Classic route
S4 Villach–Hermagor
Villach → Hermagor · Austria
- Distance
- 48 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h
- Average speed
- 48 km/h
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Train
- ÖBB Talent · Cityjet
- Countries
- Austria
- In service since
- 1894
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
South out of Villach to Arnoldstein, then west up the Gail valley to Hermagor, on a branch opened on 11 August 1894 and ridden by 310 people on its first train.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2071357 — 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 S 4
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in DE) ↗
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