Mountain route
Achenseebahn
Jenbach → Achensee (Seespitz) · Austria
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Europe’s oldest still-working steam cog railway: its four 1889 locomotives haul open carriages up to the turquoise Achensee.
Stations
- 0 kmJenbach Achenseebahn
- 1 kmBurgeck
- 4 kmEben in Tirol
- 5 kmMaurach
- 5 kmMaurach Mitte
- 7 kmAchensee Seespitz
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3655739 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of AB1
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Achenseebahn?
The Achenseebahn runs 6.76 km from Jenbach to Achensee (Seespitz).
How long does the Achenseebahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 50 min for the 6.76 km. That is an average of 8 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 20 km/h.
Who runs the Achenseebahn?
Achenseebahn AG, with steam rack locomotive (built 1889).
How old is the Achenseebahn?
The line has been in service since 1889. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Achenseebahn run?
2 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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