| Innsbruck–Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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| Line number | 410 |
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| Locale | Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany |
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| Route number | 960 |
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| Operator(s) | ÖBB, DB |
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| Line length | 63.7 km (39.6 mi) |
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| Number of tracks | 1 |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 200 m (660 ft) |
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| Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary |
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| Operating speed | 120 km/h (74.6 mph) 70 (max) |
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| Maximum incline | 3.8% |
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Innsbruck West
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0.800
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Inn Viaduct; 230.5 m steel/stone
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1.200
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Karwendel Bridge; 108.4 m steel
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1.782
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Innsbruck Hötting
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2.100
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Tiroler Straße; 38 m steel
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3.739
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Allerheiligenhöfe
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631 m (2,070 ft)
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5.025
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Kerschbuch tunnel (214.23 m)
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5.618
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Kranebitterklamm tunnel (34.65 m)
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5.718
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Kranebitten
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697 m (2,287 ft)
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5.800
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Klammbach bridge; 34 m concrete
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7.004
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Lawinenschutz gallery (66 m)
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7.206
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Martinswand
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7.370
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Hechenberg tunnel (26.02 m)
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7.900
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Meilbrunnen Bridge; 15 m concrete
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8.500
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Finstertal Viaduct; 54 m concrete
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8.922
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An der Wand I Tunnel (109 m)
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9.048
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An der Wand II Tunnel (202 m)
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9.250
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Martinswand gallery (228 m)
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9.477
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Martinswand tunnel (1.810,23 m)
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11.477
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Ehnbach tunnel (347.22 m)
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11.898
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Brunntal tunnel (99.30 m)
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12.713
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Hochzirl
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922 m (3,025 ft)
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13.139
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Vorberg I Tunnel (147.77 m)
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13.303
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Vorberg II Tunnel (97.65 m)
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13.564
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Vorberg III Tunnel (46.82 m)
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13.700
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Vorberg Viaduct; 117 m concrete
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14.005
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Vorberg IV Tunnel (43.62 m)
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14.207
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Schloßbach tunnel (721.52 m)
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14.900
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Schlossbach Bridge; 66 m steel
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15.069
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Pflegertal tunnel (31.77 m)
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15.100
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Pflegertal Bridge; 18.5 m concrete
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15.137
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Fragenstein tunnel (394.62 m)
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15.600
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Lehnen Viaduct; 28 m concrete
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15.800
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Kaiserstand Viaduct; 46.8 m concrete
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16.783
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Leithen
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17.817
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Leithener Tunnel (84,29 m)
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18.200
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Gurgelbach Viaduct; 75.4 m concrete
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18.835
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Reith
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1,120 m (3,670 ft)
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20.500
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Hermelebach Viaduct; 20 m concrete
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22.427
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Seefeld in Tirol
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1,182 m (3,878 ft)
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24.943
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Seefeld Play Castle
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29.226
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Gießenbach in Tirol
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1,019 m (3,343 ft)
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29.400
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21.3 m steel
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32.100
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26.6 m steel
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32.491
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Scharnitz
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964 m (3,163 ft)
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118.540
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Mittenwald
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914 m (2,999 ft)
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112.267
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Klais
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933 m (3,061 ft)
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107.349
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| Kaltenbrunn (Oberbay) | | (station until 2 June 1984) |
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855 m (2,805 ft)
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102.500
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Kainzenbad (for events, until 1984 timetable)
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100.571
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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708 m (2,323 ft)
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Mittenwald Railway (German: Mittenwaldbahn), popularly known as the Karwendelbahn (Karwendel railway), is a railway line in the Alps in Austria and Germany. It connects Innsbruck via Seefeld (both in Tyrol, Austria) and Mittenwald to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (both in Bavaria, Germany).
The Mittenwald railway was built as an electric local railway from 1910 to 1912 by the engineers and contractors Josef Riehl and Wilhelm Carl von Doderer. The route was opened on 28 October 1912 and operated jointly by the Austrian Federal Railways and the Royal Bavarian State Railways. It was one of the first lines operated with high-tension single-phase AC-powered trains. Thus it had a substantial impact on the development of standards for electric railway operations in Central Europe. Together with the Ausserfern Railway (Ausserfernbahn) it connects the Austrian district of Außerfern (located west of the Fern Pass) with the Tyrol through Germany.