The first railway in Austria was the narrow-gauge line from

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-c ...

in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic, this was gauge. Some two dozen lines were built in gauge, a few in gauge. The first was the Steyrtalbahn. Others were built by provincial governments, some lines are still in common carrier use and a number of others are preservation projects. The tramway network in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

is also metre gauge; in Linz the rather unusual gauge of is in use. 384 km gauge; 88 km gauge (2008) CIA World Fact Book
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Metre-gauge railways

* Achenseebahn, 6.78 km, steam engine. *Lokalbahn Vöcklamarkt–Attersee, 15.3 km and electrified. *

Schafbergbahn The Schafberg Railway (german: Schafbergbahn) is a metre gauge cog railway in Upper Austria and Salzburg leading from Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut up to the Schafberg (1,783 m). With a total length of 5.85 km it gains about 1,200 m in h ...

,a cog railway, 5.85 km, steam engine. * Schneebergbahn, a cog railway, 9.85km *

Stubaitalbahn The Stubaitalbahn (Stubai Valley Railway) is an long narrow gauge interurban tram from Innsbruck to Fulpmes in Tyrol, Austria. In the city of Innsbruck, it uses the local tramway tracks. At the Stubaital station, the branch line-rated part begi ...

, 18.2 km, now

trams in Innsbruck The Innsbruck tram network is currently organised over six routes (numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and STB) and has a total length of . Electrification of the service dates back to 1905, which was rather late by comparison to cities of similar size elsew ...

Linie STB, Fulpmes-Innsbruck Hbf, electrified *Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn, 8.4 km and electrified. Now became

Linie 6, electrified. *

Traunseebahn The Traunseebahn is a historic railway in Austria, running from Vorchdorf to Gmunden. History The railway was built in 1912; it connected Gmunden - then a successful spa resort - to the agricultural area around Vorchdorf. Early investment in elec ...

14.9km, connects to the

Gmunden tramway The Gmunden Tramway is part of the tram-train-system ''Traunsee Tram'', that opened in 2018 and is located in Upper Austria, Austria. The ''Traunsee Tram'' connects the shortest and oldest tram system in Austria with the Traunseebahn.Buckley, Ri ...

, electrified. * Lokalbahn Mödling–Hinterbrühl, 4.5 km, closed in 1932. It was the first electrified railway in Austria. *Straßenbahn

Unterach Unterach is a village in the Austria state of Upper Austria on the southern shore of lake Attersee in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The name derives from the Austro-Bavarian ''Untr, aha'' ~ ''between, waters'' based on the geographica ...

– See am Mondsee, 3.26 km, closed in 1949. *Lokalbahn

–

Hall In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gr ...

in Tirol, 11.8 km, closed in 1974.

900mm gauge railways

*The

Florianerbahn The Florianerbahn is a museum tramway in Upper Austria that is not operational due to construction work. It was built as a railway - a licensed narrow gauge ''Lokalbahn'' or branch line - between the independent commununity of Ebelsberg (today a ...

is a museum tramway in Upper Austria. *The

Trams in Linz Trams in Linz (german: Linzer Straßenbahn-Netz) is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the urban public transport system in Linz, which is the capital city of the federal state of Upper Austria in Austria. The network is operated by th ...

are electrified, operating at 600 V C, opened in 1913 and extended in 2009 when the

Pöstlingbergbahn The Pöstlingbergbahn () is a narrow-gauge electric railway, or "mountain tramway", in Linz, Austria. It connects the main square in the centre of Linz with the district of Pöstlingberg, located at the top of a hill (or small mountain) at the n ...

was integrated with the tramway after

gauge conversion Gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. Sleepers If tracks are converted to a narrower gauge, the existing sleepers (ties) may be used. However, replacement is required if ...

from

metre gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

760mm gauge railways

* Bregenzerwaldbahn 35.3 km, steam engine *Feistritztalbahn in

Steiermark Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, 42.2 km, steam engine * Höllentalbahn, 5 km *Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten in Lower Austria, 62.3 km, a branch of

Mariazellerbahn The Mariazell Railway (german: Mariazellerbahn) is an electrically operated narrow-gauge railway (with a track gauge of ) which connects the Lower Austrian capital of Sankt Pölten with the Styrian pilgrimage centre of Mariazell. The line was ...

. *Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard in

, 10.7 km, electrified. *

, from

Sankt Pölten Sankt Pölten (; Central Bavarian: ''St. Pödn''), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020. St. Pölten ...

to Mariazell, 85 km electrified. *

Murtalbahn The ''Murtalbahn'' (literally translated, the Mur Valley Railway) is a narrow-gauge railway largely located in the state of Styria in Austria. The line runs along the valley of the River Mur from the market town of Unzmarkt through Murau to Tam ...

, 76.1 km, steam engine *

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn The Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (formerly Pinzgaubahn or Krimmler Bahn) is a narrow-gauge railway in Salzburg in Austria. The 53 kilometre railway follows the Salzach valley from Zell am See and Krimml through the Pinzgau The Bezirk Zell am See is an ...

, from Zell am See to Krimml, 52.6 km *Stainzerbahn in

, 11.3 km, steam engine. * Steyrtalbahn, from Garsten to Klaus, 19.2 km, steam engine *

Taurachbahn The Taurach Railway (german: Taurachbahn) is a narrow-gauge museum railway in the Austrian state of Salzburg. History The Taurach Railway uses the section of the Murtalbahn from Tamsweg to Mauterndorf, which was closed for economic reasons in 19 ...

, a museum railway. *

Thörlerbahn The Thörlerbahn was a gauge narrow-gauge railway, operated by the between Kapfenberg and - in Austria. It connected the region around Aflenz in the Obersteiermark with the southern main line at Kapfenberg. History The railway was originally ...

, from

Kapfenberg Kapfenberg , with around 22,609 inhabitants, is the third largest city in Styria, Austria, near Bruck an der Mur. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Its main employer is the steel manufacturer Böhler. The town has a swimming complex, ...

to Au-Seewiesen in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, 22.7 km, diesel engine, closed in 1999. *Vellachtalbahn in

Kärnten Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carint ...

, 17.5 km *Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen in Lower Austria, 82 km, steam engine. *

Ybbstalbahn The Ybbs Valley Railway (german: Ybbstalbahn) was a narrow-gauge railway of the Austrian Federal Railways with a track gauge of , located in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel. The original route followed the valley of the river Ybbs from Waidhofen ...

, 76.6 km, steam engine. * Zillertalbahn, from Jenbach to Mayrhofen, 33.1 km, locomotive. *numerous logging railways build from surplus military equipment after 1918, no longer in operation.

750mm gauge railway

* Dienstbahn der Internationalen Rheinregulierung, 25 km. Common freight carrier and partly a

heritage railway A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...

railway lines

*; 1.7 km, operating *; 22 km, defunct *; 1.5 km, defunct *, 3.3 km, defunct *; 3.8 km, defunct *; 2.5 km, defunct *; 2 km, a defunct

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900mm gauge railways

760mm gauge railways

750mm gauge railway

railway lines

railway lines

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