Southern Railway (Austria)

Southern Railway (Austria)
Southern Railway (Austria)
Overview
Native name	Südbahn (Österreich)
Status	Operational
Owner	Austrian Federal Railways
Line number	105 01
Locale	Vienna; Lower Austria; Styria
Termini	Wien Hauptbahnhof; Border of Austria–Slovenia;
Stations	82
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail; Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number	500 (Wien Hbf – Mürzzuschlag); 501 (Wien Hbf – Graz); 502 (Graz – Maribor/Bad Radkersdburg); 510 (Wien Hbf – Payerbach-Reichenau); 524 (Wien Meidling – Deutschkreutz); 600 (Wien Hbf – Tarvisio); 900 (Wien S-Bahn)
Operator(s)	Austrian Federal Railways
History
Opened	Stages between 1841–1848
Technical
Line length	259.7 km (161.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track; • Wien Hbf – Werndorf, Lebring – Leibnitz; Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	171 m
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Maximum incline	2.81 %
Route map
Route map
	Eastern Railway &
	Laa Eastern Railway
	S-Bahn trunk line
	to Wien Praterstern
	Pottendorf Line to Wiener Neustadt
	Lokalbahn Vienna–Baden
	Vienna Connecting Railway
	(new route) to Wien Penzing
	New Western Railway
	to St. Pölten via Lainz Tunnel
	Wien Matzleinsdorf-
	Wienerbergbrücke
	old
	route
	Kaltenleutgeben Railway
	to Kaltenleutgeben
	Vienna
	Lower Austria
	Gumpoldskirchen Tunnel
	(Busserltunnel)
	Leobersdorf Railway
	to Weißenbach-Neuhaus
	Aspang Railway
	to Vienna central marshalling yard
	Ebenfurth–Wittmannsdorf local railway
	Felixdorf–Tattendorf local railway
	to Blumau-Neurißhof
	Felixdorf–Feuerwerksanstalt
	military railway
	Wiener Neustadt
	Schneeberg
	Wiener Neustadt
	Hauptbahnhof
	Schneeberg Railway
	to Puchberg am Schneeberg
	Semmering Base Tunnel
	(under construction)
	old and new
	Semmering Tunnels
	1,434 m
	1,512 m
	Lower Austria
	Styria
	Semmering Base Tunnel
	(under construction)
	Mürzzuschlag–Neuberg railway
	to Neuberg Ort
	125.045
	125.100
	Bruck an der Mur
	Frachtenbahnhof
	Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway
	to Leoben

The Southern Railway (German: Südbahn) is a railway in Austria that runs from Vienna to Graz and the border with Slovenia at Spielfeld via Semmering and Bruck an der Mur. Along with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway (lying largely in Slovenia), it forms part of the Austrian Southern Railway that connected Vienna with Trieste, the main seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, via Ljubljana. A main obstacle in its construction was getting over the Semmering Pass over the Northern Limestone Alps. The twin-track, electrified section that runs through the current territory of Austria is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and is one of the major lines in the country.