The Bregenz Forest Railway (German: Bregenzerwaldbahn, known colloquially as the Wälderbahn or Wälderbähnle), is an Austrian narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in), the so-called Bosnian gauge. It runs through the state of Vorarlberg and from 1902 to 1983 linked Bregenz on Lake Constance with Bezau in the Bregenz Forest on a 35.33 kilometre long railway line. Today only a 5.01 kilometre long section is still worked as a heritage railway. The remaining line has been closed and largely lifted.
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Bregenz–Bezau |
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Line length | 35.33 km (21.95 mi) |
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Track gauge | 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) |
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0.00 |
Bregenz |
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1.09 |
Vorkloster |
400 m above sea level (AA) |
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1.82 |
Rieden tunnel (212 m) |
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2.62 |
Rieden |
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4.70 |
Kennelbach |
422 m above sea level (AA) |
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8.43 |
Fluh (ab 1937) |
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9.15 |
Rickenbach tunnel (86 m) |
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Rickenbach bridge; steel |
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9.60 |
Wirtatobel loading point (from 1920) |
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10.18 |
Langen-Buch (until 1977) |
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12.33 |
Rotach tunnel (123 m) |
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Rotach bridge; steel |
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13.64 |
Doren-Sulzberg |
456 m above sea level (AA) |
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15.02 |
Weißachbrücke (ab 1904) |
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Weißach bridge; steel |
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18.18 |
Langenegg-Krumbach |
468 m above sea level (AA) |
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18.72 |
Oberlangenegg (until 1957) |
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19.73 |
Pommerngraben loading point (until 1930) |
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20.74 |
Lingenau-Hittisau |
506 m above sea level (AA) |
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23.45 |
Egg |
553 m above sea level (AA) |
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24.75 |
Unterbach |
578 m above sea level (AA) |
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26.75 |
Andelsbuch |
615 m above sea level (AA) |
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27.90 |
Bezegg |
618 m above sea level (AA) |
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29.30 |
Bersbuch |
633 m above sea level (AA) |
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30.32 |
Schwarzenberg |
636 m above sea level (AA) |
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31.73 |
Sporenegg bridge; steel; 68 m |
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33.56 |
Reuthe |
625 m above sea level (AA) |
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34.27 |
Through truss bridge over the Bregenzerach; steel |
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34.37 |
Grebenbach bridge |
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35.33 |
Bezau |
642 m above sea level (AA) |
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