Heritage route
Reblaus-Express
Retz → Drosendorf · Austria
Reblaus-Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 40 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 27 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- NÖVOG
- Train
- 2143 diesel + wine-tavern car
- Countries
- Austria
- In service since
- 1910
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Named after the phylloxera louse: a heritage diesel with a wine-tavern car trundles from Retz’s vine terraces to the Thaya loop at Drosendorf, weekends May to October.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2918742 — 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
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: NÖVOG — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Reblaus-Express?
The Reblaus-Express runs 40 km from Retz to Drosendorf.
How long does the Reblaus-Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 40 km. That is an average of 27 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Reblaus-Express?
NÖVOG, with 2143 diesel + wine-tavern car.
How old is the Reblaus-Express?
The line has been in service since 1910. 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.
View on the world railway map →Read more on Wikipedia (in DE) ↗
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