Western Railway (Austria)

Western Railway
Western Railway
Overview
Other name(s)	Old Western Railway (Alte Westbahn):; Wien Westbf – Kn. Wagram – (GZU) – Linz Hbf – Salzburg Hbf; New Western Railway (Neue Westbahn):; (Wien Meidling – Bf. Tullnerfeld) – Kn. Wagram – St. Pölten – Linz Hbf
Native name	Westbahn
Line number	Route 1 (Old Western Railway):; 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,; 2017, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015; Route 30 (New Western Railway):; 2305, 2306, 2307, 4301; Route 3 (relief track):; 2035, 1036; Route 23 (suburban track):; 2231;
Technical
Line length	312.2 km (194.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	247 m
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline	1.3%
Route map
Route map
	S-Bahn trunk line
	to Wien Praterstern & Wien Floridsdorf
	Vienna Suburban Line
	to Wien Heiligenstadt
	Pottendorf Line
	to Ebenfurth & Wiener Neustadt Hbf
	Danube Lands Railway
	connection to Vienna Central Marshalling Yard
	New Western Railway
	to Wien Meidling
	old Western Railway (signal box)
	/ local transport track
	New Western Railway
	to Tullnerfeld
	old Western Railway (signal box)
	/ local transport track
	break in
	kilometrage
	62.025
	62.031
	break in
	kilometrage
	67.611
	67.806
	break in
	kilometrage
	76.946
	76.951
	new West Railway
	(Loosdorf bypass)
	break in
	kilometrage
	91.925
	92.230
	Neumarkt an der Ybbs-
	Karlsbach
	115.776
	115.795
	break in
	kilometrage
	Amstetten 11 junction
	Rudolf Railway to Waidhofen
	141.579
	141.586
	break in
	kilometrage
	147.979
	147.982
	break in
	kilometrage
	161.578
	161.567
	break in
	kilometrage
	163.043
	163.057
	break in
	kilometrage
	Danube Bank Railway
	Ennsdorf loop
	St. Valentin 11 junction
	to Krems a. d. Donau
	Summerau Railway
	to České Budějovice

The Western Railway (German: Westbahn) is a two-track, partly four-track, electrified railway line in Austria that runs from Vienna to Salzburg via St. Pölten and Linz Hauptbahnhof and is one of the major lines of Austria. It was originally opened as the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1858 (Vienna–Linz). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).