Brenner Railway

The Brenner Railway (German: Brennerbahn; Italian: Ferrovia del Brennero) is a major line connecting the Austrian and Italian railways from Innsbruck to Verona, climbing up the Wipptal (German for “Wipp Valley”), passing over the Brenner Pass, descending down the Eisacktal (German for “Eisack Valley”) to Bolzano/Bozen, then further down the Adige Valley to Rovereto/Rofreit, and along the section of the Adige Valley, called in Italian the “Vallagarina”, to Verona. This railway line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). It is considered a "fundamental" line by the state railways Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

Innsbruck–Bozen–Verona railway
An OBB EuroSprinter with a Eurocity train
passes KM 91,5 towards Matrei station.
Overview
Line number
  • 302 02 Austria
  • 42 (Brenner–Bozen)
  • 43 (Bozen–Verona)
LocaleAustria and Italy
Service
Route number
  • 300 (Salzburg Hbf - Brennero/Brenner)
  • 301 (Jenbach - Telfs-Pfaffenhofen / Steinach in Tirol)
  • 50 (Italy)
Technical
Line length275.4 km (171.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius264 m (866 ft)
Electrification
  • 15 kV 16.7 Hz Austria
  • 3 kV Italy
Operating speed180 km/h (112 mph)
Maximum incline
  • north ramp: 2.5%
  • south ramp: 2.25%
Route map

km
from Kufstein
75.130
Innsbruck Hbf
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 582 metres m AMSL
Arlberg and Mittenwald railways
76.725
Bergisel tunnel
662m
78.198
Sonnenburg tunnel
249m
79.646
Innsbruck Hbf 1 junction
80.291
Ahrnwald tunnel
165m
80.809
Schupfen tunnel
35m
81.295
Unterberg-Stefansbrücke
S3 S4
716 m AMSL
81.648
Unterberg tunnel
49m
82.662
Patsch tunnel
176m
83.905
Innsbruck Hbf 2 crossover
84.718
Patsch
S3 S4
784 m AMSL
85.403
Schönberg tunnel
89m
85.726
Mühltal tunnel
872m
86.936
Moserwiese tunnel
74m
91.847
Matrei tunnel
124m
93.281
Matrei am Brenner
S3 S4
995 m AMSL
97.884
Steinach in Tirol
S3 S4
1048 m AMSL
101.918
St. Jodok
S4
1141 m AMSL
102.427
Sankt Jodok spiral tunnel
480m
104.323
Stafflach tunnel
283m
106.189
Gries tunnel
173m
106.651
Gries am Brenner
S4
1255 m AMSL
106.917
Steinach in T. 2 crossover
110.900
Brennersee
1351 m AMSL
111.145
Steinach in T. 4 junction
track 302 11 to the terminal
111.425
Brennersee Terminal
111.561
maintenance border ÖBB / RFI
111.663
240.083
Border Austria / Italy
239.533
Brennero/Brenner
S4
1371 m AMSL
236.200
Brennerbad (former spa)
1310 m AMSL
13.10
Moncucco/Schelleberg
1242 m AMSL
Pflersch tunnel
7.267m
Ast spiral tunnel
761m
226.70
Fleres/Pflersch
1130 m AMSL
222.80
Colle Isarco/Gossensaß
1100 m AMSL
Eisack bridge I
1 span
217.00
Vipiteno/Sterzing
943 m AMSL
Campo di Trens/Freienfeld
935 m AMSL
Palude di Vipiteno bridge
3 spans
208.90
Mules/Mauls
900 m AMSL
204.30
Le Cave/Grasstein
843 m AMSL
200.80
Mezzaselva/Mittewald
798 m AMSL
197.00
Fortezza/Franzensfeste
747 m AMSL
197.00
Puster Valley railway (S.Candido/Innichen)
192.19
Varna/Vahrn
650 m AMSL
188.36
Bressanone/Brixen
577 m AMSL
Eisack bridge II
2 spans
184.70
Albès/Albeins
548 m AMSL
Funes/Villnöß
539 m AMSL
178.24
Chiusa/Klausen
Grödner railway
523 m AMSL
172.43
Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck
422 m AMSL
Rötele bridge
1 span
Castelrotto/Kastelruth/
428 m AMSL
Schlern tunnel
13.159 m
Campodazzo/Atzwang
373 m AMSL
Eisack bridge I
2 spans
Tunnel VII
55m
Tunnel VI
72m
Tunnel V
60m
Tunnel IV
62m
Tunnel III
79m
Tunnel II
57m
Völsersteig/ Fiè allo Sciliar
340 m AMSL
Tunnel I
40m
157.99
Prato all'Isarco/Blumau
315 m AMSL
Kardaun tunnel
3.789m
Prato Tires tunnel
430m
Cardano/Kardaun
283 m AMSL
Kardaun bridge
1 span
150.23
Bolzano/Bozen
266 m AMSL
Überetsch Railway
148.59
To Merano
142.56
Laives/Leifers
230 m AMSL
139.29
Bronzolo/Branzoll
227 m AMSL
134.17
Ora/Auer
223 m AMSL
128.40
Egna/Neumarkt
217 m AMSL
124.42
Magrè/Margreid–Cortaccia/Kurtatsch
216 m AMSL
118.99
Salorno/Salurn
211 m AMSL
111.62
Mezzocorona
to Mezzolombardo
110.50
Trento-Malè railway
104.32
Lavis
95.43
Trento goods station
94.79
Trento
93.01
To Venice
87.22
Mattarello
78.91
Calliano,
closed 12.12.2004
71.21
Rovereto
66.91
Mori
Rovereto-Arco-Riva railway
60.86
Serravalle
54.68
Ala
50.36
Avio
45.48
Borghetto
40.36
Peri
32.77
Dolcè
22.80
Domegliara–S.Ambrogio
16.98
Pescantina
11.65
Verona Parona
6.39
S.Massimo junction/P.C. to Milan and Bologna
Adige river
3.37
Verona Porta Nuova
0.00
Verona Porta Vescovo
To Venice
km
Source: Italian railway atlas
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