Western Railway (Austria) - B

Western Railway (Austria) - B

Western Railway (Austria) Outlook

The four-track Ybbs an der Donau-Amstetten section, which is designed for a maximum of 250 km/h came into operation in 2015. The reconstruction of the east end of Amstetten station to increase top speed from Ybbs to 230 km/h continued until 2016. In 2017, the St. Pölten freight bypass railway (Wagram junction-Rohr junction), which is designed for a maximum speed of 120 km/h, will be opened to traffic. The four-track upgrade from Linz Kleinmünchen to the eastern approach to Linz station is expected to be completed no earlier than 2018.

It is expected that the whole Western Railway from Vienna to Wels will have four continuous tracks in 2021, but it will not consist of a four-track line, but it will rather be two double track lines that are operationally linked at several points.

A further four track upgrade is planned for the 20 km section between Neumarkt-Köstendorf and Salzburg Kasern. Various possible routes have been examined. The upgrade is necessary because this section is used by additional services of line S2 of the Salzburg S-Bahn. On 10 January 2013 the fixed route selected for the Neumarkt-Köstendorf-Salzburg Kasern section was presented with a start expected in less than 20 years.

The upgrade to four tracks is also currently being planned for the Linz-Wels section and planning is continuing on the second stage of the New Lower Inn Valley railway (Schaftenau-Kundl).

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 Hb

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

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 (160 mph) (max)
Maximum Incline: 1.3%

Route Map Legend

m AA

167

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

Wien Penzing

2.553

Pottendorf Line

to Ebenfurth & Wiener Neustadt Hbf

Penzing 1 crossover

3.967

Southern railway to Graz Hbf

connecting railway

Danube Lands Railway

Wien Hütteldorf

5.846

12.800

Lainz Tunnel East portal

old Western Railway (signal box)

/ local transport track

Danube Lands Railway

connection to Vienna Central Marshalling Yard

signal box portal

8.112

Hetzendorf junction

Wien Wolf in der Au

7.885

Lainz Tunnel West portal

New Western Railway

to Wien Meidling

Hadersdorf junction

9.362

9.238

Wien Hadersdorf

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

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] east loop to Tulln

12.889

Purkersdorf Gablitz

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] former route

16.865

Unter Tullnerbach

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Tulln

19.970

Tullnerbach-Pressbaum

317

siding

21.283

Pressbaum

337

Tullnerfeld

29.855

22.532

Dürrwien

Michelhausen

24.809

Rekawinkel

360

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Herzogenburg

Rekawinkl Tunnel (307 m)

307

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] former route

Kleiner Dürreberg Tunnel (247 m)

Atzenbrugg Tunnel (2,460 m)

35.840

29.931

Eichgraben-Altlengbach

31.120

Hutten

Hankenfelder Tunnel (663 m)

32.334

Unter Oberndorf

285

Saladorf Tunnel (729 m)

34.300

Maria Anzbach

Reiserberg Tunnel (1,370 m)

42.683

35.814

Hofstatt

256

36.865

Neulengbach Stadt

Stierschweiffeld Tunnel (3,293 m)

45.660

38.006

Neulengbach

41.461

Ollersbach

Raingruben Tunnel (2,775 m)

50.775

43.558

Kirchstetten

49.076

Böheimkirchen

Tullnerfeld 4 crossover

49.846

51.510

Schildberg

54.445

Pottenbrunn

new Western Railway

55.400

Wagram junction

Tullnerfeld Railway [de] to Herzogenburg

freight bypass line

273

St. Pölten Hbf

60.563

Leobersdorf Railway to Leobersdorf

St. Pölten Fbf

61.262

Pummersdorfer Tunnel

break in

kilometrage

62.025

62.031

Eisbergbogen tunnel (460 m)

62.070

Radlleiten tunnel

St. Pölten 1 junction

63.720

break in

kilometrage

67.611

67.806

256

Prinzersdorf

68.664

Bründlkapellen tunnel

Markersdorf a. d. Pielach

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

old Western Railway

new West Railway

(Loosdorf bypass)

