Lower Inn Valley Railway

The Lower Inn Valley Railway (German: Unterinntalbahn) is a two-track, electrified railway line that is one of the major lines of the Austrian railways. It was originally opened as the k.k. Nordtiroler Staatsbahn (Imperial and Royal North Tyrolean State Railway). It begins at the German border near the Austrian city of Kufstein as a continuation of the Rosenheim–Kufstein line and runs in a generally south-westerly direction through Tyrol along the Inn valley to Innsbruck. The line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

Lower Inn Valley Railway
Overview
Other name(s)Bahnstrecke Kufstein–Innsbruck
Native nameUnterinntalbahn
StatusOperational
OwnerAustrian Federal Railways
Line number302 01 Border near Kufstein–Wörgl Hbf
101 04 Wörgl Hbf–Innsbruck
101 15 Beschleunigungsgleis Wörgl Hbf – Wörgl Kundl
LocaleTyrol
TerminiBorder of Germany–Austria
Innsbruck
Stations21
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number300 Salzburg Hbf - Brennero/Brenner
301 Jenbach - Telfs-Pfaffenhofen / Steinach in Tirol
Operator(s)Austrian Federal Railways
History
Opened24 November 1858
Technical
Line length75.130 km (46.684 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map

31,868
0,000
GermanyAustria border
A12 Inntal Autobahn
and B175 Wildbichler Straße
2.339
Kufstein
terminus of  S1 
482 meters (1,581 ft)
B171 Tiroler Straße
Former freight railway to Schwoich/Eiberg
Stimmersee
6.617
Schaftenau
 S1 
7.038
Siding)
7.041
Kufstein 2 crossover (Üst)
8.480
Langkampfen
 S1 
HSL (in planning) from Brannenburg
Schaftenau junction
HSL (in planning) from Wörgl 2 junction
11.600
11.809
Change of chainage (-209 m)
11.920
Kirchbichl
 S1 
494 m (1,621 ft)
B178 Loferer Straße
16.027
Wörgl Hbf
 S1 
505 m (1,657 ft)
terminus of  S2   S6 
17.300
Wörgl Terminal south
506 m (1,660 ft)
18.400
Wörgl Terminal north
505 m (1,657 ft)
18.500
Wörgl West (in planning)
505 m (1,657 ft)
22.308
Wörgl Kundl
 S1   S2 
510 m (1,670 ft)
HSL (in planning) from Schaftenau junction
24,969
Radfeld junction
HSL to Stans junction
26.969
Radfeld 2 crossover
29.991
Rattenberg-Kramsach
 S1   S2 
Rattenbergtunnel (L 182 m)
31.303
Brixlegg
 S1   S2 
524 m (1,719 ft)
36.027
Brixlegg 2 crossover
37.181
Münster-Wiesing
 S1   S2 
526 m (1,726 ft)
A12 tunnel (L 190 m)
Freight connection
(route change, transhipment to Rollbock)
40.882
Jenbach
 S1   S2 
530 m above sea level (AA)
41.509
Relocation of original track
Run off from Achensee power station
≈43.9
Stans junction
44,580
Jenbach 2 crossover
45,712
Stans bei Schwaz
 S1   S2 
45,800
Stans bei Schwaz
(until 14 August 2011)
45,795
Stanser tunnel (L 634 m)
Stanser Bach
A12
46,429
46,869
End of relocation of original track
Siding)
48.360
Schwaz
 S1   S2 
538 m (1,765 ft)
51.694
Pill-Vomperbach siding
51.694
Pill-Vomperbach
 S1   S2  ( siding)
544 m (1,785 ft)
52.721
Schwaz 2 crossover
54.267
Schwaz 3 crossover
55.231
Terfens-Weer
 S1   S2 
59.067
Fritzens-Wattens
 S1   S2 
555 m (1,821 ft)
61.339
Volders-Baumkirchen
 S1   S2 
HSL from Stans junction
62.361
Fritzens-Wattens 2 junction
Innsbruck bypass to Innsbruck 1 junction
63.822
Fritzens-Wattens 3 crossover
66.606
Hall in Tirol
 S1   S2 , terminus of  S3 
70.093
Rum
 S1   S2   S3 
71.210
Hall in Tirol 3 crossover
72.426
Siding
to Innsbruck Fbf (goods station)
75.130
Innsbruck Hbf
 S1   S2   S3 
582 m (1,909 ft)
terminus of  S4   S5 
Source: Austrian railway atlas[1]
Lower Inn Valley railway to the north of the Inn at Fritzens. Work on the New Lower Inn Valley Railway is under way next to the line.

History

The line was the first railway in western Austria, opened on 24 November 1858. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had ordered its construction in 1853.

New line

Concrete shell for the New Lower Inn Valley railway

In order to increase the capacity of the track and in preparation for the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel a new high-capacity line has been built between Kundl1 junction and Fritzen-Wattens 1 junction (at Baumkirchen). It was opened on 9 December 2012 for scheduled traffic. The great majority of this line has been built in tunnel in order not to increase noise pollution in the Inn valley. The new route is designed for mixed traffic up to 250 km/h (160 mph) and is fitted with ETCS Level 2 signalling system.[2][3] An extension of the new line from Kundl/Radfeld to Brannenburg is in the planning phase.

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Österreich (Austrian railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 38–39, 56–57, 100. ISBN 978-3-89494-138-3.
  2. "Newsletter" (PDF) (in German). Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  3. "Die Neue Unterinntalbahn (the new Lower Inn railway)" (PDF) (in German). Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

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