Sopron-Koszeg Railway

Sopron-Koszeg Railway

The Sopron-Koszeg railway line, also known as Burgerlandbahn, is a railway line formerly connecting Sopron and Koszeg, two towns in western Hungary, through Burgenland. It is a single-track partly electrified line, operated by ÖBB (passenger trains) and GySEV (goods trains). Its only connection to the rest of the ÖBB network currently is through Sopron.

Operations on most of the track (between Deutschkreutz and Koszeg) have been ceased in a few stages. As the Iron Curtain has cut off Hungary from Austria, passenger traffic between Rattersdorf-Liebing and Koszeg had to be stopped on 6 October 1951, with goods trains no longer operating since 1 September 1960, with only corridor traffic being allowed.

The track from Oberloisdorf in the direction of Hungary has been dismantled on 28 April 1969. All traffic between Deutschkreutz and Oberloisdorf stopped on 15 December 2013.

Sopron-Koszeg Railway Overview

Sopron-Koszeg Railway Owner: ÖBB
Sopron-Koszeg Railway Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) standard gauge
Sopron-Koszeg Railway Operating Speed: 110 km/h (68 mph)

Sopron-Koszeg Railway Route Map

Mattersburg railway line from Wiener Neustadt

Raaberbahn line from Ebenfurth

-0,205 Start of the line
0,000 Sopron 198 m above sea level (AA)

Raaberbahn line to Gyor

4,811 Harka

RÖEE to Szombathely

6,602 Austria-Hungary national border
7,752 Feuerbach (6,0 m)
9,352 Anschlussbahn Siloanlage Deutschkreutz
9,411 Deutschkreutz 182 m above sea level (AA)
10,210 End of the ÖBB-operated track
10,540 B 62 (41 m)
11,571 B 62 (2 × 16,5 + 1 × 26,0 m)
12,168 Goldbach (5,0 m)
12,168 Bridge (3,0 m)
13,483 Unterpetersdorf 218 m above sea level (AA)
16,432 Anschlussbahn Lagerhaus Horitschon
16,252 Neckenmarkt-Horitschon 245 m above sea level (AA)
18,025 Kuchelbach (15,0 m)
18,959 Raiding-Lackendorf 270 m above sea level (AA)
20,114 Unterfrauenhaid
21,735 B 62 (2 × 18,0 + 1 × 23,5 m)
22,362 Lackenbach 300 m above sea level (AA)
22,389 Anschlussbahn Sägewerk Esterházy
22,666 Lackenbach (9,6 m)
23,146 B 62 (2 × 12,0 + 1 × 17,0 m)
23,872 Goberlingbach (9,5 m)
27,512 Weppersdorf-Kobersdorf 300 m above sea level (AA)
27,785 Brücke (5,7 m)
27,942 Stooberbach (20,0 m)
28,113 Brücke (3,7 m)
28,475 Anschlussbahn
28,729 Tessenbach (5,0 m)
28,888 Markt Sankt Martin 280 m above sea level (AA)
30,483 B 50 (2 × 10,8 + 1 × 17,0 m)
31,265 Neutal
34,046 Stoob
38,535 Gemeindestraße (4,0 m)
38,931 Oberpullendorf 260 m above sea level (AA)
39,280 Gemeindestraße (12,0 m)
42,690 Anschlussbahn Lagerei Handelsges. m.b.H.
42,833 Unterpullendorf 284 m above sea level (AA)
46,745 Oberloisdorf 248 m above sea level (AA)
46,860 End of the track
47,000 Rabnitz (removed)

Line to Bük (removed)

49,8 Mannersdorf a. d. Rabnitz(removed) 322 m above sea level (AA)
52,4 Rattersdorf-Liebing(removed) 291 m above sea level (AA)
53,101 Austria-Hungary national border
~55,7 Brewery(removed) 322 m above sea level (AA)
~60,0 End of the track
57,7 Koszeg

Local line to Szombathely