Franz-Josefs-Bahn (Wien – Gmünd/České Velenice)
Tour Starting from
- Distance: 162,48 km
- Duration: 2:25 h
- Ascent: 470 m elevation gain
- Descent: 136 m elevation gain
Franz-Josefs-Bahn - On the imperial trail from Vienna to the Waldviertel.
- Distance: 162,48 km
- Duration: 2:25 h
- Ascent: 470 m elevation gain
- Descent: 136 m elevation gain
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point162 m
- Highest point582 m
Description
From Vienna through the Weinviertel and Waldviertel in comfort: the Franz-Josefs-Bahn offers its passengers a modern train journey on a historic route.
From the 1860s, the imperial and royal Franz Josef Railway was used as a link between Vienna and Eger in the Czech Republic. Today, it runs 43 kilometers from Vienna via Klosterneuburg, St. Andrä-Wördern and Tulln to Absdorf-Hippersdorf - and on to Gmünd and across the Czech border to České Velenice, where the main station of Gmünd used to be.
The Franz-Josefs-Bahn thus brings its rail passengers comfortably from the city of Vienna through the Lower Austrian Weinviertel and Waldviertel. Regional trains run on the route to Sigmundsherberg, Gmünd/České Velenice, St. Pölten and Krems.