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Garmisch–Zugspitzplatt
Early photograph from May 1931
Overview
Line number
9540
Locale
Bayern
Service
Route number
11031
Technical
Line length
19.0 km (11.8 mi)
Rack system
Riggenbach
Track gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification
Catenary (1500 V DC)
Operating speed
70 km/h (43 mph) max.
Maximum incline
Adhesion 3.51 % Rack rail 25 %
Route map
Legend
from Munich
0,0
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
705 m
Mittenwald Railway to Innsbruck
1,2
Hausbergbahn
2.0
Rießersee
closed in 1985
3.0
Bridge over the Außerfern Railway
to Kempten (Allgäu)
3.1
Katzenstein Tunnel (75 m)
4.1
Kreuzeck- / Alpspitz Railway
754 m
5.5
Hammersbach
766 m
7.5
Grainau
Start of rack
751 m
Depot
8.4
Crossing loop 1
9.8
Crossing loop 2
10.7
Eibsee
1008 m
11.9
Water tank station
1152 m
13.0
Kleiner Tunnel (70 m)
13.4
Crossing loop 3
1478 m
14.1
Riffelriss
1640 m
14.2
1640 m
15.0
Window 1
1820 m
16.2
Crossing loop 4
2115 m
17.1
Höllental
not realized, now Trafo station
18.1
0.0
2525 m
Zugspitze Tunnel (4466 m)
18.6
Schneefernerhaus
2650 m
Rosi Tunnel (975 m)
0.9
Zugspitzplatt
2588 m
The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (German: Bayerische Zugspitzbahn) is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway. The metre gauge line runs from Garmisch in the centre of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Zugspitzplatt, approximately 300 metres below Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. The line culminates at 2,650 metres above sea level, which makes it the highest railway in Germany and the third highest in Europe. It is also the railway in Europe with the biggest height difference: 1,945 metres, the lower half being open-air and the upper half being underground.
The line is operated by the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG (BZB), whose majority owner is the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Municipal Works. In 2007 the Zugspitze Railway was nominated for a Historic landmarks of civil engineering in Germany [de] award.
The Zugspitze is accessible via the Seilbahn Zugspitze from Eibsee Lake or Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car.
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