Landeck-Zams railway station

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Landeck-Zams
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General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 20
A-6500 Landeck
Austria
Coordinates 47°08′54″N10°34′42″E / 47.148472°N 10.578472°E / 47.148472; 10.578472
Elevation776 m (2,546 ft)
Owned by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
WESTbahn
Line(s) Arlberg railway
Platforms3
Connections
  • S-Bahn: S1 S2
  • Bus: regional lines
History
Opened1 June 1883 (1883-06-01)
Electrified19 December 1923 (1923-12-19)
Services
Preceding station Logo OBB.svg ÖBB Following station
St. Anton am Arlberg
towards Zürich HB
Railjet Express Ötztal
Ötztal
Ötztal
Langen am Arlberg
towards Bregenz
Imst-Pitztal
Railjet Imst-Pitztal
towards Innsbruck Hbf
St. Anton am Arlberg
towards Zürich HB
EuroCity Ötztal
towards Graz Hbf
EuroNight
Innsbruck Hbf
towards Zagreb
Bludenz
towards Zürich HB
Innsbruck Hbf
EuroNight Innsbruck Hbf
towards Praha hl.n.
St. Anton am Arlberg
towards Zürich HB
Nightjet Innsbruck Hbf
towards Graz Hbf
Bludenz
towards Zürich HB
Nightjet
Innsbruck Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
Langen am Arlberg
towards Bregenz
Nightjet Imst-Pitztal
towards Wien Hbf
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
St. Anton am Arlberg
towards Münster Hbf
ICE 32 Ötztal
towards Innsbruck Hbf
Preceding station Westbahn-logo-pantone.svg Following station
St. Anton am Arlberg
toward Lindau-Insel
WESTbahn Imst-Pitztal
Preceding station Tyrol S-Bahn Following station
Terminus REX 1 Schönwies
towards Innsbruck Hbf
Location
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Landeck-Zams
Location in Austria
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Landeck-Zams
Landeck-Zams (Tyrol, Austria)
Landeck-Zams railway station

Landeck-Zams railway station, formerly Landeck, is a railway station in the city of Landeck, in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located on the Arlberg railway between Innsbruck and Bludenz. It is frequented by more than 2000 travellers a day, [1] whereby a majority of them are commuters that are working or studying in Innsbruck.

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Operation

trackage of Landeck-Zams Abstellgruppe Bf Landeck-Zams.jpg
trackage of Landeck-Zams

Beside its function as an important commuter station, Landeck-Zams also serves as an important station for the operations flow on the Arlberg line, since the ramp section of Europe's most difficult mountain railway (max. 26 ‰ on the east- and 31 ‰ on the west-ramp) starts in Landeck. Therefore, banking engines are often coupled (or decoupled) to heavy freight- or passenger trains. Even the Orient Express takes a short stop in Landeck for this reason.

Because of the single track design of the mountain section of the line, a closing between Bludenz and Landeck (sometimes Ötztal) can be necessary in exceptional cases (maintenance works or natural disasters). Passenger transport is then adopted by a rail replacement service. For this reason the station forecourt of Landeck is laid out for offering parking space to enough coaches if necessary.

Services

departing InterCityExpress next to a regional train in Landeck-Zams OBB 4011 und 4024 in Landeck.jpg
departing InterCityExpress next to a regional train in Landeck-Zams

Rail services

The most important connections are the bihourly running ÖBB-EuroCity trains from Basel and Zürich, respectively Bregenz to Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West). Regional trains are only going eastbound to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Hall in Tirol since the regional traffic between Landeck and St. Anton was completely abandoned and displaced by an improved coach service. Once a day there is also a connection to Dortmund or Münster in Germany.

In the winter season the station of Landeck is additionally frequented by ski-trains, predominantly from Denmark and the Netherlands. This trains are often stabled in Landeck for the holiday duration of their passengers.

Bus services

From the station forecourt, which is equipped with a guidance system, are departing urban buses (Landeck–Landeck-Zams Sinnbild Eisenbahn.svg Zams) as well as regional lines.

The following lines depart from Landeck-Zams:

See also

References

  1. "(untitled)". Tirol.com (in German). Archived from the original on March 3, 2008.