Mittenwald Railway

Together with the Ausserfern Railway (Ausserfernbahn) it connects the Austrian district of Außerfern (located west of the Fern Pass) with the Tyrol through Germany.Ministerium für Handel und Volkswirthschaft) for a route first running east from Innsbruck to Hall and then after a bend back to the west largely in tunnels up to Seefeld.In addition to the line construction, this included land acquisition, rolling stock, electrical equipment and the power plant.The contract set the fixed price of 24.4017 million krone to be paid to the contractors Riehl and von Doderer, who thus carried all risk of possible cost overruns.With the holding of the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck and Seefeld, the Mittenwald line was expected to have high loadings and all stations were equipped with colour light signals.The superstructure was adapted so that locomotives of both Deutsche Bundesbahn and the Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen, ÖBB) could operate on the line.The line crosses the Schlossbach at an altitude of about 60 m above the water level over an iron arch truss bridge with a length of 66 m. The Finstertal Viaduct was built on the karst slope of the Hechenberg (mountain).The construction of the tunnels in the Martinswand was particularly difficult and a 17 km long high voltage line had to be built from Innsbruck just for the operation of the machinery.The ingress of water stopped the construction work on the western side of the tunnels and an electric pumping plant had to be installed.At Innsbruck West station the line branches off from the Arlberg Railway and reaches in Hötting its lowest point of 580 m above sea level.
Mittenwald Railway crosses the Isar bridge in Scharnitz
The Schlossbach bridge of the Mittenwald Railway
Raising of finance for the Austrian section of the Mittenwald Railway, Innsbruck, 1912
Track plan and profile
Scharnitz in 1912 with new electric Mittenwald Railway
BavariaTrack gaugestandard gaugeMinimum radiusElectrification15 kV/16.7 HzMaximum inclineFrom Innsbruck HauptbahnhofArlberg RailwayInnsbruck HöttingAllerheiligenhöfeKranebittenHochzirlSeefeld in TirolScharnitzMittenwaldKainzenbadAusserfern RailwayKemptenGarmisch-PartenkirchenTo MunichGermanKarwendelInnsbruckSeefeldAustrian Federal RailwaysRoyal Bavarian State RailwaysCentral EuropeAußerfernFern PassNorthern Limestone AlpsInn valleyZirler BergMieminger MountainsWettersteinEster MountainsRauenkopfBrunstkopfSchlossbachAustro-HungarianStubai valleyhorsepowerWalchensee power stationLokalbahn AG1976 Winter Olympic GamesDeutsche Bundesbahnin multiple1985 Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsgrabenAlbula RailwayfunicularBrenner RailwayMurnauWeilheimMunichAußerfern RailwayReutteRosenheimKufsteinMunich–RosenheimRosenheim–KufsteinLower Inn Valley linesIntercity-ExpressRegionalbahnTyrol S-BahnAustrian National Library