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Jenbach railway station serves the
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Jenbach Jenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwaz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Etymology Many inhabitants of Jenbach believe that the name "Jenbach" is derived from "Jenseits des Baches", which means "Beyond the brook", however earlier ve ...
, in the
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of the
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. It is the only station in Austria at which railway lines of three different gauges meet. The most important line leading to Jenbach station is the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...
Lower Inn Valley railway, which passes through the station. Jenbach also has two terminating
narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
lines - the
metre gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...
Achensee Railway, and the gauge Zillertalbahn. The station is long, has 5 main lines, 7 sidings and 3 private sidings.


Connections

The Lower Inn Valley Railway connects Jenbach with the main Austrian railway network. It therefore provides fast east-west links from (Budapest–) Vienna, and Salzburg to Innsbruck, Feldkirch and Bregenz or Zürich and Basel, and north-south links from (Berlin-) Munich to Innsbruck, Verona, Milan/Rome/Venice. Additionally there are links from Graz to Innsbruck and Bregenz. The
Zillertal The Ziller Valley () is a valley in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn (river), Inn Valley () and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly Glacier, glaciated sectio ...
is connected at Jenbach, via the Zillertalbahn, with the ÖBB main line. On the Zillertalbahn, there are not only regional trains but also regular steam-hauled special trains, which represent a great attraction, especially for tourists. The Achensee Railway is a pure tourist railway and has no significance for commuter traffic. The roughly long
rack railway A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with ...
leads, via two stops, to the Seespitz railway station on the
Achensee Lake Achen () is a lake in Austria, north of Jenbach in Tyrol. Lake Achen is also called "Fjord of the Alps" and "Tyrolean Sea". The largest lake within the federal state, its maximum depth is . Together with the Achen Valley, it parts ...
, and is operated by
steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rarely, Wood fuel, wood) to heat ...
s. In Seespitz, passengers can transfer directly to one of the Achensee ships.


Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *RailJet services Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna


Gallery

File:Zillertalbahn Jenbach 01.jpg, Zillertalbahn engine shed. File:ÖBB 1110.505 in Jenbach.jpg, Heritage loco in front of the station building. File:Achenseebahn Jenbach.jpg, Two steam locomotives at the Achensee Railway platform. File:Rh2068Jenbach20060816.jpg, Class 2068 shunting loco, built in Jenbach.


See also

*
Austrian Federal Railways 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 ...
* Achensee Railway *
Rail transport in Austria Rail transport in Austria is mainly provided by Austria's national rail transport company, the Austrian Federal Railways (, ÖBB), which also manages rail transport in Liechtenstein. The Austrian rail transport, railway network has a length of ...
* Zillertalbahn


References

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External links

{{Commonscat
Austrian Federal Railways - official site



Zillertalbahn - official site
''This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at August 2010. The original authors can be see
here
'' Railway stations in Tyrol (federal state) Railway stations in Austria opened in 1858