The Donauuferbahn () is a railway line in

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It runs along the west bank of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...

river. At the northern end, the line connects with the

Franz-Josefs-Bahn The Emperor Franz Joseph Railway (German: ''Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn'', KFJB) was an Austrian private railway company, named after Emperor Franz Joseph I. It operated railway lines from the Austrian capital Vienna to Prague and Eger (Cheb) in Bohe ...

and Suburban line. At the southern end, the line continues as the near the . The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (

ÖBB The Austrian Federal Railways (german: Österreichische Bundesbahnen, formally (lit. "Austrian Federal Railways Holding Stock Company") and formerly the or ''BBÖ''), now commonly known as ÖBB, is the national railway company ...

) and is mostly freight-only.

Route

The northern terminus of the line is at , where it joins the

. The line runs north–south along the west bank of the

. South of Wien Nussdorf, the line crosses the

Donaukanal The Donaukanal ("Danube Canal") is a former arm of the river Danube, now regulated as a water channel (since 1598), within the city of Vienna, Austria. It is long and, unlike the Danube itself, it borders Vienna's city centre, Innere Stadt, ...

and then joins the Suburban line. This section is the only part of the line hosting regular passenger service, the

S45 S45 may refer to: Aviation * Blériot-SPAD S.45, a French biplane airliner * SABCA S-45bis, a Belgian bomber * Short S.45, a British biplane trainer * Short S.45 Seaford, a British flying boat * Sikorsky S-45, a proposed American flying boat ...

of the

Vienna S-Bahn The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban commuter rail network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways), and c ...

. At , the North railway and U6 of the

Vienna U-Bahn The Vienna U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn Wien), where ''U-Bahn'' is an abbreviation of the German term ''Untergrundbahn'' ( en, underground railway), is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. With the September 2017 opening of the , five-stati ...

cross overhead. South of Wien Handelskai, the line is freight-only, with various yards and goods stations. At the southern end, the line continues as the near the .

Operations

The only regularly-scheduled passenger service on the Donauuferbahn is the S45 of the Vienna S-Bahn, which operates every ten minutes between and Wien Handelskai.

References

External links

* {{commons category-inline Railway lines in Austria 15 kV AC railway electrification