The Reisseck Railway (sometimes Reißeck Railway, ) was a mountain railway, that ran from Carinthia's Möll valley into the Reißeck Group, a small mountain range in southern Austria. It comprised the Reisseck Funicular and the Reisseck Mountain Railway (a narrow-gauge railway).
Overview
The Reisseck Railway started in Kolbnitz in the Möll valley at a height of () and ended for passenger services at the Berghotel Reisseck at a height of ()
Further sections of line ended at about . On the opposite side of the valley is another funicular, the Kreuzeck Railway, which is still operating. The lines were 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 was to provide passenger services.
The railway closed in 2016 during construction work at Schoberboden and never reopened.
Reisseck Funicular The Reisseck Funicular was a metre-gauge line and consisted of 3 sections with a total length of around . It climbed through in height. The highest station was at by the Schoberboden. Next to the funicular is a pipe, 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 was worked by coaches with 64 seats that were hauled by cables from their upper stations. The diameter of the electrically driven cable drums was . The gradient of the line varied between 25 and 82%.
In 2018, it was used one last time to transport a pump motor. In January 2022, the funicular was dismantled.
Kilo-metrage Mileage Height Station or stop Remarks Locationmft Zandlach Bottom station Schütter Connection between sections 1 and 2 Trog Connection between sections 2 and 3 Schoberboden Connection between sections 3 and the Reisseck Mountain Railway
Section Length Heightdifference Average gradient Maximum gradientkmmimftZandlach – Schütter 55 %82 %Schütter – Trog 51 %74 %Trog – Schoberboden 49 %76 %
References
External links
Reisseck railways on the Verbund site Reisseck mountain railways
Photographs of the railway