Scenic route
Donauuferbahn
St. Valentin → St. Nikola-Struden · Austria
Mauthausen to Grein opened on 4 July 1898 and the state line on through the Strudengau in 1909; trains now turn at St. Nikola-Struden, where the rest of the Danube line was given up in 2019.
- Distance
- 44 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 4 min
- Average speed
- 41 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSt. Valentin
- 6 kmSt. Pantaleon Pyburg
- 12 kmSchwertberg
- 14 kmAisthofen
- 17 kmPerg
- 19 kmPerg Schulzentrum
- 23 kmArbing
- 28 kmBaumgartenberg
- 31 kmSaxen
- 33 kmDornach bei Grein
- 40 kmGrein Stadt
- 45 kmSt. Nikola-Struden
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 2363380: 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 under 100 m from the shape of R 33
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Donauuferbahn?
The Donauuferbahn runs 44 km from St. Valentin to St. Nikola-Struden.
How long does the Donauuferbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 4 min for the 44 km. That is an average of 41 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Donauuferbahn?
ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG, with R 33.
How old is the Donauuferbahn?
The line has been in service since 1909. 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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