Höllental Railway (Lower Austria)
The Lower Austrian Höllental Railway (German: Höllentalbahn) is a narrow gauge electric railway with a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in), which runs from the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) station of Payerbach Reichenau on the Semmering Railway for approximately five kilometres through the market town of Reichenau an der Rax to Hirschwang.
| Höllentalbahn (Niederösterreich) | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Owner | Payerbach Hirschwang GmbH |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | Austrian Society for Local Railways (ÖGLB) |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Single track with passing loops |
| Track gauge | 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) |
| Minimum radius | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Operating speed | 25 km/h (15.5 mph) |
| Maximum incline | 2.5 % |
| Höllentalbahn | |
|---|---|
| Commercial operations | |
| Original gauge | 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) |
| Original electrification | 550 V DC Overhead line |
| Preserved operations | |
| Owned by | Payerbach Hirschwang GmbH |
| Operated by | Austrian Society for Local Railways (ÖGLB) |
| Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Preserved gauge | 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) |
| Preserved electrification | 550 V DC Overhead line |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1918, Freight traffic 1926, Passenger traffic |
| Closed | 1963, Passenger traffic 1982, Freight traffic |
| Preservation history | |
| 1979 | Taken over by the (ÖGLB) |
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