Heritage route
Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle)
Bezau → Schwarzenberg · Austria
All that is left of the 760 mm line to Bregenz: five kilometres of the Wälderbähnle between Bezau and Schwarzenberg, worked by steam and diesel through the Bregenzerwald on summer weekends.
Stations
- 0 kmSchwarzenberg
- 3 kmReuthe
- 5 kmBezau
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3764766 — 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 4 m from it
Questions and answers
How long is the Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle)?
The Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle) runs 5 km from Bezau to Schwarzenberg.
How long does the Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 20 min for the 5 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle)?
Verein Bregenzerwaldbahn, with steam and diesel museum trains.
How old is the Bregenzerwaldbahn (Wälderbähnle)?
The line has been in service since 1902. 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.
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