Western Railway (Austria)

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 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).

Western Railway
Line number:	1 old Western Railway 30 new Western Railway
Line length:	312,2
Track gauge:	1435
Voltage:	15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
Maximum incline:	1.3  ‰
Minimum radius:	247
Maximum speed:	200
Legend 0,000 Wien Westbf 1,013 Wien Westbf Fbf Vorortelinie (from Wien Heiligenstadt) 2,553 Wien Penzing S45   S50  South railway from Wien Hbf Schnell Railway Stammstrecke from Wien Praterstern, Wien Floridsdorf Wien Meidling 210 m AA Pottendorfer Linieto Ebenfurth, Wr. Neustadt Hbf South railwayto Graz Hbf Verbindungs Railway Donaulände Railway Lainz TunnelEast portal (L 12,8 km) connection loop from the Donaulände Railwayfrom Wien Zvbf Hetzendorf junction 5,846 Wien Hütteldorf S45   S50   S2   S15  old Western Railway (switch hall) / local transport track switch hall portal 7,885 Wien Wolf in der Au S50  ( S2 ) ( S15 ) Lainz TunnelWest portal new Western Railway from Wien Meidling (under construction) 9,143 Hadersdorf junction new West Railway to Tullnerfeld (under construction) 9,238 Wien Hadersdorf S50  ( S2 ) ( S15 ) Wienerwald Tunnel East portal (L 13,35 km)HSL beginning 9,940 Wien Weidlingau S50  ( S2 ) ( S15 ) 10,952 Purkersdorf Sanatorium S50  ( S2 ) ( S15 ) old Western Railway (switch hall) / local transport track 11,839 Unter Purkersdorf S50  ( S2 ) ( S15 ) 243 m AA 12,889 Purkersdorf Gablitz S50  16,865 Unter Tullnerbach S50  19,970 Tullnerbach-Pressbaum S50  317 m AA 21,283 Pressbaum S50  337 m AA 22,532 Dürrwien S50  24,809 Rekawinkel S50  360 m AA Rekawinkl Tunnel (307 m) 307 m AA Kleiner Dürreberg Tunnel (247 m) 29,931 Eichgraben-Altlengbach 31,120 Hutten 32,334 Unter Oberndorf 285 m AA Wienerwald Tunnel West portal 34,300 Maria Anzbach 35,814 Hofstatt 256 m AA 36,865 Neulengbach Stadt 38,006 Neulengbach Tullnerfeld east loop to the Tullnerfeld railway to Tulln abandoned track of the Tullnerfeld railway Tullnerfeld railway from Tulln siding Tullnerfeld Michelhausen Tullnerfeld railway to Herzogenburg abandoned track of the Tullnerfeld railway 41,461 Ollersbach 43,558 Kirchstetten 49,076 Böheimkirchen Atzenbrugg Tunnel (L 2.460 m) Hankenfeld Tunnel (L 663 m) Saladorf Tunnel (L 729 m) Reiserberg Tunnel (L 1.370 m) Stierschweiffeld Tunnel(L 3.293 m) Raingruben Tunnel (L 2.775 m) 51,510 Schildberg (abandoned) 54,445 Pottenbrunn new Western Railway from Tullnerfeld (under construction) 55,400 Wagram junction freight bypass to Rohr junction Tullnerfeld railway from Herzogenburg 60,563 St. Pölten Hbf( S40 ) 273 m AA Leobersdorfer Bahn to Leobersdorf zur Mariazell Railway to Mariazell 61,262 St. Pölten Fbf 63,271 67,346 break in kilometrage (+75 m) 63,720 St. Pölten 1 turnout 67,806 67,611 break in kilometrage (-195 m) 68,664 Prinzersdorf 256 m AA 70,831 Markersdorf an der Pielach 74,035 Groß Sierning freight bypass from Wagram junction 75,100 Rohr junction 76,946 76,951 break in kilometrage (-5 m) old Western Railway / new West Railway (Loosdorf bypass) Tunnel Rohr (258 m) Green Tunnel 1 (250 m) 78,131 Loosdorf Melk bypass Wachberg Tunnel 2 (1001 m) Wachberg Tunnel 