Scenic route
Mühlkreisbahn
Linz → Aigen-Schlägl · Austria
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Out of Linz on the north bank of the Danube and up into the Mühlviertel towards the Bohemian border, an hour and a half on a branch opened in November 1900.
Stations
- 0 kmLinz Urfahr
- 4 kmPuchenau
- 5 kmPuchenau West
- 7 kmAchleitnersiedlung
- 8 kmDürnberg bei Ottensheim
- 9 kmOttensheim
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- 11 kmWalding
- 13 kmRottenegg
- 18 kmLacken im Mühlkreis
- 20 kmGerling OÖ
- 26 kmNeuhaus-Niederwaldkirchen
- 29 kmKleinzell im Mühlkreis
- 33 kmNeufelden
- 39 kmIglmühle
- 43 kmHaslach
- 48 kmRohrbach-Berg
- 51 kmOepping
- 56 kmSchlägl
- 57 kmAigen-Schlägl
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 1872403 — 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 R 42
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Mühlkreisbahn?
The Mühlkreisbahn runs 58 km from Linz to Aigen-Schlägl.
How long does the Mühlkreisbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 29 min for the 58 km. That is an average of 39 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Mühlkreisbahn?
ÖBB.
How old is the Mühlkreisbahn?
The line has been in service since 1900. 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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