Schafberg Railway


The Schafberg Railway is a metre gauge cog railway in Upper Austria and Salzburg leading from Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut up to the Schafberg. With a total length of 5.85 km it gains about 1,200 m in height difference. Railway operation started in 1893.

Overview

The rail gauge is. It uses the Abt system. Today steam locomotives, two modern Stadler-manufactured diesel locomotives, and a diesel railcar are in operation. Owned by Austrian Federal Railways, it is operated by the local company SLB, part of the Salzburg AG group, that operates also the shipping on the Wolfgangsee lake.
Lok 999.105 pushing a carriage up the railway featured in a short sequence for the 1965 musical feature film The Sound Of Music starring Julie Andrews. Several minutes of footage of the railway were included in the 1987 American-Austrian television movie Christmas with Flicka.

Route

The lower station is located in the east of St. Wolfgang, in front of Wolfgangsee. After leaving the town, and starting to climb the mountain, the line enters in the municipal territory of St. Gilgen, in the state of Salzburg.
Nearest railway was the Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn Salzburg-Bad Ischl, that counted a "St. Wolfgang" station in the opposite side of the lake, linked to Schafbergbahn's one with a ferry.
StationKmAmslNotes
St. Wolfgang
0.00
542
lower station, train depot
Dorneralpe
2.70
1,010
water station, no passenger service
Schafbergalpe
4.00
1,363
guest house
Schafbergspitze
5.85
1,732
summit station, guest house

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