Narrow-gauge railways in Austria

Train of the Mariazellerbahn in Lower 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.

384 km (239 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge; 88 km (55 mi) 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge (2008) [1]

## Metre-gauge railways

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* Achenseebahn, 6.78 km (4.21 mi), steam engine.
* Lokalbahn Vöcklamarkt–Attersee, 15.3 km (9.5 mi) and electrified.
* Schafbergbahn,a cog railway, 5.85 km (3.64 mi), steam engine.
* Schneebergbahn, a cog railway, 9.85 km (6.12 mi)
* Stubaitalbahn, 18.2 km (11.3 mi), now trams in Innsbruck Linie STB, Fulpmes-Innsbruck Hbf, electrified
* Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn, 8.4 km (5.2 mi) and electrified. Now became trams in Innsbruck Linie 6, electrified.
* Traunseebahn 14.9 km (9.3 mi), connects to the Gmunden tramway, electrified.
* Lokalbahn Mödling–Hinterbrühl, 4.5 km (2.8 mi), closed in 1932. It was the first electrified railway in Austria.
* Straßenbahn Unterach–See am Mondsee, 3.26 km (2.03 mi), closed in 1949.
* Lokalbahn Innsbruck–Hall in Tirol, 11.8 km (7.3 mi), closed in 1974.

## 900mm gauge railways

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* 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

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* Bregenzerwaldbahn 35.3 km (21.9 mi), steam engine
* Feistritztalbahn in Steiermark, 42.2 km (26.2 mi), steam engine
* Höllentalbahn, 5 km (3.1 mi)
* Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten in Lower Austria, 62.3 km (38.7 mi), a branch of Mariazellerbahn.
* Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard in Steiermark, 10.7 km (6.6 mi), electrified.
* Mariazellerbahn, from Sankt Pölten to Mariazell, 85 km (53 mi) electrified.
* Murtalbahn, 76.1 km (47.3 mi), steam engine
* Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, from Zell am See to Krimml, 52.6 km (32.7 mi)
* Stainzerbahn in Steiermark, 11.3 km (7.0 mi), steam engine.
* Steyrtalbahn, from Garsten to Klaus, 19.2 km (11.9 mi), steam engine
* Taurachbahn, a museum railway.
* Thörlerbahn, from Kapfenberg to Au-Seewiesen in Styria, 22.7 km (14.1 mi), diesel engine, closed in 1999.
* Vellachtalbahn in Kärnten, 17.5 km (10.9 mi)
* Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen in Lower Austria, 82 km (51 mi), steam engine.
* Ybbstalbahn, 76.6 km (47.6 mi), steam engine.
* Zillertalbahn, from Jenbach to Mayrhofen, 33.1 km (20.6 mi), locomotive.
* numerous logging railways build from surplus military equipment after 1918, no longer in operation.

## 750mm gauge railway

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* Dienstbahn der Internationalen Rheinregulierung, 25 km (16 mi). Common freight carrier and partly a heritage railway

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

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* Museumsfeldbahn Großgmain [de]; 1.7 km (1.1 mi), operating
* Feistritzwaldbahn [de]; 22 km (14 mi), defunct
* Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See [de]; 1.5 km (0.93 mi), defunct
* Reißeck-Höhenbahn [de], 3.3 km (2.1 mi), defunct
* Schwertberger Kaolinzug [de]; 3.8 km (2.4 mi), defunct
* Waldbahn Haselbach [de]; 2.5 km (1.6 mi), defunct
* Waldbahn Naßwald [de]; 2 km (1.2 mi), a defunct heritage railway

## 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) railway lines

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* Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn

## See also

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* Trains portal
* Austria portal

* Feldbahn
* History of rail transport in Austria
* Jernbach Werke
* List of rack railways
* Mountain railway
* Rail transport in Austria

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ CIA World Fact Book

### Bibliography

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* Organ, John (2003). Austrian Narrow Gauge: featuring steam in the Alps. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 1904474047.
* Organ, John (2012). Northern Alpine Narrow Gauge: Interlaken to Puchberg. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174376.

## External links

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Media related to Narrow gauge railways in Austria at Wikimedia Commons

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