Tyrol S-Bahn

Tyrol S-Bahn

An S-Bahn Talent-train near Matrei am Brenner.
Overview
Locale	Innsbruck, Austria
Transit type	S-Bahn
Number of lines	6
Number of stations	68
Headquarters	Innsbruck
Website	Verkehrsverbund Tirol (English)
Operation
Began operation	13 December 2009 (2009-12-13)
Operator(s)	Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
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The Tyrol S-Bahn provides regional rail services in metropolitan Innsbruck, Austria and its hinterlands. At present, it is only a nominally an S-Bahn in that it only operates on the lines of the Austrian Federal Railways. Expansion projects, including new stations, however, are being planned.

Six lines have been operating since the timetable change on 13 December 2009.

Line S1 runs along the Inn valley on the Arlberg- and the Lower Inn Valley railway between Ötztal and Kufstein at 60-minute intervals. Almost all trains continue as regional trains to Rosenheim in Germany. Line S2 runs between Telfs-Pfaffenhofen and Fritzens-Wattens, with the combined service providing a 30-minute frequency.

Line S3 runs from Hall in Tirol on the lower Inn to Steinach am Brenner (station named Steinach in Tirol) and Brenner lines through the Wipptal (Wipp valley) south of Innsbruck. Line S4 runs between Brenner and Innsbruck central station or Völs with some continuing to Fritzens-Wattens instead. Services operate at 60-minute frequencies, so the combined service between Innsbruck and Steinach operates at 30-minute intervals, and between Innsbruck and Hall trains operating as S1, S2, S3, REX (regional express), provide a service every 15-minute during the day.

Since the timetable change on 13 December 2009 S5 replaced the existing Mittenwald railway regional services to Seefeld and Scharnitz, operating at 60-minute intervals. In addition services to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Munich in Germany now operates as REX, usual at a 120-minute frequency.