Traunseebahn

The local railway Gmunden - Vorchdorf, also called Traunseebahn, is a narrow gauge local railway in Upper Austria. It runs between the stations Gmunden Seebahnhof and Vorchdorf - Eggenberg.

History

The railway was opened on March 21, 1912 and is operated with 750 V DC. It is 100 % owned by the Stern & Hafferl traffic mbH. Among the 14.9 km route length are two kilometers out together with ÖBB- route as a three -rail track. By 1990, the railroad began in the former station Gmunden Traun village on the route of the horse railway Budweis -Linz - Gmunden. Then, the terminal was moved to the harbor station. Today breakpoints Gmunden - Traundorf and Lembergweg were created.

# 305 tram Innsbruck - - On September 8, 2008, a modern low-floor vehicle, a Bombardier City Runner was on the tracks of the main workshop in Vorchdorf the provided 28 Days of Traunseebahn available on loan unloaded. Two days later the car was put into operation and after various tests such as brake measurements and test drives were carried out. On September 27, the car was presented at the newly built station bottom forest to the public. After the vehicle presentation and the opening of the new station, the vehicle completed a test drive at 70 km / h Thereafter, the City Runner was used to September 4 in passenger service, the day before he was shipped out again and transported to Gmunden.

Currently restoration work be carried out, are available for a total of 3.5 million euros from the province of Upper Austria. Besides the exchange of sleepers, ballast and tracks also the stops to be renovated, which will receive new, 65 meter platforms and shelters. In addition, three new traffic signals at the local railway receives the 9,845 kilometers of track, 11.910 and 13.262.

After testing with a modern low floor railcar from Innsbruck in September 2008, City Runner of the IVB is again come to Vorchdorf. It is a question about the Tw 320, which has been awarded for four years at Stern and Hafferl. The vehicle was awarded for the reason that the IVB have procured several railcars as an input for future extensions. Since these plans have been postponed, the Tw is needed again until 2015 in Innsbruck. The passenger service was taken after test drives and a press conference starting on 19 September 2011.

Operating in the presence of

With the timetable change in December 2008, Stern & Hafferl put this line in part, on the weekend almost completely, on a regular timetable to, with departure in Gmunden Seebahnhof on the hour and in Vorchdorf for half an hour there with a three-minute transition period and to Lambach.

The plan of service CityFlex railcars from Innsbruck is mainly used. The Railcar ET 23 111 and 112 and ET ​​23 105 and 106 are available as replacement vehicles. If necessary, several passenger cars can be attached in addition. Apart from the regular tourist trips are theme cruises "By train to Beer ," which offered " Bratlzug " and a " hobby train driver course". For the hobby engineer courses of railcars 23,103 is used, the mixture was worked up in 2008 and received a historic color dress. In addition, trips to the summer car B4i 23,221 are performed to order.

Next link is planned with the Gmunden tramway, connecting the two paths is on the Traun bridge that needs to be restored before, and Gmunden Monastery space can be realized. The connection possibilities in Gmunden (city bus and tram) have been optimized compared to 2009.

Rolling stock

See also: vehicles of Stern & Hafferl Transport Company

Overview of the vehicles used on the Traunseebahn:

Route

The starting point of the 14.9 km long route is the Seebahnhof in Gmunden. Are 15 stops, is where stopped, if necessary between the harbor station and the terminus Vorchdorf - Eggenberg. The iron gates station and the stop Gschwandt - Raber mountain are sidings for train crossings. Both Dodge are equipped with relapse turnouts. Most stops have a shelter, next to the old wooden buildings are concrete cottages and more modern variants to be found in glass. In Vorchdorf - Eggenberg there is a connection to the standard gauge local railway Lambach - Vorchdorf - Eggenberg.

The speed limit is 50 km / h Most crossings are secured with Andrew's crosses and stop signs; seven crossings have a light warning device. The rails are laid on wooden sleepers. Apart from a few concrete poles for the overall direction is predominantly attached to wooden poles. Immediately at the end of the line close to the railway tracks, the star & Hafferl main workshop.

From the beginning, a connection with the Gmunden tramway was planned. Following the decision of the expansion in 2006 these plans first appear realistic. The renovation of the existing tram route has already taken place, in the future the re- extension should the link be realized with the Traunseebahn to the Town Hall Square and subsequently. The facilities of the Traunseebahn to be adapted so that continuous trips from Vorchdorf - Eggenberg to Gmunden station are possible. After renovation work on the local rail system, the speed could be partially increased, which had a positive impact on the travel time. By reconstructing the route travel time could be shortened compared to 2008 to 26 minutes. In addition, an approximate hour has been introduced. In addition to be built back in further remedial work, the three-rail track. The necessary track material has been procured and is currently stored near the Seebahnhofs. In the future, it will therefore be between Gmunden and Seebahnhof Engelhof only one meter gauge track, as the ÖBB has abandoned its route to the harbor station. In the future, more stops are to be rehabilitated and re-created. The last stage for improvements in the track and at the stops were carried out in summer 2011. These improvement measures were marked by the raising of the speed limit to 60 km / h on the route section.

As it has not been started with the extension of the Gmunden tramway, still run the old vehicles on the track. The procurement of new low-floor vehicles to be carried out jointly with the tram and the Attergaubahn. In October 2011, therefore Kirchham place was also presented the new locomotives from Bombardier Flexity Outlook in addition to the new stops.