Heritage route
Steyrtal-Museumsbahn
Steyr → Grünburg · Austria
Austria’s oldest 760 mm line (1889): ÖGEG steam ambles down the green Steyr valley from Steyr Lokalbahnhof to Grünburg on summer weekends — Bosnian gauge as it began.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20380660 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 km from the shape of R 21
- 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 Steyrtal-Museumsbahn?
The Steyrtal-Museumsbahn runs 17 km from Steyr to Grünburg.
How long does the Steyrtal-Museumsbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h for the 17 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Steyrtal-Museumsbahn?
ÖGEG, with Steam, 760 mm.
How old is the Steyrtal-Museumsbahn?
The line has been in service since 1889. 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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