Rohr Tunnel (258 m)

"Green" tunnel 1 (250 m)

Loosdorf

78.131

Wachberg Tunnel 1 (292 m)

Wachberg Tunnel 2 (1,001 m)

Melk

84.665

Melk Tunnel (1,845 m)

break in

kilometrage

91.925

92.230

Melk bypass

214

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

Ybbs an der Donau

107.137

Neumarkt an der Ybbs-

Karlsbach

110.887

Hubertendorf

113.607

115.776

115.795

break in

kilometrage

117.076

Blindenmarkt

248

124.558

Amstetten

273

127.287

Amstetten 11 junction

Rudolf Railway to Waidhofen

131.146

Mauer-Öhling

135.595

Aschbach

140.180

Krenstetten-Biberbach

141.579

141.586

break in

kilometrage

new line

old line

St. Peter "green" tunnel (404 m)

144.245

St. Peter-Seitenstetten

147.900

St. Johann-Weistrach

147.979

147.982

break in

kilometrage

Sieberg Tunnel (6,480 m)

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

165.840

St. Valentin Enns canal

Enns bypass

Danube Bank Railway

Ennsdorf loop

old line

167.736

St. Valentin 11 junction

to Krems a. d. Donau

168.737

Ennsdorf

Enns River

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

Linz Vbf Ost &

Linz Steelworks

180.655

Linz Ebelsberg

182.349

Linz Kleinmünchen

to Linz Vbf West

Summerau Railway

to Ceské Budejovice

188.074

188.125

break in

kilometrage

188.440

Linz Hauptbahnhof

Pyhrn Railway to Selzthal

Linz Local Railway

to Neumarkt-Kallham

192.020

Leonding

195.902

Pasching

198.043

Hörsching

295

201.347

Oftering

Marchtrenk loop to Pyhrn railway

206.185

Marchtrenk

307

212.815

Wels Hbf

316

Wels–Passau railway to Passau

Alm Valley Railway

220.017

Gunskirchen

345

Lambach bypass

old line

Lambach–Vorchdorf-Eggenberg Rly

to Vorchdorf-Eggenberg

Kalvarienberg Tunnel (1,410 m)

Traun Valley Railway

to Gmunden

226.109

Lambach

307

227.200

227.503

break in

kilometrage

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 (710m)

236.662

236.940

break in

kilometrage

237.442

Schwanenstadt

Salzkammergut Railway

to Ried im Innkreis

243.292

Attnang-Puchheim

415

Salzkammergut Railway

to Stainach-Irdning

247.966

Vöcklabruck

435

252.182

252.200

break in

kilometrage

(-18 m)

253.317

Timelkam

450

257.090

Neukirchen-Gampern

435

259.723

Redl-Zipf

472

264.050

Vöcklamarkt

489

268.785

Frankenmarkt

511

275.637

Pöndorf

562

278.440

Ederbauer

601

281.916

Oberhofen-Zell am Moos

571

285.216

Straßwalchen

542

Mattig Valley Railway

to Braunau am Inn

287.427

Steindorf bei Straßwalchen

542

289.174

Neumarkt-Köstendorf

(passing loop)

544

Köstendorf junction (planned)

293.807

Weng

294.305

Steindorf 2 crossover

Seekirchen Tunnel (14,500m)

(planned)

296.136

Wallersee

299.445

Seekirchen am Wallersee

514

Seekirchen Süd

(planned)

Fischach River

302.782

Eugendorf

305.538

Hallwang-Elixhausen

493

Leitnerbau Tunnel (2,000m)

(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 Hbf–Salzburg Itzling railway

Salzburg-Tyrol Railway to Wörgl

Salzburg Local Railway

to Itzling yard

312.470

0.777

0.000

Salzburg Hbf

428

Rosenheim–Salzburg railway to Munich

m AA

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