Scenic route
Kochelsee Railway
Kochel → Tutzing · Germany
Bavarian lakes branch of 1865: from Tutzing on the Starnberger See south to the Kochelsee under the first peaks of the Alps.
- Distance
- 35 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 41 min
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKochel
- 7 kmBenediktbeuern
- 8 kmBichl
- 13 kmPenzberg
- 18 kmIffeldorf
- 24 kmSeeshaupt
- 29 kmBernried
- 35 kmTutzing +1
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 12193416: 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 RB 66
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Kochelsee Railway?
The Kochelsee Railway runs 35 km from Kochel to Tutzing.
How long does the Kochelsee Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 41 min for the 35 km. That is an average of 51 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Kochelsee Railway?
DB Regio, with RB 66, Regionalbahn.
How old is the Kochelsee Railway?
The line has been in service since 1865. 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.
How often does the Kochelsee Railway run?
23 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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