Mariazell Railway

Mariazell Railway (Mariazellerbahn)
Winter on the Heugrabenviadukt
Overview
Locale	Austria (Lower Austria / Styria)
Website	www.mariazellerbahn.at
Service
Operator(s)	NÖVOG
History
Opened	1898-1907
7 October 1911	Electrification
December 2010	Takeover by NÖVOG
Technical
Line length	91.3 km (56.7 mi)
Track gauge	760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
Electrification	6.5 kV 25 Hz AC by overhead line
Route map Legend km0 elev (M) or length (m) in metres Tullnerfelder Bahn to Tulln an der Donau Westbahn to Vienna -0.038 St. Pölten 273 M Westbahn to Salzburg 0.500 Lesser Eisberg tunnel 138 m 0.700 Greater Eisberg tunnel 274 m 1.980 St. Pölten-Kaiserwald Leobersdorfer Bahn 5.796 Schwadorf 314 M 7.700 Matzendorfer Brücke 31 m 8.720 Zlm Völlerndorf 9.700 Pielach 101 m 9.682 Völlerndorf 274 M 11.955 Ober-Grafendorf Gresten branch 15.550 Klangen 300 M 16.572 Weinburg 17.542 Kammerhof 308 M 19.519 Hofstetten-Grünau 318 M 22.876 Mainburg 335 M 25.003 Rabenstein an der Pielach 341 M 27.000 Pielach 30 m 27.374 Steinklamm 357 M 28.939 Steinschal-Tradigist 363 M 31.316 Kirchberg an der Pielach 372 M 33.948 Schwerbach 391 M 35.294 Loich 400 M 38.176 Weißenburg 418 M 38.900 Weißenburgtunnel 100 m 39.313 Schwarzenbach an der Pielach 429 M 39.700 Schönautunnel 62 m 39.800 Pielach 20 m 40.000 Natterstunnel 30 m 43.043 Frankenfels 462 M 46.469 Boding 508 M 46.600 Nattersbachbrücke 20 m 48.317 Laubenbachmühle 535 M 50.320 Natterstal-Unter Buchberg 571 M 51.400 Kerlsteintunnel 93 m 51.700 Steinbachtunnel 49 m 52.300 Buchgrabenviadukt 32 m 52.800 Weißwasserviadukt 36 m 53.500 Meierlberggrabenviadukt 34 m 53.843 Ober Buchberg 650 M 54.500 Meierlbergtunnel 89 m 55.300 Stettenriegeltunnel 43 m 57.116 Winterbach 719 M 58.400 Eierzeilgrabenviadukt 34 m 58.600 Sturzgrabenviadukt 40 m 60.988 Puchenstuben 804 M 62.000 Heugrabenviadukt 24 m 63.500 Beinriegeltunnel 121 m 63.700 Florkogeltunnel 77 m 64.030 Zlm Brandeben 64.300 Gösingtunnel 2,369 m 66.985 Gösing 891 M 68.300 Gösinggrabenviadukt 84 m 68.400 Ameiskogeltunnel 39 m 69.180 Zlm Wasserlochhäusl 70.100 Greater Klausgraben tunnel 97 m 70.200 Klausgrabenviadukt 116 m 70.300 Lesser Klausgraben tunnel 35 m 70.500 Reithmauertunnel 58 m 70.700 Saugrabenviadukt 116 m 71.287 Annaberg 806 M Lassingstausee 72.862 Wienerbruck (Josefsberg Pass) 795 M Lassingbach 74.170 Zlm Raingraben 74.300 Raingrabentunnel 269 m 74.700 Raingrabenbrücke 40 m 75.100 Lassingkienbachbrücke 40 m 75.300 Kienbachtunnel 375 m 76.000 Erlaufkienbachbrücke 15 m 76.100 Kienbach-Klausbrücke 15 m 76.700 Kleiner Zinkentunnel 55 m 76.800 Großer Zinkentunnel 68 m 77.000 Erlaufklausetunnel 111 m 77.237 Erlaufklause 815 M 77.500 Kuhgrabenviadukt 68 m 78.500 Eselgrabenbrücke 20 m Lower Austria Styria border 80.347 Mitterbach (Gemeindealpe) 84.230 Mariazell 849 M 87.700 Rasing-Sankt Sebastian 768 M 89.200 Sigmundsberg 758 M 91.300 Gußwerk 739 M km0 elev (M) or length (m) in metres This diagram: view talk edit

The Mariazell Railway (German: Mariazellerbahn) is an electrically operated narrow-gauge railway (with a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)) which connects the Lower Austrian capital of Sankt Pölten with the Styrian pilgrimage centre of Mariazell. The line was opened in stages between 1898 and 1907, and had a, now closed, branch to Wieselburg an der Erlauf. The railway is operated by NÖVOG, which is owned by the provincial government, and is a part of the Verkehrsverbund Niederösterreich-Burgenland (Lower Austria and Burgenland Transport Association).