Classic route
Franz-Josefs-Bahn Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof–St. Andrä-Wördern
Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof → St. Andrä-Wördern · Austria
The first 22 km of the line to Gmünd and Prague: the Vienna end opened in 1870, once the delayed stretch in from Eggenburg was finished, and ran as part of the Stadtbahn from 1898 to 1925.
- Distance
- 22 km
- Fastest time
- 29 min
- Average speed
- 46 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmWien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof +1
- 1 kmWien Spittelau +1
- 3 kmWien Heiligenstadt +1
- 9 kmKlosterneuburg Weidling
- 10 kmKlosterneuburg Kierling
- 14 kmKritzendorf
- 17 kmHöflein an der Donau
- 22 kmSt. Andrä-Wördern
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 14008624: 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
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of S 40
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Franz-Josefs-Bahn?
The Franz-Josefs-Bahn runs 22 km from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to St. Andrä-Wördern.
How long does the Franz-Josefs-Bahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 29 min for the 22 km. That is an average of 46 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Franz-Josefs-Bahn?
ÖBB, with S 40.
How old is the Franz-Josefs-Bahn?
The line has been in service since 1870. 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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