Jenbach railway station serves the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Jenbach Jenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwaz in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. Etymology Many inhabitants of Jenbach believe that the name "Jenbach" is derived from "Jenseits des Baches", which means "Beyond the brook", how ...

, in the

Schwaz district The Bezirk Schwaz is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the districts of Kufstein, Kitzbühel and Pinzgau (Salzburg) in the east, South Tyrol (Italy) in the south, and the Innsbruck ...

of the

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Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. It is the only station in Austria at which railway lines of three different gauges meet. The most important line leading to Jenbach station is the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

Lower Inn Valley railway The Lower Inn Valley Railway (german: 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 ...

, which passes through the station. Jenbach also has two terminating

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

lines - the

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Achensee Railway The Achensee Railway (german: Achenseebahn, ) is a long metre gauge railway running between Jenbach () and Seespitz () on Achensee, Lake Achen in state of Tyrol, Tyrol (Austria). Within its length it rises some in height, with the steeper sect ...

, and the gauge

Zillertalbahn The Zillertal Railway or Zillertalbahn is a gauge independent railway running along the valley of the river Ziller (Zillertal) in Tyrol, Austria. The line starts in Jenbach and terminates in Mayrhofen. Background Running through a valley in a ...

. The station is long, has 5 main lines, 7 sidings and 3 private sidings.

Connections

The Lower Inn Valley Railway connects Jenbach with the main Austrian railway network. It therefore provides fast east-west links from (Budapest–) Vienna, and Salzburg to Innsbruck, Feldkirch and Bregenz or Zürich and Basel, and north-south links from (Berlin-) Munich to Innsbruck, Verona, Milan/Rome/Venice. Additionally there are links from Graz to Innsbruck and Bregenz. The

Zillertal The Ziller Valley (german: Zillertal) is a valley in Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn Valley (german: Inntal) and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly glaciated section of t ...

is connected at Jenbach, via the Zillertalbahn, with the ÖBB main line. On the Zillertalbahn, there are not only regional trains but also regular steam-hauled special trains, which represent a great attraction, especially for tourists. The Achensee Railway is a pure tourist railway and has no significance for commuter traffic. The roughly long

rack railway A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with ...

leads, via two stops, to the Seespitz railway station on the

Achensee Lake Achen (german: Achensee) is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres. Together with the Achen Valley it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west f ...

, and is operated by

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s. In Seespitz, passengers can transfer directly to one of the Achensee ships.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *RailJet services Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna

Gallery

File:Zillertalbahn Jenbach 01.jpg, Zillertalbahn engine shed. File:ÖBB 1110.505 in Jenbach.jpg, Heritage loco in front of the station building. File:Achenseebahn Jenbach.jpg, Two steam locomotives at the Achensee Railway platform. File:Rh2068Jenbach20060816.jpg, Class 2068 shunting loco, built in Jenbach.

References

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External links

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Austrian Federal Railways - official site

Zillertalbahn - official site
''This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at August 2010. The original authors can be see
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'' Railway stations in Tyrol (state) Railway stations opened in 1858

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