The Achensee Railway (German: Achenseebahn, pronounced[ˈaːxn̩zeːˌbaːn]]ⓘ) is a 6.78 kilometres (4.21 mi) long metre gauge railway running between Jenbach (47°23′19″N11°46′41″E / 47.3886°N 11.7781°E / 47.3886; 11.7781 (Jenbach station)) and Seespitz (47°25′33″N11°43′47″E / 47.4258°N 11.7298°E / 47.4258; 11.7298 (Seespitz station)) on Lake Achen in Tyrol (Austria). Within its length it rises some 440 metres (1,444 ft) in height, with the steeper sections using the Riggenbach rack system. It is Europe's oldest cog railway which is still steam operated.[1]
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The AchenseeRailway (German: Achenseebahn, pronounced [ˈaːxn̩zeːˌbaːn]] ) is a 6.78 kilometres (4.21 mi) long metre gauge railway running between Jenbach...
Inn Valley railway, which passes through the station. Jenbach also has two terminating narrow gauge lines - the metre gauge AchenseeRailway, and the 760 mm...
Lake Achen (German: Achensee) is a lake in Austria, north of Jenbach in Tyrol. Lake Achen is also called "Fjord of the Alps" and "Tyrolean Sea". The largest...
Jenbach the Zillertal Railway meets the ÖBB standard gauge line between Salzburg and Innsbruck and the metre gauge AchenseeRailway. Jenbach is the only...
produced the narrow gauge geared steam cog locomotives operated on the AchenseeRailway. Vertical boilered "coffee-pot" locomotives were often geared, though...
Bus connections are available in Lenggries and Tegernsee to Karwendel, Achensee, Rofan and the Ski slopes on Wendelstein Sudelfeld [de], and Brauneck....
Pertisau is a small village on the Achensee Lake in the Tyrol region of Austria. Pertisau is in the Schwaz (district). It is located in the Karwendel Alpine...
dialect tend to pronounce "Jenbach" as "Jembåch". Buch bei Jenbach, Eben am Achensee, Stans, Wiesing. The earliest dwellings in Jenbach date back to the end...
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are possibilities for multi-day walks through the Karwendel towards the Achensee. Together with eleven other towns Seefeld is a member of the community...
Germany. Hinterriß and Eng (parts of the communes of Vomp and Eben am Achensee in Tyrol, Austria) are functional exclaves accessible by road only from...
Otto Slezak, 2. edition, Slezak, Vienna 1992. ISBN 3-85416-193-X Jenbach-Achensee; Slezak, Vienna 1993. Wiener Straßenbahn-Panorama. Bilder aus der Zeit...
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