Scenic route
Rudolfsbahn
Amstetten → Selzthal · Austria
View on the map →Wikipedia ↗Stations · 21
Through the Gesäuse on the old Kronprinz Rudolf line, Amstetten to Selzthal in two hours and five by Waidhofen and Hieflau. One train on Saturdays and two on Sundays; on weekdays you change.
Stations
- 0 kmAmstetten +3
- 4 kmGreinsfurth
- 8 kmUlmerfeld-Hausmening
- 12 kmKröllendorf
- 15 kmHilm-Kematen
- 17 kmRosenau
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- 20 kmSonntagberg
- 21 kmBöhlerwerk
- 23 kmWaidhofen an der Ybbs
- 25 kmStadt Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- 32 kmOberland
- 34 kmGaflenz
- 41 kmWeyer an der Enns
- 43 kmKastenreith
- 47 kmKleinreifling
- 61 kmWeißenbach-St. Gallen
- 82 kmHieflau
- 90 kmGstatterboden im Nationalpark
- 94 kmJohnsbach im Nationalpark
- 104 kmAdmont
- 118 kmSelzthal +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 1877502 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 58
- 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 Rudolfsbahn?
The Rudolfsbahn runs 119 km from Amstetten to Selzthal.
How long does the Rudolfsbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 05 min for the 119 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Rudolfsbahn?
ÖBB.
How old is the Rudolfsbahn?
The line has been in service since 1873. 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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