Jenbach railway station

Jenbach

The station building
Location Bahnhofstraße 4
6200 Jenbach
Austria
Coordinates 47°23′19″N 11°46′41″E / 47.38861°N 11.77806°E / 47.38861; 11.77806Coordinates: 47°23′19″N 11°46′41″E / 47.38861°N 11.77806°E / 47.38861; 11.77806
Owned by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Achensee Railway
Zillertalbahn
Line(s) Lower Inn Valley railway
Achensee Railway
Zillertalbahn
Platforms 4 main lines
1 Achensee Railway
1 Zillertalbahn
Services
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station
toward Innsbruck or Bregenz
Railjet
Location
Jenbach
Location within Austria

Jenbach railway station serves the municipality of Jenbach, in the Schwaz district of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It is the only station in Austria at which railway lines of three different gauges meet.

The most important line leading to Jenbach station is the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) standard gauge Lower Inn Valley railway, which passes through the station. Jenbach also has two terminating narrow gauge lines - the metre gauge Achensee Railway, and the 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge Zillertalbahn. The station is 2,437 metres (7,995 ft) long, has 5 main lines, 7 sidings and 3 private sidings.

Connections

The Lower Inn Valley Railway connects Jenbach with the main Austrian railway network. It therefore provides fast east-west links from (Budapest–) Vienna, and Salzburg to Innsbruck, Feldkirch and Bregenz or Zürich and Basel, and north-south links from (Berlin-) Munich to Innsbruck, Verona, Milan/Rome/Venice. Additionally there are links from Graz to Innsbruck and Bregenz.

The Zillertal is connected at Jenbach, via the Zillertalbahn, with the ÖBB main line. On the Zillertalbahn, there are not only regional trains but also regular steam-hauled special trains, which represent a great attraction, especially for tourists.

The Achensee Railway is a pure tourist railway and has no significance for commuter traffic. The roughly 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long rack railway leads, via two stops, to the Seespitz railway station on the Achensee, and is operated by steam locomotives. In Seespitz, passengers can transfer directly to one of the Achensee ships.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

See also

References

  • Kaiser, Wolfgang (2003). Schmalspurbahn-Paradies Österreich (in German). München: GeraMond. ISBN 978-3-7654-7183-4. 
  • Vetter, Klaus J (2007). Die Eisenbahn in Österreich (in German). München: GeraMond. ISBN 978-3-7654-7092-9. 
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