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Vorarlberg railway

Vorarlberg Railway
HBahnhof Dornbirn9.JPG
Class 4024 running as an S-Bahn service
at the entrance of Dornbirn station
Overview
Native name Vorarlbergbahn
Locale Vorarlberg, Austria
Line number 5420
Technical
Line length 67.746 km (42.095 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Lindau–Lochau-Hörbranz
  • 2: Bregenz–Bludenz
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 321 m (1,053 ft)
Electrification 15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed 160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.4%
Route number 101 05
Route map
0.000 Lindau Hbf
Bodenseedamm
Allgäu Railway to Munich
Line 5421 from Lindau-Aeschach junction
(Aeschach curve)
1.600 Lindau Langenweg
2.600 Lindau-Reutin
3.800 Lindau Strandbad
5.400 Lindau-Zech(1944: Lindau-Siebertsdorf)
5.941 Border:D/A
5.988 Unterhochsteg(until 15 May 1939)
6.500 Lochau-Hörbranz
7.261 Haggen(until 6 October 1940)
7.700 Langer Stein(until 15 February 1943)
9.150 Tannenbach(until 24 November 1971)
9.700 Bregenz Hafen
10.405 Bregenz 398 m above sea level (AA)
Bregenzerwald Railway to Bezau
12.390 Riedenburg
from Rorschach
0.000 St. Margrethen
to Buchs SG
A 13
1.604 Rhine (Border A/CH)
1.838 Lustenau Markt(until 12 June 2011)
2.620 Lustenau
6.483 Siding)
6.483 Hard-Fußach
8.424 Wolfurt-Lauterach West
9.580
13.202
Wolfurt-Lauterach Nord
14.196 Lauterach
14.707 Wolfurt-Lauterach Süd
16.980 Wolfurt

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