Pyhrn railway line

The Pyhrn railway line (German: Pyhrnbahn) is a railway line in Upper Austria. It runs 104.2 kilometres (64.7 mi) from Linz Hauptbahnhof, where it connects with the Western railway line, to Selzthal, where it connects with the Enns Valley Railway and Rudolf Railway. The line takes its name from the Pyhrn Pass through which it runs.

Pyhrn railway line
Overview
Line number	140
Termini	Linz Hauptbahnhof Selzthal [de]
Service
Services	InterCity
Technical
Line length	104.2 km (64.7 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
Route map Legend km Linz–Gaisbach-Wartberg line [de] to Gaisbach Western Railway to St. Valentin 0.0 Linz Untergaumberg Linzer Lokalbahn [de] to Eferding Western Railway to Wels 3.3 Linz Oed 4.9 Linz Wegscheid 6.7 St. Martin bei Traun 8.1 Traun Western Railway to Wels Traun 10.3 Ansfelden 12.4 Nettingsdorf Krems Nettingsdorfer paper mill 15.6 Nöstlbach-St. Marien 18.9 Neuhofen an der Krems 22.7 Kematen an der Krems to Bad Hall 27.9 Rohr-Bad Hall Welser Lokalbahn [de] to Wels 32.4 Kremsmünster 36.3 Krift 40.3 Wartberg an der Krems 42.1 Nußbach 46.1 Schlierbach 50.5 Kirchdorf an der Krems 53.4 Micheldorf Krems Hungerbichl tunnel 522 m Steyr Valley Railway to Steyr 60.5 Klaus Post tunnel 248 m Schloß tunnel 106 m Fiedlerbrunn tunnel 226 m Steyrling 64.2 Steyrling Teichl [de] 67.8 Hinterstoder Teichl [de] 75.6 Pießling-Vorderstoder 79.6 Roßleithen Dambach [de] 81.7 Windischgarsten Schacherbauer tunnel 454 m 87.4 Spital am Pyhrn 91.0 Linzerhaus Bosruck tunnel 4,767 m 98.0 Ardning planned new tunnel Enns Rudolfsbahn to Kleinreifling 102.5 Selzthal Nord 104.2 Selzthal [de] Enns Valley Railway to Bischofshofen Rudolfsbahn to St. Michael km Source[1] This diagram: view talk edit

Route

The northern end of the Pyhrn railway line is at Linz Hauptbahnhof, where it runs parallel with the Western railway line (German: Westbahn). The Pyhrn railway line turns south, following first the Krems, then the Steyr, and finally the Teichl [de] river to Selzthal. At the Pyhrn Pass at the southern end of the line, the 4,767-metre (15,640 ft) Bosruck tunnel passes underneath the Bosruck [de] mountain. In Selzthal, the line connects with the Enns Valley Railway and Rudolf Railway.^[1]

Operation

The S4 of the Upper Austria S-Bahn runs hourly between Linz Hauptbahnhof and Kirchdorf an der Krems, making all local stops. Regional-Express trains supplement the S4, running hourly between Linz and Selzthal, with some continuing to Liezen. The line also hosts some InterCity trains that run between Linz and Graz Hauptbahnhof. In addition, the express train (German: Schnellzug) ÖBB-Urlaubsexpress (lit. 'ÖBB Holiday Express') runs on weekends between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Bischofshofen.^[2]