!!!Tauernbahn

Tauern Railway, 83-km-long mountain railway between the towns of 
Schwarzach-St. Veit (in the province of Salzburg) and Spittal 
an der Drau (Carinthia), built from 1901-1909 as railway 
connection between Salzburg and Trieste (Italy) by K.  Wurmb; the 
Tauern Railway was then continued through the Karawanken and Wochein 
(Bohinj) tunnels. It passes underneath the Hohe Tauern Range through 
the 8.5 km-long Tauern tunnel between Boeckstein (province of 
Salzburg) and Mallnitz (Carinthia), where a motorail terminal has been 
in operation since World War I. The Tauern Railway was electrified 
between 1933 and 1935 and, with the exception of the stretch through 
the tunnel, was only equipped with single tracks. Since 1969, 
additional twin-track sections have been opened, which has led to the 
construction of four impressive reinforced-concrete bridges on the 
southern descent in the Moelltal valley.

!Literature
J. Dultinger, 75 Jahre Tauernbahn, 1984.


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