Loading Page...

What is the best mountain railway in Austria?

Schafbergbahn, the steepest cogwheel railway in Austria, takes us to the 1783 m high summit of the Schafberg.



People Also Ask

The Glacier Express - known as the 'Slowest Express Train in the World' (and arguably the most scenic) - connects the mountain resort towns of Matterhorn adjacent to Zermatt and St Moritz in the Swiss Alps.

MORE DETAILS

SchafbergBahn Cog Railway Austria's steepest cog railway has been running from St. Wolfgang up the Schafberg since 1893. The train takes 35 minutes to cover a total distance of 5.85 kilometers, rising 1190 vertical meters.

MORE DETAILS

Austria train route – Vienna to Graz To get there, you will travel on the gorgeous Semmering line, one of the only train routes in the world with its own spot on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List.

MORE DETAILS

Austria is also home to a Unesco rail route, known as the Semmering Railway, which is one of the most celebrated Alpine journeys in the world.

MORE DETAILS

THE pioneering work of the mountain railways: Since 1912, the Jungfrau Railway has been travelling through the Eiger and Mönch mountains to Europe's highest railway station.

MORE DETAILS

The scenic Bernina Express train traverses the Alps between Switzerland and Italy, and delivers some of the most remarkable views and railroad engineering on the continent.

MORE DETAILS

If you're looking for the most beautiful train ride on earth, you know that Switzerland has to be number one on this list. The Bernina Express is a scenic train route unlike no other. It's a four-hour trip from start to finish and covers a total of 76 miles (or 122 km) of the track.

MORE DETAILS

And there are few routes more beautiful than the Arlberg Pass between Zurich and Vienna – one of the world's most spectacular train journeys…

MORE DETAILS