The first railway in Austria was the narrow-gauge line from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic, this was gauge. Some two dozen lines were built in gauge, a few in 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 is in use.
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Metre-gauge railways Achenseebahn, , steam engine. Lokalbahn Vöcklamarkt–Attersee, and electrified. Schafbergbahn, a cog railway, , steam engine. Schneebergbahn, a cog railway, Stubaitalbahn, , now trams in Innsbruck Linie STB, Fulpmes-Innsbruck Hbf, electrified Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn, and electrified. Now became trams in Innsbruck Linie 6, electrified. Traunseebahn , connects to the Gmunden tramway, electrified. Lokalbahn Mödling–Hinterbrühl, , closed in 1932. It was the first electrified railway in Austria. Straßenbahn Unterach–See am Mondsee, , closed in 1949. Lokalbahn Innsbruck–Hall in Tirol, , closed in 1974.
900mm gauge railways 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 Bregenzerwaldbahn , steam engine Feistritztalbahn in Steiermark, , steam engine Höllentalbahn, Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten in Lower Austria, , a branch of Mariazellerbahn. Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard in Steiermark, , electrified. Mariazellerbahn, from Sankt Pölten to Mariazell, electrified. Murtalbahn, , steam engine Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, from Zell am See to Krimml, Stainzerbahn in Steiermark, , steam engine. Steyrtalbahn, from Garsten to Klaus, , steam engine Taurachbahn, a museum railway. Thörlerbahn, from Kapfenberg to Au-Seewiesen in Styria, , diesel engine, closed in 1999. Vellachtalbahn in Kärnten, Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen in Lower Austria, , steam engine. Ybbstalbahn, , steam engine. Zillertalbahn, from Jenbach to Mayrhofen, , locomotive. numerous logging railways build from surplus military equipment after 1918, no longer in operation.
750mm gauge railway Dienstbahn der Internationalen Rheinregulierung, . Common freight carrier and partly a heritage railway
railway lines ; , operating ; , defunct ; , defunct , , defunct ; , defunct ; , defunct ; , a defunct heritage railway Reisseck Mountain Railway
railway lines Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn
See also
Feldbahn History of rail transport in Austria Jernbach Werke List of rack railways Mountain railway Rail transport in Austria
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