Western Railway (Austria)

Western Railway
Overview
Other name(s)	Old Western Railway (Alte Westbahn): Wien Westbf – Kn. Wagram – (GZU) – Linz Hbf – Salzburg Hbf New Western Railway (Neue Westbahn): (Wien Meidling – Bf. Tullnerfeld) – Kn. Wagram – St. Pölten – Linz Hbf
Native name	Westbahn
Line number	Route 1 (Old Western Railway): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015 Route 30 (New Western Railway): 2305, 2306, 2307, 4301 Route 3 (relief track): 2035, 1036 Route 23 (suburban track): 2231
Technical
Line length	312.2 km (194.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	247 m
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline	1.3%
Route map Legend elev (M) or length (m) in metres km   km elev (M) or length (m) in metres 167 M Vienna West 0.000 Southern railway to Wien Hauptbahnhof Vienna West freight yard 1.013 S-Bahn trunk line to Wien Praterstern & Wien Floridsdorf Vienna Suburban Line to Wien Heiligenstadt Wien Meidling 210 M Wien Penzing 2.553 Pottendorf Line to Ebenfurth & Wiener Neustadt Hbf Southern railway to Graz Hbf Penzing 1 crossover 3.967 connecting railway Wien Hütteldorf 5.846 12.800 Lainz Tunnel East portal Danube Lands Railway connection to Vienna Central Marshalling Yard Wien Wolf in der Au 7.885 Hetzendorf junction signal box portal 8.112 Lainz Tunnel West portal New Western Railway to Wien Meidling old Western Railway (signal box) / local transport track Hadersdorf junction 9.362 9.238 Wien Hadersdorf-Weidlingau New Western Railway to Tullnerfeld 9.940 Wien Weidlingau Vienna Woods Tunnel East portal 13.350 10.952 Purkersdorf Sanatorium start of HSL old Western Railway (signal box) / local transport track Wienerwald Tunnel West portal 11.839 Unter Purkersdorf 243 M 12.889 Purkersdorf Gablitz 16.865 Unter Tullnerbach Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Tulln 19.970 Tullnerbach-Pressbaum 317 M siding 21.283 Pressbaum 337 M Tullnerfeld 29.855 22.532 Dürrwien Michelhausen 24.809 Rekawinkel 360 M Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Herzogenburg Rekawinkl Tunnel 307 m 2,460 m Atzenbrugg Tunnel 35.840 Kleiner Dürreberg Tunnel 247 m 29.931 Eichgraben-Altlengbach 0,663 m Hankenfelder Tunnel 31.120 Hutten 0,729 m Saladorf Tunnel 32.334 Unter Oberndorf 285 M 1,370 m Reiserberg Tunnel 42.683 34.300 Maria Anzbach 35.814 Hofstatt 256 M 3,293 m Stierschweiffeld Tunnel 45.660 36.865 Neulengbach Stadt 38.006 Neulengbach Tullnerfeld 2 crossover 41.461 Ollersbach 2,775 m Raingruben Tunnel 50.775 43.558 Kirchstetten 49.076 Böheimkirchen Tullnerfeld 4 crossover 49.846 51.510 Schildberg 54.445 Pottenbrunn new Western Railway freight bypass line 55.400 Wagram junction Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Herzogenburg 273 M St. Pölten Hbf 60.563 Leobersdorf Railway to Leobersdorf St. Pölten Fbf 61.262 Mariazell Railway break in kilometrage 62.025 62.031 Pummersdorfer Tunnel 460 m Eisbergbogen tunnel 62.070 Radlleiten tunnel St. Pölten 1 junction 63.720 break in kilometrage 67.611 67.806 256 M Prinzersdorf 68.664 Bründlkapellen tunnel Markersdorf a. d. Pielach-Haindorf 70.990 Prinzersdorf 2 crossover 72.525 Groß Sierning 74.035 freight bypass line Rohr junction 75.100 break in kilometrage 76.946 76.951 258 m Rohr Tunnel "Green" tunnel 1 250 m Loosdorf 78.131 old Western Railway new West Railway (Loosdorf bypass) 292 m Wachberg Tunnel 1 Wachberg Tunnel 2 1,001 m Melk 84.665 Melk Tunnel 1,845 m break in kilometrage 91.925 92.230 Melk bypass 214 M Pöchlarn 93.914 Erlauf Valley Railway to Kienberg-Gaming old line new line Krummnußbaum 98.220 Säusenstein 102.632 Sittenberg Tunnel 4,692 m 226 M Ybbs an der Donau 107.137 Abzw. Knoten Karlsbach Neumarkt an der Ybbs- Karlsbach 110.887 Hubertendorf 113.607 115.776 