Sopron–Kőszeg railway

The Sopron–Kőszeg railway line, also known as Burgenlandbahn and Günser Bahn, is a railway line formerly connecting Sopron and Kőszeg, two towns in western Hungary, through the Austrian province 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.

Sopron–Kőszeg railway
Overview
OwnerÖBB
Technical
Line length57.7 km (35.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

−0,205
Start of the line
0,000
Sopron
198 m above sea level (AA)
Raaberbahn line to Győr and to Sopron-Rendező shunting yard
from Sopron-Rendező shunting yard
2,600
Sopron-Rendező déli elágazás
4,811
Harka
6,602
AustriaHungary national border
7,752
Feuerbach (6,0 m)
9,352
spur junction silo facility 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
spur junction 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
spur junction Sägewerk Esterházy
22,666
Lackenbach (9,6 m)
23,146
B 62 (2 × 12,0 + 1 × 17,0 m)
23,872
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
spur junction
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
spur junction Lagerei Handelsges. m.b.H.
42,833
Unterpullendorf
284 m above sea level (AA)
line from Bük (removed)
46,745
Oberloisdorf
248 m above sea level (AA)
46,860
End of the track
47,000
Rabnitz (removed)
49,800
Mannersdorf a. d. Rabnitz
(removed)
322 m above sea level (AA)
52,400
Rattersdorf-Liebing
(removed)
291 m above sea level (AA)
53,101
AustriaHungary national border
55,700
Kőszeg-Sörgyár
(removed)
322 m above sea level (AA)
57,500
End of the track
57,700
Kőszeg

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

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