Reisseck Railway

The valley station. Left: the water pressure pipe

The Reisseck Funicular (Section 1) at the Schütter waystop

The Reisseck Railway (sometimes Reißeck Railway, German: Reißeckbahn) is a mountain railway, that runs from Carinthia's Möll valley into the Reißeck Group, a small mountain range in southern Austria. It comprises the Reisseck Funicular and the Reisseck Mountain Railway (a narrow gauge railway).

The old railway in 1968 alongside the pipe

General[]

The Reisseck Railway starts in Kolbnitz in the Möll valley at a height of 719 m (AA) and ends for passenger services at the Berghotel Reisseck at a height of 2,250 m above sea level (AA) Further sections of line end at about 2,400 m. On the opposite side of the valley is another funicular, the . The lines are operated by Tauern Touristik.

Originally the railway was built to transport materiel to the dam and power station of the Reisseck-Kreuzeck power station. After various modifications and expansions its main function today is to provide passenger services.

Section 1 of the funicular

The railway is closed in 2016 during construction work at Schoberboden.

Reisseck Funicular[]

The Reisseck Funicular is a metre-gauge line and consists of 3 sections with a total length of around 3,500 metres. It climbs through 1,517 metres in height. The highest station is at 2,236 m by the Schoberboden. Next to the funicular is a pipe, 4,234.5 metres long, that carries water from the lakes of Großer Mühldorfer See, Kleiner Mühldorfer See, Hochalmsee and Radlsee into the Möll valley to the Reisseck-Kreuzeck storage reservoir.

Each section of the line is worked by coaches with 64 seats that are hauled by 40-millimetre-thick cables from their upper stations. The diameter of the electrically driven cable drums is 3.85 metres. The gradient of the line varies between 25 and 82%.

Kilo- metrage	Height m	Station or stop	Remarks	Location
0.0	719		Bottom station	Zandlach 46°52′48.17″N 13°18′58.43″E / 46.8800472°N 13.3162306°E / 46.8800472; 13.3162306
1.185	1.270	Schütter	Connection between sections 1 and 2	46°53′18.42″N 13°19′7.42″E / 46.8884500°N 13.3187278°E / 46.8884500; 13.3187278
2.475	1.749	Trog	Connection between sections 2 and 3	46°53′49.86″N 13°19′27.85″E / 46.8971833°N 13.3244028°E / 46.8971833; 13.3244028
3.650	2.236	Schoberboden	Connection between sections 3 and the Reisseck Mountain Railway	46°54′12.96″N 13°20′0.43″E / 46.9036000°N 13.3334528°E / 46.9036000; 13.3334528

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reisseck Railway.

• Reisseck railways on the Verbund site
• Reisseck mountain railways
• Informationen auf der Village home page
• Photographs of the railway