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Rosenheim–Kufstein railway

Rosenheim–Kufstein railway
Bahnstrecke Rosenheim–Staatsgrenze bei Kufstein.png
Overview
Native name Bahnstrecke Rosenheim–
Staatsgrenze bei Kufstein
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Intercity rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Bavaria, Germany and Austria
Termini Rosenheim
Border of Germany–Austria
Stations 9
Line number 5702
Operation
Opened 5 August 1858
Owner Deutsche Bahn
Operator(s) DB Bahn, Meridian
Technical
Line length 31.9 km (19.8 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed 140 km/h (87 mph)
Route number 950
Route map
Line from Munich
Line from Mühldorf am Inn
Mangfall Valley line from Holzkirchen
0.0 Rosenheim
Line to Salzburg
Rosenheim curve from Salzburg
2.0 Rosenheim south
6.1 Pfraundorf (Inn)
7.9 Raubling
To Nicklheim
13.4
Brannenburg
Wendelstein Railway (closed 1961, narrow gauge)
15.8 Flintsbach
17.6 Fischbach (Inn)
24.7 Oberaudorf crossover
25.0 Oberaudorf
30.5 KiefersfeldenWachtl Railway (narrow gauge)
31.9 GermanyAustria border
Kufstein
Lower Inn Valley railway to Innsbruck

Source: German railway atlas


Source: German railway atlas

The Rosenheim–Kufstein railway (German: Bahnstrecke Rosenheim–Kufstein) is a 32 kilometre-long double-track main line of the German railways. It connects the Munich–Rosenheim and the Rosenheim–Salzburg lines at Rosenheim with the line to Innsbruck, thus connecting Germany, Salzburg and eastern Austria with Innsbruck and the Brenner line to Italy and the Arlberg line to far western Austria. The line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). It is electrified at 15 kV, 16.7 Hz.

A treaty between Austria and Bavaria, signed on 21 June 1851, regulated the access of each state to the other in relation to the building of railways. As there was no direct rail link between Vienna and the Tyrol at that time, Bavaria agreed in Article 1 that it would build railways from Munich to the border at Salzburg and from Rosenheim to the border at Kufstein. Austria committed itself under Article 2 to build a railway from Salzburg to Bruck an der Mur and from Kufstein to Innsbruck. The line was opened on 5 August 1858 as part of the Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway.


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