The Salzkammergut railway line (german: Salzkammergutbahn) is a standard gauge railway line in the Austrian states of

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and

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. It runs from a junction with the Wels–Passau railway line near

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to a junction with the

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. Austrian Federal Railways (

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) owns and operates the line. The name refers to the

Salzkammergut The Salzkammergut (; ; bar, Soizkaumaguad, label=Central Austro-Bavarian) is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mounta ...

region through which the line runs.

Route

The northern end of the line is at , where it meets the Wels–Passau railway line. The portion of the line north of is single-tracked and unelectrified. The line runs north–south to Attnang-Puchheim. At , there is a junction with the . In Attnang-Puchheim, there is a junction with the Western Railway. South of Attnang-Puchheim, the line continues to be single-tracked but is electrified at . South of , the line passes along the west coast of the

Traunsee Traunsee () is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria. Its surface is approximately 24.5 km2 and its maximum depth of 191 metres makes it the deepest and by volume largest lake located entirely within Austrian territory; only Lake ...

, and then follows the

Traun river Traun () is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Its source is in the Totes Gebirge mountain range in Styria. It flows through the Salzkammergut area and the lakes Hallstätter See and Traunsee. The Traun is a right tributary of the Da ...

some to the

Hallstätter See Hallstätter See or Lake Hallstatt is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria. It is named after Hallstatt, a small market town famous for its salt mining since prehistoric times and for being the starting point of the world's oldest still-working i ...

. At the southern end of the Hallstätter See, near , the line turns east, eventually meeting the

at .

Operations

Operationally, the line is split at Attnang-Puchheim; no service operates the full length. North of Attnang-Puchheim,

regional trains Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are public transport, passenger rail transport, rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail ...

operate on an hourly schedule, with some exceptions, to . South of Attnang-Puchheim, regional and

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combine for hourly service to or , with some trains continuing to . A single

InterCity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...

train, the ''Salzkammergut'', operates daily between

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and Stainach-Irdning.

References

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