Classic route
S6 Lienz–Villach
Lienz → Villach · Austria
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Down the Drau from East Tyrol into Carinthia, Lienz past Oberdrauburg and Spittal to Villach, on the original Drautalbahn of 20 November 1871: an S-Bahn since 2015, renumbered S6 in December 2025.
Stations
- 0 kmLienz +2
- 2 kmLienz Peggetz +1
- 5 kmDölsach +1
- 11 kmNikolsdorf +1
- 19 kmOberdrauburg +1
- 22 kmIrschen +1
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- 27 kmDellach im Drautal +1
- 31 kmBerg im Drautal +1
- 36 kmGreifenburg-Weißensee +1
- 42 kmSteinfeld im Drautal +1
- 49 kmKleblach-Lind +1
- 55 kmMarkt Sachsenburg +1
- 58 kmMöllbrücke-Sachsenburg +1
- 60 kmPusarnitz
- 62 kmLendorf +1
- 68 kmSpittal-Millstättersee +2
- 76 kmRothenthurn
- 81 kmFerndorf
- 82 kmMarkt Paternion
- 86 kmPaternion-Feistritz
- 90 kmWeißenstein-Kellerberg
- 94 kmPuch
- 104 kmVillach Hauptbahnhof +5
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 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 3289903 (36 km), relation 11185841 (68 km), 104 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of S 6
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the S6 Lienz–Villach?
The S6 Lienz–Villach runs 104 km from Lienz to Villach.
How long does the S6 Lienz–Villach take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 38 min for the 104 km. That is an average of 64 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the S6 Lienz–Villach?
ÖBB.
How old is the S6 Lienz–Villach?
The line has been in service since 1871. 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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