Lower Inn Valley Railway
{{Short description|Railway line in Austria}}
{{About|the existing line of the Lower Inn Valley railway|the high-speed line|New Lower Inn Valley railway}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width=auto
| name=Lower Inn Valley Railway
| other_name=Bahnstrecke Kufstein–Innsbruck
| native_name=Unterinntalbahn
| native_name_lang=de
| color=
| logo=
| image=Bahnstrecke_Kufstein–Innsbruck.png
| type=Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail
| system=
| status=Operational
| locale=Tyrol
| start=Border of Germany–Austria
| end={{Hbf|Innsbruck}}
| stations=21
| routes=
| daily_ridership =
| open=24 November 1858
| close=
| owner=Austrian Federal Railways
| operator=Austrian Federal Railways
| character=
| depot=
| stock=
| linelength_km=75.130
| tracklength=
| tracks = Double track
| gauge={{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| routenumber=300 Salzburg Hbf - Brennero/Brenner
301 Jenbach - Telfs-Pfaffenhofen / Steinach in Tirol
| linenumber=302 01 Border near Kufstein–Wörgl Hbf
101 04 Wörgl Hbf–Innsbruck
101 15 Beschleunigungsgleis Wörgl Hbf – Wörgl Kundl
| electrification=15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
| speed_km/h=160
| elevation=
| website=
| map_state = collapsed
| map =
{{Routemap|inline=1|title =no |footnote = Source: Austrian railway atlas{{Eisenbahnatlas Österreich|pages=38–39, 56–57, 100}}|map=
STR~~ ~~ ~~from Rosenheim
GRENZE~~{{BSsplit|31,868|0,000|line=1|align=right}}~~ ~~Germany–Austria border
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12|B|175|name1=Inntal Autobahn|name2=Wildbichler Straße}}
BHF~~2.339~~Kufstein~~terminus of {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}}~~{{convert|482|m|ft|sp=us}}
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|B|171}} Tiroler Straße
eABZgl~~Former freight railway to Schwoich/Eiberg
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12}} Inntalautobahn
eHST~~Stimmersee
HST~~6.617~~Schaftenau~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}}
PSLre~~7.038~~ ~~Siding)
ÜST~~7.041~~ ~~Kufstein 2 crossover (Üst)
extcSTRc1\cd!~extv-STR+4\HST\~~8.480~~Langkampfen~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}}
xvÜSTu+r!~dPORTALg\d~~ ~~ ~~HSL (in planning) from Brannenburg
xvevSTR!~exlvBST\d~~ ~~ ~~Schaftenau junction
xvÜSTur!~dPORTALf\d~~ ~~ ~~HSL (in planning) from Wörgl 2 junction
extcSTRc2\cd!~extv-STR3\SBRÜCKE\~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12}} Inntalautobahn
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Inn
KMW~~{{BSsplit|11.600|11.809|line=1|align=right}}~~ ~~Change of chainage (-209 m)
BHF~~11.920~~Kirchbichl~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}}~~{{convert|494|m|ft|abbr=on}}
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|B|178}} Loferer Straße
ABZg+l~~ ~~ ~~Salzburg-Tyrol line from Salzburg Hbf
BHF~~16.027~~Wörgl Hbf~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}}~~{{convert|505|m|ft|abbr=on}}
STR~~ ~~ ~~terminus of {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S6}}
DST~~17.300~~Wörgl Terminal south~~ ~~{{convert|506|m|ft|abbr=on}}
DST~~18.400~~Wörgl Terminal north~~ ~~{{convert|505|m|ft|abbr=on}}
HST~~18.500~~Wörgl West (in planning)~~ ~~{{convert|505|m|ft|abbr=on}}
extSTR2+4h\extSTRc3!~BHF\~~22.308~~Wörgl Kundl~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{convert|510|m|ft|abbr=on}}
extSTRc1~R!~STR~L\extKRW+r!~STR~R
d\xvÜSTu+tle~~ ~~ ~~HSL (in planning) from Schaftenau junction
d\xvevSTRxa!~exlvBST~~24,969~~Radfeld junction
d\vÜSTutla~~ ~~ ~~HSL to Stans junction
\ÜST!~tBS2c1\tBS2+r~~26.969~~ ~~Radfeld 2 crossover
\HST\tLSTR~~29.991~~Rattenberg-Kramsach~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}
TUNNEL1~~ ~~ ~~Rattenbergtunnel (L 182 m)
BHF~~31.303~~Brixlegg~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{convert|524|m|ft|abbr=on}}
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Inn
\tSTRc2!~ÜST\tLSTR3~~36.027~~ ~~Brixlegg 2 crossover
tSTRc2\KRZ3+1t\tSTRc4
tSTR2+1\tSTRc34!~HST\~~37.181~~Münster-Wiesing~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{convert|526|m|ft|abbr=on}}
\KRZ2+4t\tSTRc3~~ ~~ ~~HSL
\tSTRc1!~TUNNEL1\tv-STR+4~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12}} tunnel (L 190 m)
\STR\tv-LSTR!~uSTR+l~~ ~~ ~~from Mayrhofen (Ziller Valley Railway)
\ABZgl+l\uABZgr+r~~ ~~ ~~{{BSsplit|Freight connection|(route change, transhipment to Rollbock)}}
uSTR+r\STR\uSTR~~ ~~ ~~from Seespitz am Achensee
uKBHFe\BHF\uKBHFe~~40.882~~{{stn|Jenbach}}~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{Höhe|530|AT}}
d\eBS2+l\BS2+r\tdLSTR~~41.509~~ ~~Relocation of original track
d\exWBRÜCKE1\d!~WBRÜCKE1\tSHI1+l~~ ~~ ~~Run off from Achensee power station
c\exSTR\c\vÜSTu+tle~~ ~~ ~~HSL from Radfeld junction
c\exSTR\c\vBST~~≈43.9~~Stans junction
c\exSTR\c\vÜSTutla~~ ~~ ~~HSL to Fritzens-Wattens 2 junction
d\exÜST\d!~STR\tSHI1l~~44,580~~Jenbach 2 crossover
