Mountain route
Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
Garmisch-Partenkirchen → Zugspitzplatt · Germany
Germany’s highest railway: cogwheels from Garmisch past the Eibsee, then 4.5 km of tunnel to snowfields at 2,588 m below the country’s highest summit.
- Distance
- 19 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 15 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGarmisch-Partenkirchen (BZB) +1
- 1 kmGarmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg (Zahnradbahn)
- 4 kmKreuzeck-/Alpspitzbahn
- 5 kmHammersbach
- 7 kmGrainau
- 10 kmEibsee
- 14 kmRiffelriss
- 17 kmZugspitzplatt
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 3729658: 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 RB 64
- 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 Bayerische Zugspitzbahn?
The Bayerische Zugspitzbahn runs 19 km from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Zugspitzplatt.
How long does the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min for the 19 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn?
Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, with rack railway.
How old is the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn?
The line has been in service since 1930. 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.
How high does the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn climb?
2,588 m above sea level at its highest point.
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