Bosnian-gauge railways are railways with track gauge of 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ). These were found extensively in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as a standardised form of narrow gauge . The name is also used for lines of the same gauge outside Bosnia, for example in Austria. Similar track gauges are the 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) and 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) gauge.
16-479: The Zillertal Railway or Zillertalbahn is a 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) gauge independent railway running along the valley of the river Ziller ( Zillertal ) in Tyrol, Austria . The 32 kilometres (20 mi) line starts in Jenbach and terminates in Mayrhofen . Running through a valley in a high-amenity rural area, the line is used by tourists and for commuter transport by local people. Railway enthusiasts from all over
32-612: Is a siding to serve a timber company. In 2010 the annual freight traffic amounted to 320,000 tonnes, predominantly in connection with the forest products industry. 1.54 million passengers were carried in that year, a half-hourly service (of train and bus journeys combined) being introduced. Some of the Zillertal Railway's redundant rolling stock was donated by the railway to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Wales . In July 2019
48-454: The 1878 Berlin Congress permitted Austria-Hungary to occupy and govern Bosnia-Herzegovina instead of Turkey, the 190 km (120 mi) long Brod – Zenica military railway was built to support manoeuvres and supply troops. It was completed in 1879, using the 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) temporary tracks and rolling stock used during the construction of
64-594: The Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the time of their introduction, the Bosnia-Herzegovian National Railways ' 2-4-2 express locomotives of 1894-96 were the fastest narrow gauge locomotives in Europe, with a 60 km/h (37 mph) permitted top speed. The establishment of the fast-growing network, whose length by the start of the 20th centuries exceeded 1,000 km (620 mi) making it
80-652: The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway announced that it had signed a contract with the Zillertalbahn to hire newly overhauled U-class 0-6-2T locomotive, No. 2 'Zillertal', for approximately two years. The Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG (ZVB) is (2010) owned by the Jenbach Marktgemeinde (i.e. local government unit) and other local communities (61%); individual shareholders (34%); and the Austrian state (5%). In 2018,
96-588: The ZVB unveiled its plans to move away from the ageing diesel trainsets in favour of hydrogen-powered units by 2025. The Zillertalbahn will then be the first fully hydrogen-powered small-gauge railway in the world. Hydrogen will be produced locally in Mayrhofen, where fuelling will take place in an all-new station. The five hydrogen-fuelled trainsets were set to achieve operational status by 2022, but financing issues postponed operation to winter 2024/25. Plans for an alteration of
112-519: The Zillertalbahn became the first railway in Austria to use "Zugfunk"—train control by radio. In 1976 extraction of magnesium ore from Tux came to an end; this traffic had been an important source of income for the line since 1928. Since 2005, points on the line have been operated remotely from the Jenbach Control Centre using fibre-optic technology. As a consequence of the valley's shape,
128-434: The main line network are carried on transporter wagons . In Jenbach the Zillertal Railway meets the ÖBB standard gauge line between Salzburg and Innsbruck and the metre gauge Achensee Railway . Jenbach is the only location in Austria where railways of three different track-gauges meet. The line was opened on 31 July 1902, serving the needs of residents of the upper Ziller valley and giving them access to Jenbach and
144-550: The main line railway in the Inn Valley. In 1956 the present day company name, Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG, (i.e. The Zillertaler Transport Company ) was adopted when the company absorbed a local bus operation that had been founded in 1935. In 1965 the line was extended by 2.5 km to bring materials and equipment to a power station; the extension line has subsequently been removed once more. However at that time two diesel locomotives and some transporter wagons were acquired and
160-536: The once largest interconnected narrow gauge network in Europe, secured a high reputation for the Monarchy's engineering corps amongst international professional circles. It was the success of the Bosnian narrow gauge net which gave impetus after the turn of the century to the large-scale building of 760 mm gauge lines across other territories of the Monarchy. The technical solutions pioneered there were used later on all
176-470: The railway follows the river Ziller, as does the main road ( Zillertalstraße ). Both road and rail remain mostly on the eastern "right" bank. It is single track for most of the route, broadening to two or even three tracks in some stations. Road crossings are mostly level, some protected by barriers. The sections Ramsau–Hippach–Zell am Ziller (3.33 km) and Kaltenbach-Stumm–Angersbach–Ahrnbach (2.0 km) have been made double track. At Fügen -Hart there
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#1732870012007192-420: The recently finished Timisoara – Oršava line. The Zenica – Sarajevo extension opened in 1882, with a loading gauge the same as that used on 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge railways, which was thought to be sufficient for general traffic including passenger services. The Brod–Zenica–Sarajevo Bosna Bahn provided the basis for the narrow-gauge railway network which
208-400: The road. However, further financing issues have postponed the proposed infrastructure modernisations indefinitely. As of January 2023, no construction works have commenced, nor have any of the hydrogen-powered trainsets been ordered. 47°13′53″N 11°52′53″E / 47.23139°N 11.88139°E / 47.23139; 11.88139 Bosnian gauge After a British proposal
224-543: The trajectory were also announced. The section Aschau - Zell am Ziller will be completely replaced by a trajectory that more closely follows the Ziller river and directly connects to the Zillertaler ARENA skiing lifts near Zell am Ziller. Moreover, the historic Zillerbrücke will be bypassed and is destined for use by pedestrians and cyclists only. The section that runs through Zell am Ziller will be levelled and incorporated into
240-404: The world are attracted to it because of its use of steam engines and its small track gauge . Most of the passenger train services operate using modern diesel locomotives and railcars but the Zillertal Railway also has several steam locomotives which are used with heritage verandah rolling stock for special trains targeting tourists. Goods traffic is carried; standard gauge wagons to and from
256-618: Was later established in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In barely two decades a national 760 mm network was built. By the 1890s this stretched through Mostar to the Dalmatian border at Metkovic, and to Gruž , a suburb of Dubrovnik , on the coast of the Adriatic Sea . This narrow gauge main line carried much heavier traffic than many of the minor 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge main lines across
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