Classic route
S6 Lienz–Villach
Lienz → Villach · Austria
S6 Lienz–Villach in pictures
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- Distance
- 104 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 38 min
- Average speed
- 64 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Train
- ÖBB Talent · Cityjet
- Countries
- Austria
- In service since
- 1871
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
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
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