1 (292 m) 84,665 Melk Melk Tunnel (1845 m) 91,925 92,230 break in kilometrage (-305 m) 93,914 Pöchlarn 214 m AA Erlauf Valley Railway to Kienberg-Gaming (old- / new line) Sittenberg Tunnel (4692 m) 98,220 Krummnußbaum 102,632 Säusenstein 107,137 Ybbs an der Donau 226 m AA new Western Railway (under construction) 110,887 Neumarkt an der Ybbs-Karlsbach 113,607 Hubertendorf(abandoned) 115,776 115,795 break in kilometrage (-19 m) 117,076 Blindenmarkt 248 m AA 124,558 Amstetten 273 m AA 127,287 Amstetten 11 turnoutto Waidhofen an der Ybbs 131,146 Mauer-Öhling 135,595 Aschbach 140,180 Krenstetten-Biberbach 141,579 141,586 break in kilometrage (-7 m) (old- / new line) 144,245 St. Peter-Seitenstetten Green Tunnel St. Peter (404 m) 147,900 St. Johann-Weistrach 147,979 147,982 break in kilometrage (-3 m) 150,651 Haag 154,038 Stadt Haag 161,578 161,567 break in kilometrage (+11 m) Sieberg Tunnel (6480 m) 163,043 163,057 break in kilometrage (-14 m) Rudolfs Railway from Steyr, Kleinreifling 164,100 St. Valentin 268 m AA 165,840 St. Valentin Ennskanalbrücke 166,180 (Enns bypass/ old line) Donauuf Railway - Ennsdorf loop 167,736 St. Valentin 11 turnoutto 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 turnout to Linz Vbf Ost and Linz Stahlwerke (Steel mill) 180,655 Linz Ebelsberg 182,349 Linz Kleinmünchen to Linz Vbf West Summerau Railway from České Budějovice 188,074 188,125 break in kilometrage (-51 m) 188,440 Linz Hbf Pyhrn railway to Selzthal Linzer Lokalbahn to Neumarkt-Kallham 192,020 Leonding 195,902 Pasching 198,043 Hörsching 295 m AA 201,347 Oftering Marchtrenk loop to the Pyhrn railway 206,185 Marchtrenk 307 m AA 208,811 Marchtrenk 1 turnoutto Traun 212,815 Wels Hbf 316 m AA Wels–Passau railway to Passau Alm Valley Railway 220,017 Gunskirchen 345 m AA (Lambach bypass / old line) Tunnel Lambach (1410 m) Lokalbahn to Vorchdorf-Eggenberg   and Traun Valley Railway to Gmunden 226,109 Lambach307 m AA 227,200 227,503 break in kilometrage (-303 m) 227,633 Lambach Markt 230,330 Neukirchen bei Lambach 230,556 Haager Lies to Haag am Hausruck out of order 233,498 Breitenschützing Römerberg Tunnel710 m 236,662 236,940 break in kilometrage (-278 m) 237,442 Schwanenstadt Salzkammergut Railway to Ried im Innkreis 243,292 Attnang-Puchheim 415 m AA Salzkammergut Railway to Stainach-Irdning 247,966 Vöcklabruck 435 m AA 250,233 turnout Vöcklabruck 1to Kammer-Schörfling 252,182 252,200 break in kilometrage (-18 m) 253,317 Timelkam 450 m AA 257,090 Neukirchen-Gampern 435 m AA 259,723 Redl-Zipf 472 m AA 264,050 Vöcklamarkt 489 m AA 268,785 Frankenmarkt 511 m AA 275,637 Pöndorf 562 m AA 278,440 Ederbauer 601 m AA 281,916 Oberhofen-Zell am Moos 571 m AA 285,216 Straßwalchen 542 m AA Mattig Valley Railway from Braunau am Inn 287,427 Steindorf bei Straßwalchen 542 m AA 289,174 Neumarkt-Köstendorf(passing loop) 544 m AA 293,807 Weng 296,136 Wallersee 299,445 Seekirchen am Wallersee 514 m AA Seekirchen Süd(planned) 302,782 Eugendorf 305,538 Hallwang-Elixhausen 493 m AA 309,933 Salzburg Kasern Salzburg- Tyrol Railway from Wörgl 310,880 Hallwang-Elixhausen 3 turnoutto Salzburg Gnigl Vbf zur SLB to Salzburg Itzling Vbf 312,470 0,777 0,000 Salzburg Hbf 428 m AA to Munich