Montafonerbahn

Montafon Railway
An NPZ of the Montafonerbahn between Tschagguns and Kaltenbrunnen in 2010.
Overview
Native nameMontafonerbahn
OwnerMontafonerbahn AG
LocaleMontafon Valley, Vorarlberg, Austria
Termini
Connecting linesAt Bludenz:
Former connectionsAt Tschagguns:
  • Tschagguns–Partenen railway
Stations9
Service
TypeBranch line
SystemVorarlberg S-Bahn
History
Opened1905
Technical
Line length12.874 km (8.000 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Minimum radius170 m (560 ft)
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map
Montafonerbahn
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Vorarlberg Railway
to Lindau S1
0.000
BludenzS1S4
Arlberg Railway
to Innsbruck
0.637
ÖBB
MBS
ownership
1.685
Bludenz substation siding
1.868
Bludenz-Moos
2.786
Brunnenfeld-Stallehr
2.792
siding
Alfenz River
2.976
Lorüns cement works
3.049
Ill River
4.075
Lorüns
6.916
St. Anton im Montafon
8.150
Vandans
10.276
Kaltenbrunnen
10.477
Rodund Power Station
11.056
Tschagguns goods yard (closed)
Ill River
Litz River
11.753
Tschagguns
12.721
Schruns S4
12.869
end of line
Former Tschagguns–Partenen railway to Partenen


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The Montafonerbahn (German: Montafonerbahn, lit.'Montafon railway') is a railway line in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It runs 12.8 kilometers from the Schruns railway station in Schruns to Bludenz railway station in Bludenz, where it connects to the Arlberg railway and the Vorarlberg Railway, which together form the east–west main line in Vorarlberg. Local services on the line are designated the S4 of the Vorarlberg S-Bahn and are operated by the Montafonerbahn railway company (MBS), which also operates freight traffic on the line.