| Tauern Railway |
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| Native name | Tauernbahn |
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| Status | Operational |
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| Owner | Austrian Federal Railways |
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| Line number | 222 01 |
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| Locale | Salzburg, Carinthia |
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| Termini | |
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| Stations | 21 |
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| Type | Mountain railway
Inter-city rail |
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| Route number | 220 |
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| Operator(s) | Austrian Federal Railways |
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| Opened | Stages between 1905–1909 |
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| Line length | 79 km (49 mi) |
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| Number of tracks | Double track
* Schwarzach-St. V. – Loifarn-Süd (5.4 km)
* turnout Loifarn 1 – turnout Bad Hofg. 1 (13.3 km)
* Angertal – turnout Angertal 1 (2.3 km)
* Böckstein – Spittal-Millstättersee (46.5 km)
Single track |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 247 m (810.4 ft) |
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| Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line |
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| Operating speed | 130 km/h (81 mph) |
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| Maximum incline | 3.0 % |
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0.000
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Schwarzach-St. Veit
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Untersberg Tunnel (270 m)
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Kenlach Tunnel (314 m)
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Birgl Tunnel (960 m)
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5.431
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Loifarn (since 2006 no passenger services)
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6.800
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Loifarn-Süd
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break in kilometrage (-319 m)
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Lower Klamm Tunnel (739.38 m)
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Oberer Klamm Tunnel (744.01 m)
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B 167 Gasteiner Bundesstraße
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Loifarn 1 turnout (break in kilometrage (-45 m))
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Klammstein ( closed 01.06.1991)
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Gasteiner Ache
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14.313
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Dorfgastein
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19.281
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Bad Hofgastein
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22.360
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Bad Hofgastein stop
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22.570
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Bad Hofgastein 1 turnout
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| Angerschlucht Bridge | | (New bridge 138 m) |
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25.390
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Angertal since 2006 no passenger services
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27.662
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turnout Angertal 1
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break in kilometrage (-60 m)
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30.078
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Bad Gastein
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Nassfelder Ache
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Anlaufbach
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34.183
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Böckstein
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break in kilometrage (-4 m)
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34.816
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43.187
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Tauern Tunnel (closed 2001)
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43.347
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Mallnitz-Hintertal
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Seebach
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45.110
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Mallnitz-Nord
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45.932
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break in kilometrage (-862 m)
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47.635
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Dösen Tunnel (891.19 m)
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51.738
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Mallnitz-Obervellach crossover 2
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51.767
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Kaponig formerly Obervellach closed 1999
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52.731
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Kaponig Tunnel (5096 m)
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Upper Kaponig Tunnel (236.05 m)
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Rescue gallery
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Ochenig Tunnel (690 m)
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Lower Kaponig Tunnel (789.22 m)
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Upper Lindisch Tunnel (260 m)
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Lindischgraben Bridge (283 m)
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Lower Lindisch Tunnel (379 m)
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55.819
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Oberfalkenstein
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Leutschach Tunnel (247 m)
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Falkenstein Bridge (396 m)
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Gratschach Tunnel (357 m)
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Pfaffenberg Tunnel (499 m)
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Pfaffenberg Bridge (377 m)
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Zwengenberg Tunnel (391 m)
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break in kilometrage (-358 m)
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58.417
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Penk
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Mölltheuergraben Bridge (94 m)
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Litzelsdorfergraben Bridge (185 m)
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Rieckenbach Bridge (190 m)
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64.790
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Kolbnitz
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69.124
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Kolbnitz crossover 2
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72.904
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Pusarnitz
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74.000
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Pusarnitz-Süd
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74.394
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Line 407 01 turnout
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80.897
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Spittal-Millstättersee
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| Source: Austrian railway atlas
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The Tauern Railway (German: Tauernbahn) is an Austrian railway line between Schwarzach-Sankt Veit in the state of Salzburg and Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia. It is part of one of the most important north–south trunk routes (Magistrale) in Europe and also carries tourist traffic for the Gastein Valley. The standard gauge railway line is 79 km (49 mi) long and climbs the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps with a maximum incline of 2.5%, crossing the Alpine crest through the 8,371 m (27,464 ft) long Tauern Tunnel. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways in Europe and the third highest in Austria.