A wide-angle photograph of the Hohensalzburg Fortress on a hill, with a funicular railway track (Reißzug) ascending the slope below it, and the red-domed tower of Stift Nonnberg visible in the foreground right.

CC BY-SA 3.0 • Photo by Manfred Werner - Tsui via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Railways

Historic Railways in Austria

11 Attractions

9 Destinations

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Red SchafbergBahn cog railway train at the Schafberg summit station above St. Wolfgang

Upper Austria, Upper Austria

SchafbergBahn (Schafberg Railway)

Austria's steepest cog railway since 1893

9.2

Regular ticket required; Guest Mobility Ticket not

A large wooden picture frame stands in a forest, framing a view of a mountain valley containing viaducts and tunnels of a railway line.

Semmering, Lower Austria

Semmering Railway (Semmeringbahn)

UNESCO World Heritage mountain railway

9.1

Free admission

A stone arch bridge carrying a road crosses a river, with a metal truss railway bridge situated directly above it in a forested valley.

Waidhofen An Der Ybbs, Lower Austria

Ybbstal Cycle Path

Flat, car-free path on former railroad line

9.0

A white, three-story historic villa with a central balcony, arched ground-floor doorways, and a statue in a niche, set against a blue sky with trees and outdoor shade structures.

St. Anton Am Arlberg, Tyrol

St. Anton Am Arlberg Ski Museum

Ski history in historic Villa Trier

8.5

A stone railway viaduct with two tiers of arches set into a steep, forested mountainside with autumn foliage.

Semmering, Lower Austria

Semmering Pass (Semmeringpass)

14-km railway with 14 tunnels through the Alps

8.4

Free access to the road and rail line; no entrance

Lower Austria, Lower Austria

Rax Cable Car

Austria's oldest cable car, operating since 1926

8.2

St. Wolfgang, Upper Austria

Schafbergbahn

Austria's steepest historic steam cog railway

7.4

Regular ticket required (guest mobility ticket not

A red and cream narrow-gauge train with "ZILLERTALBAHN" written on the front and "Mayrhofen" on its destination display, traveling on tracks through a green, mountainous landscape near a modern concrete structure.

Mayrhofen, Tyrol

Zillertal Railway (Zillertalbahn)

Historic 1902 narrow-gauge railway through alpine valleys

7.3

Bruck An Der Mur, Styria

Bruck an der Mur Old Town

16th-century Venetian-style architecture

6.6

A view of a railway station platform and adjacent road with mountains in the background, featuring a purple station sign reading "St. Stefan-Vorderberg" and a "P+R" parking sign.

Hermagor, Carinthia

Gailtal Railway (Gailtalbahn)

Electrified single-track line through Gailtal

5.0

Semmering, Lower Austria

Hirschenkogel Ski Resort

Ski resort in Semmering, Austria

5.0