Drava Valley Railway

Drava Valley Railway
Drava Valley Railway
	Drava Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Drautalbahn
Line number	423 01 national border near Bleiburg–Bleiburg; 410 01 Bleiburg–Klagenfurt Hbf; 413 01 Klagenfurt Hbf–Villach Hbf; 222 01 Villach Hbf– Pusarnitz-Süd junction; 407 01 Pusarnitz-Süd junction–national border near Sillian;
Service
Route number	620 Bleiburg–Klagenfurt; 220 Salzburg Hbf–Klagenfurt Hbf; 223 Spittal-Millstättersee–Innichen;
History
Opened	1 June 1863
Technical
Line length	311 km (193 mi)
Number of tracks	1 or 2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	266 m (873 ft)
Electrification	Klagenfurt Hbf–Innichen: 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	140 km/h (87 mph) (max)
Maximum incline	2.73%
Route map
Route map
	Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway
	to Spielfeld-Straß & Graz
	Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway
	to Ljubljana & Trieste
	Marburg/Drau
	Kärntnerbf.
	Lavant Valley Railway
	to Celje
	Slovenia
	Austria
	Šmihel pri
	Pliberku
	Koralm Railway
	from Graz
	Mittlern
	(Metlova)
	station moved
	2020
	Völkermarkt-Kühnsdorf
	(Velikovec-Sinča vas)
	replaced
	2020
	Kühnsdorf-Klopeiner See
	(Sinča vas-Klopinsko jezero)
	closed
	22 May 1971
	Celovec
	Žrelec v Koroški
	Rosen Valley Railway
	to Sankt Veit an der Glan
	opened
	14 December 2014
	Klagenfurt See
	(Celovec jezero)
	closed
	21 May 1952
	Pörtschach am Wörthersee
	(Poreče ob Vrbskem jezero)
	closed
	1 October 1967
	Velden am Wörthersee
	(Vrba na Koroškem)
	Tauern link line 415 01
	to Villach Westbahnhof
	A 10
	Draubrücke Wollanig
	closed
	13 December 2014
	Paternion-Feistritz
	halt
	opened
	14 December 2014
	Špatrjan-
	Bistrica na Dravi
	Spittal-Millstätter See
	Špital-Milštatsko jezero
	Carinthia
	Tyrol

The Drava Valley Railway (German: Drautalbahn) is an east–west railway running along the Drava. It runs from Maribor (where it connects with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway, formerly part of the old Southern Railway—Südbahn) to Innichen, where it merges into the Puster Valley Railway (German: Pustertalbahn; Italian: Ferrovia della Val Pusteria) to Franzensfeste (Fortezza). It starts in northern Slovenia, crosses Carinthia and East Tyrol and ends in South Tyrol. The Klagenfurt–Bleiburg section has been rebuilt as part of the Koralm Railway, which follows the Jaun Valley Railway (Jauntalbahn) from Bleiburg. Like the rest of the line in Slovenia, this section of the line has one track and is unelectrified.