Salzkammergut railway line
A regional train near Altmünster in 2018
Overview
Locale	Austria
Termini	Gopperding Stainach-Irdning
Technical
Line length	171.1 km (106.3 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC (Attnang-Puchheim–Stainach-Irdning)
Route map km Wels–Passau railway line to Passau 67.1 Schärding 64.1 171.1 Gopperding Wels–Passau railway line to Wels 166.4 Suben 162.3 Dietrichshofen 159.1 Antiesenhofen 155.4 Hart im Innkreis 152.1 St. Martin im Innkreis 147.2 Aurolzmünster 142.6 Bad Ried Innkreis railway line to Braunau am Inn 140.6 Ried im Innkreis Innkreis railway line to Neumarkt-Kallham 136.0 Oberbrunn 132.7 Eberschwang 128.7 Hausruck Hausruck tunnel to Thomasroith 124.4 Holzleithen 121.2 Bergern 118.3 Ottnang-Wolfsegg 111.3 Wolfshütte 110.0 Lehen-Altensam Western Railway to Wels 107.6 Attnang-Puchheim Western Railway to Salzburg Ager 105.6 Wankham 101.9 Aurachkirchen 97.6 Pinsdorf Gmunden Tramway 95.4 Gmunden 90.7 Almünster am Traunsee 86.0 Traunkirchen Stein tunnel Kalvarienberg II tunnel 84.1 Traunkirchen Ort Forst tunnel Siegesbach tunnel Sonnstein tunnel 80.5 Ebensee Landungsplatz Traun 79.5 Ebensee 76.5 Steinkogl Offensee railway line Traun 63.5 Bad Ischl Ischler tunnel 62.1 Bad Ischl Frachtenbahnhof Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn Traun 58.0 Lauffen Traun 56.0 Goisern Jodschwefelbad 53.7 Bad Goisern 50.4 Steeg-Gosau Hallstätter See 46.3 Obersee Wehrgraben tunnel 43.2 Hallstatt 40.9 Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen 37.7 Obertraun-Koppenbrüllerhöhle Sarstein tunnel Traun 29.8 Bad Aussee Traun Kainischtraun 23.2 Kainisch Salzabach 16.1 Bad Mitterndorf-Heilbrunn 14.6 Bad Mitterndorf 10.8 Tauplitz Schiflugschanze Kulm 9.7 Tauplitz Grimming Burgstaller tunnel 3.7 Pürgg Unterburg tunnel Enns Valley Railway to Bischofshofen 0.3 Stainach-Irdning Enns Valley Railway to Selzthal [1]

The Salzkammergut railway line (German: Salzkammergutbahn) is a standard gauge railway line in the Austrian states of Styria and Upper Austria. It runs 171.1 kilometres (106.3 mi) from a junction with the Wels–Passau railway line near Schärding to a junction with the Enns Valley Railway in Stainach. Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) owns and operates the line. The name refers to the Salzkammergut region through which the line runs.

Route

The northern end of the line is at Gopperding, where it meets the Wels–Passau railway line. The portion of the line north of Attnang-Puchheim is single-tracked and unelectrified. The line runs north–south to Attnang-Puchheim. At Ried im Innkreis, there is a junction with the Innkreis railway line. In Attnang-Puchheim, there is a junction with the Western Railway. South of Attnang-Puchheim, the line continues to be single-tracked but is electrified at 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC. South of Gmunden, the line passes along the west coast of the Traunsee, and then follows the Traun river some 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the Hallstätter See. At the southern end of the Hallstätter See, near Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen, the line turns east, eventually meeting the Enns Valley Railway at Stainach-Irdning.^[1]

Operations

Operationally, the line is split at Attnang-Puchheim; no service operates the full length. North of Attnang-Puchheim, regional trains operate on an hourly schedule, with some exceptions, to Schärding.^[2] South of Attnang-Puchheim, regional and Regional-Express combine for hourly service to Bad Ischl or Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen, with some trains continuing to Stainach-Irdning. A single InterCity train, the Salzkammergut, operates daily between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Stainach-Irdning.^[3]

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