Rudolf Railway

Rudolf Railway
Rudolf Railway
	Freight train with containers of timber near Trattenbach
Overview
Line number	101 02 (Amstetten–Abzw Amstetten 11); 102 01 (Abzw Amstetten 11–Kastenreith); 203 01 (St. Valentin–Abzw Weyer 1); 404 01 (Selzthal–St. Michael); 413 13 (St. Michael–St. Michael-West); 413 01 (St. Michael-West–St. Veit an der Glan); 408 01 (St. Veit an der Glan–Villach Hbf-Ostbf); 413 01 (Villach Süd Gvbf-Auen–Tarvisio Boscov.); 413 12 (St. Michael–St. Michael-Ost); 413 01 (St. Michael-Ost–Abzw Leoben Hbf 2); 416 01 (Leoben Hbf 2 junction–Leoben Hbf); 413 14 (Villach Hbf-Ostbf–Villach Süd Gvbf-Auen);
Service
Route number	130 (Amstetten–Selzthal); 131 (St. Valentin–Selzthal); 250 (Selzthal–St. Michael); 600 (St. Michael/Leoben–St. Veit an der Glan); 000 and (Villach–Tarvisio Boscoverde); 601 (Friesach–Villach);
Technical
Line length	(St. Valentin–Tarvisio) 407 km (253 mi); (Amstetten−Kastenreith) 43.8 km (27.2 mi); (St. Michael−Leoben) 11.9 km (7.4 mi);
Number of tracks	2: Selzthal Süd – St. Veit an der Glan; 2: Villach – Tarvisio Boscoverde;
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	187 m (614 ft)
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Maximum incline	2.28%
Route map
Route map
	Donauuferbahn
	to Mauthausen
	Western Railway
	to Salzburg
	127.287
	2.730
	Ramingdorf-
	Haidershofen
	Lower Austria
	Upper Austria
	state
	border
	Ybbs Valley Railway
	to Kienberg-Gaming
	Grossraming
	Kraftwerk
	Lower Austria
	Upper Austria
	Kastenreith
	covered tunnel
	43.693
	63.793
	43.804
	63.904
	Upper Austria
	Steiermark
	Kummer bridge
	across the Enns
	Gstatterboden i.
	Nationalpark
	Enns Valley Railway
	to Bischofshofen
	Selzthal-Süd junction
	start of double track
	planned link
	to Selzthal West
	Wald am Schoberpass
	2 crossover
	202.412
	0.000
	2.275
	23.377
	10.727
	17.639
	Kaisersberg-
	St. Stefan
	Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway
	to Bruck an der Mur
	Fohnsdorf Railway
	to Pöls
	Lavant Valley Railway
	to Klagenfurt
	Mur Valley Railway
	to Tamsweg

The Rudolf Railway (German: Rudolfsbahn) refers to a railway in Austria connecting Amstetten and the Italian border near Tarvisio, along with a branch from Kastenreith to St. Valentine. Its name is derived from the k.k. priv. Kronprinz Rudolf-Bahn Gesellschaft (Imperial–royal, "privileged"—by the grant of a concession—Crown Prince Rudolf Railway Company, KRB). The main line, which was opened from 1868 to 1873, ran on the St. Valentin–Kastenreith–Kleinreifling–Selzthal–Schoberpass–St. Michael–Neumarkt saddle–St. Veit an der Glan–Feldkirchen in Kärnten–Villach–Tarvisio Centrale route. The section of the line within the current borders of Italy now runs over the new Tarvisio–Udine railway (opened in November 2000) through Tarvisio Boscoverde. It replaced a very windy route to Udine that originally formed part of the Rudolf Railway.