Austrian Federal Railways - Principal Lines

Principal Lines

  • Western Railway from Wien Westbahnhof via St. Pölten Central Station and Linz Central Station to Salzburg Central Station, including a parallel high speed rail section ("New Western Railway") from Wien Meidling railway station to Linz
  • Southern Railway from Vienna Central Station (under construction)/Vienna Meidling to Graz Central Station, including the Semmering railway section - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
    • continuation to Klagenfurt by the Koralm Railway (under construction)
  • Northern Railway from Wien Praterstern railway station to Břeclav, Czech Republic
  • Eastern Railway from Vienna Central Station (under construction) to Hegyeshalom, Hungary and Budapest Keleti railway station
  • Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Gmünd, Lower Austria and České Velenice, Czech Republic
  • Salzburg-Tyrol Railway from Salzburg Central Station to Wörgl Central Station
  • Enns Valley Railway from the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway at Bischofshofen to Selzthal
  • Tauern Railway from the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway at Schwarzach/Sankt Veit to Spittal an der Drau via the Tauern Railway Tunnel
  • Lower Inn Valley Railway from the German border near Kufstein railway station via Wörgl Central Station to Innsbruck Central Station; to be relieved by the New Lower Inn Valley railway line (under construction), part of the Trans-European Berlin–Palermo railway axis
    • western continuation by the Arlberg Railway to Bludenz railway station via the Arlberg Railway Tunnel
    • northwestern continuation by the Mittenwald Railway to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and the Ausserfern Railway to Kempten Central Station
    • southern continuation by the Brenner Railway to Bolzano, Italy and Verona via the Innsbruck bypass and the Brenner Pass, to be replaced by the Brenner Base Tunnel (planned)
  • Feldkirch–Buchs railway, operating in Austrian Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

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