North railway (Austria)

The North railway (German: Nordbahn) is a two-track, electrified railway line that runs from Vienna, Austria to Břeclav, Czech Republic. It was built by the Emperor Ferdinand North Railway company as a part of the Warsaw-Vienna railway.

Vienna North station in 1908 Wien Nordbahnhof in 2008 (now named Wien Praterstern) North railway in Gänserndorf Dürnkrut Drösing last station in Austria: Bernhardsthal

North railway
A pendolino from Vienna to Prague is crossing the Thaya
Overview
Line number	114 01
Technical
Line length	78,0
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV, 16.7 Hz 25 kV, 50 Hz AC
Operating speed	120 max.
Route map 0,0 Wien Nordf from Wien Praterstern 1,8 Wien Traisengasse Wien Handelskai Donauuferbahn Northern railway bridge 3,7 Wien Strandbäder abandoned 4,8 Wien Floridsdorf to Retz 7,0 Wien Siemensstraße Floridsdorfer Hochbahn von Wien Jedlersdorf 9,2 Wien Leopoldau to Wien Südbf to Laa/Thaya Laaer Ostbahn from Süßenbrunn Entseuchungsbf (decontamination st.) 12,0 Wien Süßenbrunn from Wien Südbf 18,2 Deutsch Wagram 20,8 Helmahof 23,6 Strasshof 27,1 Silberwald 31,5 Gänserndorf 155 m (AA) to Groß-Schweinbarth (–Mistelbach) to Marchegg 33,3 Weikendorf-Dörfles Tallesbrunn 39,8 Angern an der March siding] 43,4 Stillfried 50,1 Dürnkrut 150 m above sea level (AA) 53,3 Jedenspeigen 55,2 Sierndorf an der March 58,5 Drösing 154 m above sea level (AA) to Zistersdorf from Korneuburg siding to ABID AG 64,9 Hohenau 151 m above sea level (AA) 71,0 Rabensburg 73,9 Bernhardsthal Fbf 75,2 Bernhardsthal 77,99 Austria-Czech Republic national border system change 15 kV / 25 kV) Thaya discharge channel from Znojmo and from Lednice from (Bratislava–) Kúty (since 1929) Thaya 83,13 Břeclav to Kúty (till 1929) to Brno to Kraków

External links

• Media related to north railway at Wikimedia Commons