Innsbruck bypass

South portal of the Inntal Tunnel

Line number:

305 01

Line length:

14,853

Track gauge:

1435

Voltage:

15 kV 16,7 Hz AC

Maximum incline:

0,9 %

Maximum speed:

160

New Lower Inn Valley line (HSL) from Wörgl

Lower Inn Valley railway from Wörgl

0.561

Fritzens-Wattens 2 junction(L 558 m)

Lower Inn Valley railway to Innsbruck

Inn bridge (L 488 m)

Inntalautobahn A12

2.315

Inntal Tunnel north portal (L 12,696 km)

4.174

ABS Fritzens-Wattens 13

9.966

Fritzens-Wattens 14 crossover

10.050

To Brenner Base Tunnel (as prepared)

13.242

ABS Fritzens-Wattens 15

15,011

Inntal Tunnel south portal

Brenner railway from Innsbruck

15.414

Innsbruck 1 junction(L 716 m)

Brenner railway to Brenner

The Innsbruck bypass (German: Umfahrung Innsbruck or sometimes Güterzugumfahrung Innsbruck, that is the Innsbruck freight railway bypass) is a 14.853 kilometre-long double-track electrified main line of the Austrian railways. It connects the Lower Inn Valley railway with the Brenner railway, bypassing Innsbruck. It was opened on 29 May 1994. The line is at a major part of the rail freight network of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

The bypass is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). It was intended to increase the capacity of the line and to reduce the noise created by freight trains on the city of Innsbruck. It cost an estimated €211 million to build.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Imperial Railways) built a local bypass of Innsbruck station during World War II in 1944, which was demolished in 1945.

Major components of the Bypass Innsbruck are:

The Fritzens-Wattens 2 junction is located at the 60.980 km mark on the Kufstein–Innsbruck line (Lower Inn Valley line) near Volders-Baumkirchen station. The junction is a grade-separated structure that allows trains to run on and off without crossing on-coming trains on the level. The two bypass tracks run between the tracks to and from Innsbruck where they separate. The turnouts have radii of 1,200 m, allowing trains to operate at full speed. When the New Lower Inn Valley line is opened it will connect to the inner pair of tracks, allowing trains to run between the new line and bypass without any change. The bypass will in effect become part of the new line.

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