Donauuferbahn
Route map of the Donauuferbahn
Route map
Overview
Line number133
Termini
  • Krems an der Donau
  • Mauthausen
Technical
Line length108 km (67 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
km
to Absdorf-Hippersdorf
0.0
 Krems an der Donau
to Herzogenburg
1.6
 Krems Campus-Kunstmeile
Goldberg tunnel
569 m
Steiner tunnel
206 m
3.0
 Stein-Mautern
Rothenhof tunnel
77 m
5.1
 Unterloiben
6.8
 Dürnstein-Oberloiben
Schloßberg tunnel
569 m
Dürnsteiner tunnel
121 m
12.3
 Weißenkirchen in der Wachau
14.5
 Wösendorf-Joching
St. Michaeler tunnel
77 m
18.1
 Spitz an der Donau
Spitzer tunnel
100 m
Teufelsmauer tunnel
12 m
21.0
 Schwallenbach
23.4
 Willendorf in der Wachau
26.1
 Aggsbach Markt
31.0
 Grimsing
34.1
 Emmersdorf an der Donau
35.2
 Rollfähre Melk
St. Georgener tunnel
57 m
Weitenbach
Weitenegger tunnel
159 m
38.3
 Weitenegg
40.1
 Lehen-Ebersdorf
Klein Pöchlarn tunnel
209 m
43.9
 Klein Pöchlarn
48.4
 Marbach-Maria Taferl
Schmallmarbacher tunnel
156 m
Marbacher tunnel
202 m
Trausinger tunnel
34 m
55.0
 Persenbeug
Persenbeuger tunnel
345 m
60.2
 Weins-Ysperdorf
65.2
 Hirschenau-Nöchling
Klein Sarmingsteiner tunnel
41 m
68.1
 Sarmingstein
Sarmingbach
Großer Sarmingsteiner tunnel
143 m
70.9
 St. Nikola-Struden
Greiner tunnel
30 m
75.5
 Grein Stadt
77.1
30.9
 Grein-Bad Kreuzen
25.9
 Dornach
23.3
 Saxen
20.0
 Baumgartenberg
15.9
 Arbing
12.6
 Auhof
Naarn
10.9
 Perg Schulzentrum
9.7
 Perg
6.5
 Aisthofen
4.8
 Schwertberg
Aist
to České Budějovice
0.0
 Mauthausen
to St. Valentin
[1]

The Donauuferbahn (lit. 'Danube bank railway line') is a railway line in Lower Austria. It runs 108 kilometres (67 mi) from Krems an der Donau to Mauthausen, near St. Valentin. The line is no longer contiguous; 21.9 kilometres (13.6 mi) in the middle between Weins and Weitenegg has been abandoned. Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operates services on the western end; NÖVOG operates seasonal services on the eastern end.

Route

The eastern end of the Donauuferbahn is at Krems an der Donau railway station, where it meets the Absdorf-Hippersdorf–Krems an der Donau and Herzogenburg–Krems railway lines. From there, the line runs 38.3 kilometres (23.8 mi) west along the north bank of the Danube to Weitenegg. This part of the line is also known as the Wachaubahn after the Wachau valley.[1]

Between Weitenegg and Weins the line is abandoned. The track resumes at Weins, although is freight-only until St. Nikola-Struden. The line continues running west, following the river, until Mauthausen, where it connects with the St. Valentin–České Budějovice railway line. That line is now abandoned north of Mauthausen; the remainder runs south, crossing the Danube to reach St. Valentin.[1]

Operation

Train running through river valley
A NÖVOG RegioSprinter north of Weißenkirchen in 2021.

On the eastern end, NÖVOG runs seasonal trains between Krems an der Donau and Emmersdorf an der Donau. As of the December 2022 timetable change, this service consists of four round-trips per day on weekends between March and May, increasing to daily service between May and November.[2]

On the western end, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operates hourly Regionalzug services between St. Nikola-Struden and St. Valentin. On weekdays, every other service runs as a Regional-Express to Linz, bypassing St. Valentin.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eisenbahnatlas Österreich [Austrian railway atlas] (in German) (3rd ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2021. pp. 19–22. ISBN 978-3-89494-150-5.
  2. ↑ "Timetable 2023 - Timetable & Tickets". Wachaubahn. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "St. Valentin - Perg - St. Nikola-Struden" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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