Southern Railway (Austria)
| Southern Railway (Austria) | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Native name | Südbahn (Ösatereich) |
| Type |
Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale |
Vienna Lower Austria Styria |
| Termini |
Wien Hauptbahnhof Border of Austria–Slovenia |
| Stations | 82 |
| Line number | 105 01 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | Stages between 1841–1848 |
| Owner | Austrian Federal Railways |
| Operator(s) | Austrian Federal Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 259.7 km (161.4 mi) |
| Number of tracks |
Double track • Wien Hbf – Werndorf, Lebring – Leibnitz Single track |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Minimum radius | 171 m |
| Electrification | 15 kV/16,7 Hz AC Overhead line |
| Operating speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) |
| Maximum incline | 2.81 % |
| Route number |
500 (Wien Hbf – Mürzzuschlag) |
500 (Wien Hbf – Mürzzuschlag)
501 (Wien Hbf – Graz)
502 (Graz – Maribor/Bad Radkersdburg)
510 (Wien Hbf – Payerbach-Reichenau)
524 (Wien Meidling – Deutschkreutz)
600 (Wien Hbf – Tarvisio)
The Southern Railway (German: Südbahn) is a railroad in Austria that runs from Vienna to Graz and the border with Slovenia at Spielfeld via Semmering and Bruck an der Mur. It was originally built by the Austrian Southern Railway company and ran to Ljubljana and Trieste, the main seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The two-track, electrified section that runs through the current territory of Austria is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and is one of the major lines of the country.
Already in 1829, Austrian railway pioneer Franz Xaver Riepl proposed a railway connection from Vienna to the Adriatic Sea, bypassing the Eastern Alps via Bruck an der Leitha, Magyaróvár and Szombathely in Western Hungary, Maribor and Ljubljana to Trieste. His plans were adopted by the entrepreneur Georgios Sinas, who in 1836 had engineer Matthias von Schönerer lay out a first railroad section from Vienna to Győr (Raab), Hungary with a branch-off to Bratislava.
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