Mariazell Railway

Mariazell Railway (Mariazellerbahn)
Winter on the Heugrabenviadukt
Overview
LocaleAustria (Lower Austria / Styria)
Websitewww.mariazellerbahn.at
Service
Operator(s)NÖVOG
History
Opened1898-1907
7 October 1911Electrification
December 2010Takeover by NÖVOG
Technical
Line length91.3 km (56.7 mi)
Track gauge760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in)
Electrification6.5 kV 25 Hz AC by overhead line
Route map

elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Tullnerfelder Bahn
to Tulln an der Donau
-0.038
St. Pölten
273 M
0.5
Lesser Eisberg tunnel
138 m
0.7
Greater Eisberg tunnel
274 m
1.980
St. Pölten-Kaiserwald
Leobersdorfer Bahn
5.796
Schwadorf
314 M
7.7
Matzendorfer Brücke
31 m
8.720
Zlm Völlerndorf
9.7
Pielach
101 m
9.682
Völlerndorf
274 M
11.955
Ober-Grafendorf
Gresten branch
15.550
Klangen
300 M
16.572
Weinburg
17.542
Kammerhof
308 M
19.519
Hofstetten-Grünau
318 M
22.876
Mainburg
335 M
25.003
Rabenstein an
der Pielach
341 M
27.0
Pielach
30 m
27.374
Steinklamm
357 M
28.939
Steinschal-Tradigist
363 M
31.316
Kirchberg an der Pielach
372 M
33.948
Schwerbach
391 M
35.294
Loich
400 M
38.176
Weißenburg
418 M
38.9
Weißenburgtunnel
100 m
39.313
Schwarzenbach
an der Pielach
429 M
39.7
Schönautunnel
62 m
39.8
Pielach
20 m
40.0
Natterstunnel
30 m
43.043
Frankenfels
462 M
46.469
Boding
508 M
46.6
Nattersbachbrücke
20 m
48.317
Laubenbachmühle
535 M
50.320
Natterstal-Unter Buchberg
571 M
51.4
Kerlsteintunnel
93 m
51.7
Steinbachtunnel
49 m
52.3
Buchgrabenviadukt
32 m
52.8
Weißwasserviadukt
36 m
53.5
Meierlberggrabenviadukt
34 m
53.843
Ober Buchberg
650 M
54.5
Meierlbergtunnel
89 m
55.3
Stettenriegeltunnel
43 m
57.116
Winterbach
719 M
58.4
Eierzeilgrabenviadukt
34 m
58.6
Sturzgrabenviadukt
40 m
60.988
Puchenstuben
804 M
62.0
Heugrabenviadukt
24 m
63.5
Beinriegeltunnel
121 m
63.7
Florkogeltunnel
77 m
64.030
Zlm Brandeben
64.3
Gösingtunnel
2,369 m
66.985
Gösing
891 M
68.3
Gösinggrabenviadukt
84 m
68.4
Ameiskogeltunnel
39 m
69.180
Zlm Wasserlochhäusl
70.1
Greater Klausgraben tunnel
97 m
70.2
Klausgrabenviadukt
116 m
70.3
Lesser Klausgraben tunnel
35 m
70.5
Reithmauertunnel
58 m
70.7
Saugrabenviadukt
116 m
71.287
Annaberg
806 M
Lassingstausee
72.862
Wienerbruck
(Josefsberg Pass)
795 M
Lassingbach
74.170
Zlm Raingraben
74.3
Raingrabentunnel
269 m
74.7
Raingrabenbrücke
40 m
75.1
Lassingkienbachbrücke
40 m
75.3
Kienbachtunnel
375 m
76.0
Erlaufkienbachbrücke
15 m
76.1
Kienbach-Klausbrücke
15 m
76.7
Kleiner Zinkentunnel
55 m
76.8
Großer Zinkentunnel
68 m
77.0
Erlaufklausetunnel
111 m
77.237
Erlaufklause
815 M
77.5
Kuhgrabenviadukt
68 m
78.5
Eselgrabenbrücke
20 m
80.347
Mitterbach
(Gemeindealpe)
84.230
Mariazell
849 M
87.7
Rasing-Sankt Sebastian
768 M
89.2
Sigmundsberg
758 M
91.3
Gußwerk
739 M
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres

The Mariazell Railway (German: Mariazellerbahn) is an electrically operated 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in) narrow-gauge railway which connects the Lower Austrian capital of Sankt Pölten with the Styrian pilgrimage centre of Mariazell. The line was opened in stages between 1898 and 1907, and had a, now closed, branch to Wieselburg an der Erlauf. The railway is operated by NÖVOG, which is owned by the provincial government, and is a part of the Verkehrsverbund Niederösterreich-Burgenland (Lower Austria and Burgenland Transport Association).