115.795 break in kilometrage 117.076 Blindenmarkt 248 M 124.558 Amstetten 273 M 127.287 Amstetten 11 junction Rudolf Railway to Waidhofen Üst Amstetten 2 131.146 Mauer-Öhling 135.595 Aschbach 140.180 Krenstetten-Biberbach 141.579 141.586 break in kilometrage 404 m St. Peter "green" tunnel 144.245 St. Peter-Seitenstetten 147.900 St. Johann-Weistrach new line old line 147.979 147.982 break in kilometrage 6,480 m Sieberg Tunnel 150.651 Haag 154.038 Stadt Haag 161.578 161.567 break in kilometrage 163.043 163.057 break in kilometrage Rudolf Railway to Steyr & Kleinreifling 164.100 St. Valentin 268 M 165.840 St. Valentin Enns canal Danube Bank Railway Ennsdorf loop Enns bypass 167.736 St. Valentin 11 junction to Krems a. d. Donau 168.737 Ennsdorf Enns 170.973 Enns 173.675 Asten-Fisching 175.640 176.378 Asten-St. Florian 178.030 Linz Pichling 179.513 Asten-St. Florian 1 junction 180.655 Linz Ebelsberg Traun Voest Alpine steelworks 182.349 Linz Kleinmünchen Linz Vbf Ost Linz Vbf Linz Vbf West Linz Logistikcenter Summerau Railway to České Budějovice Linz harbour Trams in Linz 188.074 188.125 break in kilometrage 188.440 Linz Hauptbahnhof Pyhrn Railway to Selzthal 15,000V 16.7Hz 750V D/C Trams in Linz Linz Local Railway to Neumarkt-Kallham 192.020 Leonding 195.902 Pasching 198.043 Hörsching 295 M 201.347 Oftering Marchtrenk loop to Pyhrn railway 206.185 Marchtrenk 307 M A.B. SPAR Zentrale A 25 Welser Autobahn freight terminal Wels Vorbahnhof 212.815 Wels Hbf 316 M Wels–Passau railway to Passau Alm Valley Railway 220.017 Gunskirchen 345 M Lambach bypass old line Lambach–Vorchdorf-Eggenberg Rly to Vorchdorf-Eggenberg 1,410 m Kalvarienberg Tunnel & Traun Valley Railway to Gmunden 226.109 Lambach 307 M 227.200 227.503 via Kalvarienberg via Lambach and continuing 227.633 Lambach Markt 230.330 Neukirchen bei Lambach Lambach–Haag am Hausruck Rly to Haag am Hausruck 230.556 233.498 Breitenschützing Römerberg Tunnel 710 m line straightened 236.662 236.940 break in kilometrage 237.442 Schwanenstadt Salzkammergut Railway to Ried im Innkreis 243.292 Attnang-Puchheim 415 M Salzkammergut Railway to Stainach-Irdning 247.966 Vöcklabruck 435 M 252.182 252.200 break in kilometrage (-18 m) 253.317 Timelkam 450 M 257.090 Neukirchen-Gampern 435 M 259.723 Redl-Zipf 472 M 264.050 Vöcklamarkt 489 M 268.785 Frankenmarkt 511 M 275.637 Pöndorf 562 M 278.440 Ederbauer 601 M 281.916 Oberhofen-Zell am Moos 571 M 285.216 Straßwalchen 542 M Mattig Valley Railway to Braunau am Inn 287.427 Steindorf bei Straßwalchen 542 M 289.174 Neumarkt am Wallersee (passing loop) 544 M Köstendorf junction (planned) 293.807 Köstendorf Weng 294.305 Steindorf 2 crossover 14,500 m Seekirchen Tunnel (planned) 296.136 Wallersee 299.445 Seekirchen am Wallersee 514 M Seekirchen Süd (planned) Fischach 302.782 Eugendorf 305.538 Hallwang-Elixhausen 493 M 2,000 m Leitnerbau Tunnel (planned) 309.345 Hallwang-E. 2 crossover 309.933 Salzburg Kasern Kasern junction (planned) 310.880 Hallwang-E. 3 junction to Gnigl yard Salzburg Local Railway Salzburg-Tyrol Railway to Wörgl Salzburg Local Railway to Lamprechtshausen via Itzling 312.470 0.777 0.000 Salzburg Hbf 428 M Rosenheim–Salzburg railway to Munich elev (M) or length (m) in metres km   km elev (M) or length (m) in metres Note: Elevations are metres above the Adriatic Source: Austrian railway atlas[1] This diagram: view talk edit

The Western Railway (German: Westbahn) is a two-track, partly four-track, electrified railway line in Austria that runs from Vienna to Salzburg via St. Pölten and Linz Hauptbahnhof and is one of the major lines of Austria. It was originally opened as the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1858 (Vienna–Linz). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).