Classic route
Summerauerbahn
České Budějovice → Linz · Czechia · Austria
Summerauerbahn in pictures
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- Distance
- 125 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 54 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- ČD · ÖBB
- Train
- ČD · ÖBB cross-border regional
- Countries
- Czechia, Austria
- In service since
- 1873
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Summerauerbahn: out of Budweis, over the granite hills where Europe’s first horse-drawn railway ran, down the Mühlviertel to the Danube at Linz.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 48871 (63 km), relation 3860431 (67 km) — 125 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of EC 331
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Summerauerbahn?
The Summerauerbahn runs 125 km from České Budějovice to Linz. It runs through Czechia and Austria.
How long does the Summerauerbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 20 min for the 125 km. That is an average of 54 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Summerauerbahn?
ČD and ÖBB.
How old is the Summerauerbahn?
The line has been in service since 1873. 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.
View on the world railway map →Read more on Wikipedia (in CS) ↗
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