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Railway line in Austria
Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway
Overview
Line number413 01
Service
Route number
  • 250 (Bischofshofen – Leoben)
  • 600 (Wien Meidling – Tarvisio)
History
Opened1 September 1868 (1868-09-01)
Technical
Line length23.4 km (14.5 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Maximum incline1.0%
Route map

Legend
km elev
Southern Railway (from Vienna)
-0.059 Bruck an der Mur 490 m
Southern Railway (to Spielfeld-Straß)
1.553
Bruck an der Mur-Stadtwald
(link from Bruck/Mur-Übelstein and Graz)
5.575 Bruck an der Mur 2 Leoben crossover
5.989 Oberaich (closed in 2008)
8.699
8.760
 chainage adjustment (−61 m)
11.130 Niklasdorf 527 m
12.998 RVG (Pächter Fa Cvörnjek) siding
16.498 Leoben Hbf 540 m
former section of Rudolf Railway
(to St. Michael)
Erzberg Railway (to Vordernberg Markt)
Galgenberg tunnel (5,460 m)
20.441
Leoben Hbf 1 crossover (only
during disruptions / construction)
former section of Rudolf Railway
(from Leoben Hbf)
23.377 Leoben Hbf 2 junction
Rudolf Railway (to St. Michael)
Rudolf Railway (to Tarvisio)
km
Source: Austrian railway atlas

The Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway is a main line in Styria, Austria. It was opened on 1 September 1868 by the Austrian Southern Railway Company (Südbahngesellschaft). It is part of the core network of ÖBB Infra.

The line is one of the most important railways in Austria as it forms part of the Vienna–Klagenfurt–Villach (–Lienz/–Venice) long-distance route. The line is currently operated by Railjets (or an IC train on the Vienna–Lienz route) every two hours.

Line S8 (Unzmarkt—Leoben—Bruck an der Mur) of the S-Bahn Steiermark also runs on the Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway.

The route is also used by InterCity and EuroCity services on the Graz–Salzburg (–Germany) and Innsbruck/Zürich routes.

Until 1998, services on the St. Michael–Leoben section of the Rudolf Railway ran through the Annaberg tunnel via Leoben-Hinterberg station and, after bypassing the Häuselberg, via Leoben Göss to Leoben Hauptbahnhof. Since then, the 5460 m-long Galgenberg tunnel has replaced most of this section up to the Annaberg tunnel. The Leoben 2 junction–Leoben Göss section was permanently closed on 9 December 2012 and is only used for the storage of freight wagons.

References

Footnotes

  1. Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 65, 66.
  2. Determination "GZ. BMVIT -225.021/0004 - IV/SCH5/2011" (in German). BMVIT. 7 November 2012.

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