Classic route
S4 Villach–Hermagor
Villach → Hermagor · Austria
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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.
Stations
- 0 kmVillach Hauptbahnhof +5
- 2 kmVillach Westbahnhof
- 4 kmVillach Warmbad
- 9 kmFürnitz
- 12 kmNeuhaus an der Gail
- 14 kmPöckau
- 17 kmArnoldstein
- 26 kmNötsch
- 30 kmEmmersdorf im Gailtal
- 34 kmSt. Stefan-Vorderberg
- 39 kmGörtschach-Förolach
- 43 kmPressegger See
- 45 kmVellach-Khünburg
- 48 kmHermagor
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 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
Questions and answers
How long is the S4 Villach–Hermagor?
The S4 Villach–Hermagor runs 48 km from Villach to Hermagor.
How long does the S4 Villach–Hermagor take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h for the 48 km. That is an average of 48 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the S4 Villach–Hermagor?
ÖBB.
How old is the S4 Villach–Hermagor?
The line has been in service since 1894. 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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