The Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway is a main line in
Styria
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, Austria. It was opened on 1 September 1868 by the
Austrian Southern Railway Company (''Südbahngesellschaft''). It is part of the core network of
ÖBB Infra
The Austrian Federal Railways ( , formally or () and formerly the or ''BBÖ'' ), now commonly known as ÖBB (), is the national railway company of Austria, and the administrator of Liechtenstein's railways. The ÖBB group i ...
.
The line is one of the most important railways in Austria as it forms part of the Vienna–Klagenfurt–Villach (–Lienz/–Venice) long-distance route. The line is currently operated by
Railjet
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s (or an IC train on the Vienna–Lienz route) every two hours.
Line S8 (
Unzmarkt—
Leoben
Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur River, Mur river. With a population in 2023 of about 25,140 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, ...
—
Bruck an der Mur
Bruck an der Mur () is a city of some 15,970 people located in the district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Mur and Mürz. Its manufacturing includes metal products and paper. ...
) of the
S-Bahn Steiermark also runs on the Bruck an der Mur–Leoben railway.
The route is also used by InterCity and
EuroCity
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services on the Graz–Salzburg (–Germany) and Innsbruck/Zürich routes.
Until 1998, services on the St. Michael–Leoben section of the
Rudolf Railway ran through the Annaberg tunnel via Leoben-Hinterberg station and, after bypassing the ''Häuselberg'', via Leoben Göss to
Leoben Hauptbahnhof. Since then, the 5460 m-long ''Galgenberg tunnel'' has replaced most of this section up to the Annaberg tunnel. The Leoben 2 junction–Leoben Göss section was permanently closed on 9 December 2012 and is only used for the storage of freight wagons.
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Railway lines in Austria
Railway lines opened in 1868
1868 establishments in Austria