  • Dienstbahn der Internationalen Rheinregulierung, 25 km. Common freight carrier and partly a heritage railway

    • 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) railway lines

  • Feistritzwaldbahn; 22 km, defunct
  • Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See; 1.5 km, defunct
  • Museumsfeldbahn Großgmain; 1.7 km, operating
  • Reißeck-Höhenbahn, 3.3 km, operating
  • Schwertberger Kaolinzug; 3.8 km, defunct
  • Waldbahn Haselbach; 2.5 km, defunct
  • Waldbahn Naßwald; 2 km, a defunct heritage railway

    • 500 mm (19 3⁄4 in) railway lines

  • Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn

    • References

    Narrow-gauge railways in Austria Wikipedia
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