Rail journey · Lower Austria & Styria

Semmering Railway

The world's first mountain railway built across a true mountain range (1854) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site: stone viaducts and tunnels climbing the Semmering Pass between Vienna and Graz.

ÖBB All year; winter adds snow on the viaducts

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Semmering Railway · Haeferl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at

Typical time1 h 30 min

Route length25 miles

FromGloggnitz

ToMürzzuschlag

The ride

What you'll see

19th-century viaducts still in daily use

Semmering Pass at about 1,000 m

Views over the Rax and Schneeberg massifs

Station buildings by Carl Ritter von Ghega's team

The route

Station by station

Gloggnitz
Semmering
Breitenstein
Mürzzuschlag

Route sketch · station coordinates · not to scale

Before you go

Good to know

Regional trains stop at the smaller halts — best for hopping off at viewpoints.

A new base tunnel under construction may change local patterns — check ÖBB before travelling.

Walk sections of the old Semmering road path between stations for viaduct views.

Typical times and distances are for guidance only — check the operator's timetable before you travel.

Photography credits

Semmering Railway — Haeferl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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