d\exSTR\HST\tdLSTR~~45,712~~Stans bei Schwaz~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}
exHST\STR~~45,800~~Stans bei Schwaz~~(until 14 August 2011)
exSTR\tSTRa~~45,795~~ ~~Stanser tunnel (L 634 m)
d\exWBRÜCKE1\tKRZW\tdLSTR~~ ~~ ~~Stanser Bach
d\exTUNNEL1\tSTRc2!~tSKRZ-A\tdSTR3~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12}}
c\exSTR!~tSTRc2\tKRZ3+1to\tcSTRc4~~ ~~ ~~HSL
tcSTRc2\tSTR3+1!~eBS2l\tSTRc4!~BS2r!~PORTALg\c~~{{BSsplit|46,429|46,869}}~~ ~~{{BSsplit||End of relocation of original track}}
tSTR+1~R\PSLre\~~ ~~ ~~siding
BHF~~48.360~~Schwaz~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{convert|538|m|ft|abbr=on}}
PSLra~~51.694~~ ~~Pill-Vomperbach siding
HST~~51.694~~Pill-Vomperbach~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}} ( siding)~~{{convert|544|m|ft|abbr=on}}
ÜST~~52.721~~ ~~Schwaz 2 crossover
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~{{Jctrdt|country=AUT|A|12}} Inntalautobahn
ÜST~~54.267~~ ~~Schwaz 3 crossover
HST~~55.231~~Terfens-Weer~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}
cd!~tSTR2+4h\c!~BHF\tdSTRc3\~~59.067~~Fritzens-Wattens~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}~~{{convert|555|m|ft|abbr=on}}
c\tcSTRc1!~SHI1r!~ldHST~F\tSTR+4~~61.339~~Volders-Baumkirchen~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}
vÜSTu+tle!~ldHST~G~~ ~~ ~~HSL from Stans junction
vBST~~62.361~~Fritzens-Wattens 2 junction
\vÜSTo2\STRc3~~ ~~ ~~Innsbruck bypass to Innsbruck 1 junction
cd\ÜST\cSTRc1\STR2h+4~~63.822~~ ~~Fritzens-Wattens 3 crossover
BHFSHI1+r~~66.606~~Hall in Tirol~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}}, terminus of {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S3}}
HST~~ ~~Hall-Thaur
\HST-L\uKHSTa-R~~70.093~~Rum~~{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S3}}
\ÜST\uLSTRe~~71.210~~ ~~Hall in Tirol 3 crossover
ABZgnr~~72.426~~ ~~Siding
uSTRc3!~WASSERq\hKRZWa\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Inn
uSTR+4!~ulHST3-L\hHST-R\uLSTRa~~Innsbruck Messe
uKRZlr+lr\lhSTRe@g!~kABZg2\uSTRr~~ ~~ ~~Trams in Innsbruck
TRAM\BHF!~kSTRc1\kkSTR+4~~75.130~~Innsbruck Hbf~~{{BSto|{{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S2}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S3}}|terminus of {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S4}} {{ric|Tyrol S-Bahn|S5}}}}~~{{convert|582|m|ft|abbr=on}}
\kABZg3\YRD~~ ~~ ~~Innsbruck Fbf (goods station)
kABZq1\KRZo+k24\kkABZ3r~~ ~~ ~~Arlberg Railway to Bludenz and
kABZg+1~~ ~~ ~~Brenner Railway to Bolzano/Bozen
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{{stack|File:Fritzens.jpg at Fritzens. Work on the New Lower Inn Valley Railway is under way next to the line.]]}}
The Lower Inn Valley Railway ({{langx|de|Unterinntalbahn}}) is a two-track, electrified railway line that is one of the major lines of the Austrian railways. It was originally opened as the k.k. Nordtiroler Staatsbahn (Imperial and Royal North Tyrolean State Railway). It begins at the German border near the Austrian city of Kufstein as a continuation of the Rosenheim–Kufstein line and runs in a generally south-westerly direction through Tyrol along the Inn valley to {{Hbf|Innsbruck}}. The line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
History
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had ordered its construction in 1853. The line was the first railway in western Austria, opened on 24 November 1858.
New line
File:Unterinntalbahn, Galerie Terfens, Rohbau.jpg]]
{{main|New Lower Inn Valley railway}}
In order to increase the capacity of the track and in preparation for the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel a new high-capacity line has been built between Kundl1 junction and Fritzen-Wattens 1 junction (at Baumkirchen). It was opened on 9 December 2012 for scheduled traffic. The great majority of this line has been built in tunnel in order not to increase noise pollution in the Inn valley. The new route is designed for mixed traffic up to {{convert|250|km/h|abbr=on}} and is fitted with ETCS Level 2 signalling system.{{cite web|title=Newsletter | publisher=Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH |language=German |url= http://www.beg.co.at/fileadmin/newsletter/2008/NEWSLETTER_11-12_08.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=11 February 2010}}{{cite web |title=Die Neue Unterinntalbahn (the new Lower Inn railway) |publisher=Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH |language=German |url=http://www.beg.co.at/fileadmin/downloads/Beg_AMA.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=11 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927173104/http://www.beg.co.at/fileadmin/downloads/Beg_AMA.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2013 }} An extension of the new line from Kundl/Radfeld to Brannenburg is in the planning phase.
References
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Category:Railway lines in Austria