RS achenseebahn in jenbach
RS achenseebahn in jenbach

Lake Achensee Railway

A special narrow-gauge railway with four steam locos proceeds from Jenbach to Lake Achensee

What the Zillertal Railway is for the Zillertal valley, the Lake Achensee Railway (Achenseebahn) is for Lake Achensee: a particularity and nostalgic transportation. In 1889, only two years after the first steamboat set sail on Lake Achensee, four cogwheel steam locos came into operation. They were named Theodor, Hermann, Georg and Carl. One of them was scrapped after WWII, so until 2005 only the three remaining locomotives were in use. Today, again four locos are in operation.

These oldest cogwheel steam locomotives of Austria each consist of a closed wagon and an open summer wagon. One particularity of the railway is the narrow gauge of 1,000 mm: The distance has always been about 7 km long, it starts at the railway station of Jenbach, the only Austrian train station with three different rail gauges.

From there the steam train is pushed uphill until Eben am Achensee, where the flat journey starts. The train steams and whistles until Seespitz, where the connection to the Lake Achensee Ferry and Cruise Company is possible. Everybody who is interested in trains should visit the Tyrolean Museum Railways in Innsbruck with the Local Railways Museum, only 50 km away.

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Opening times

  • Sun 24 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Mon 25 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Tue 26 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Wed 27 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Thu 28 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Fri 29 Sep 11:00 - 17:00
  • Sat 30 Sep 11:00 - 17:00

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Summer 2023 (24/06/2023 - 17/09/2023)

  • Mon 10:00 - 17:30
  • Tue 10:00 - 17:30
  • Wed 10:00 - 17:30
  • Thu 10:00 - 17:30
  • Fri 10:00 - 17:30
  • Sat 10:00 - 17:30
  • Sun 10:00 - 17:30

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (15/08/2023) 10:00 - 17:30

Autumn start 2023 (18/09/2023 - 08/10/2023)

  • Mon 11:00 - 17:00
  • Tue 11:00 - 17:00
  • Wed 11:00 - 17:00
  • Thu 11:00 - 17:00
  • Fri 11:00 - 17:00
  • Sat 11:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 11:00 - 17:00

Autumn 2023 (09/10/2023 - 29/10/2023)

  • Mon 11:00 - 16:00
  • Tue 11:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 11:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 11:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 11:00 - 16:00
  • Sat 11:00 - 16:00
  • Sun 11:00 - 16:00

Austrian National Day 2023 (26/10/2023) 11:00 - 16:00

Admission

round trip Jenbach-Seespitz:
€ 36.00 adults
€ 36.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 18.00 children and young people (7-15 years)

€ 94.00 family ticket (2 adults with 2 children)
€ 63.00 family ticket (1 adult with 2 children)

one-way Jenbach-Seespitz / Seespitz-Jenbach:
€ 27.00 adults
€ 27.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 13.50 children and young people (7-15 years)

€ 70.00 family ticket (2 adults with 2 children)
€ 47.00 family ticket (1 adult with 2 children)

discount for groups (10 and more persons)

Lake Achensee Short Train - round trip :
€ 13.00 adults
€ 13.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 6.50 children and young people (7-15 years)

€ 32.50 family ticket (2 adults with 2 children)
€ 19.50 family ticket (1 adult with 2 children)

Lake Achensee Short Train - one-way:
€ 9.50 adults
€ 9.50 young people (16-18 years)
€ 5.00 children and young people (7-15 years)

€ 24.00 family ticket (2 adults with 2 children)
€ 14.50 family ticket (1 adult with 2 children)

free for children under 6 years

More information

The additional Short Train (Eben-Seespitz resp. Seespitz-Eben) operates till mid-September 2023, furthermore there are combined tickets for the Lake Achensee Cruise Company and the Lake Achensee Railway as well as for the Zillertal Railway and the Lake Achensee Railway available.

The Lake Achensee Railway operates from April 29 to October 29, 2023, season closure in winter (early November to the end of April). Dogs with muzzle or in a closed transport box.

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