Classic route
Innkreisbahn
Simbach am Inn → Neumarkt-Kallham · Germany · Austria
Neumarkt-Kallham to Braunau opened on 20 December 1870 and the bridge over the Inn to Simbach on 1 June 1871; from 1883 to 1897 the Orient Express took this way between Vienna and Munich.
- Distance
- 60 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 1 min
- Average speed
- 59 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSimbach (Inn) +1
- 2 kmBraunau am Inn
- 7 kmHagenau im Innkreis
- 12 kmMining
- 15 kmMühlheim
- 18 kmObernberg-Altheim
- 21 kmGeinberg
- 25 kmGurten
- 29 kmNeuratting
- 39 kmRied im Innkreis +1
- 45 kmPeterskirchen
- 51 kmPram-Haag
- 54 kmWendling bei Haag
- 60 kmNeumarkt-Kallham
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 3782685: 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 51
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Innkreisbahn?
The Innkreisbahn runs 60 km from Simbach am Inn to Neumarkt-Kallham. It runs through Germany and Austria.
How long does the Innkreisbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 1 min for the 60 km. That is an average of 59 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Innkreisbahn?
ÖBB, with R 51.
How old is the Innkreisbahn?
The line has been in service since 1871. 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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