A special narrow-gauge railway with four steam locos proceeds from Jenbach to Lake Achensee
Image gallery: Lake Achensee Railway
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.
Contact info
- Bahnhofplatz square 1-3 - 6200 - Jenbach
- +43 5244 62243
- info@achenseebahn.at
Opening times
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Admission
Lake Achensee Railway - round trip (Jenbach-Seespitz, 50 minutes per ride):
€ 45.00 adults
€ 45.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 23.00 children and young people (7-15 years)
€ 15.00 bicycles
€ 10.00 dogs
free for children up to 6 years
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Lake Achensee Railway - round trip for families:
€ 114.00 two adults with children up to 15 years
€ 77.00 one adult with children up to 15 years
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Panorama Train - round trip (Seespitz-Eben, 20 minutes per ride):
€ 16.00 adults
€ 16.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 8.00 children and young people (7-15 years)
free for children up to 6 years
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combined ticket - Lake Achensee Railway and ship trip on Lake Achensee:
€ 68.00 adults
€ 68.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 32.50 children and young people (7-15 years)
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combined ticket for families:
€ 174.00 two adults with children up to 15 years
€ 118.00 one adult with children up to 15 years
More information
Also single rides and combined tickets for the Lake Achensee Railway and the Zillertal Railway available. Dogs are allowed on the train only with muzzle or in a closed dog carry bag. The rides:
* Opening (1st of May to May 9, 2025):
departure from Jenbach at 11.05 am - return ride from Seespitz at 2.20 pm
Panorama Train Seespitz-Eben at 12.05 noon time - return ride at 12.45 noon time
* low season (May 10 to July 4, 2025):
departures from Jenbach at 11 am and 1.15 pm - return rides from Seespitz at 12.10 and 4.35 pm
Panorama Train Seespitz-Eben at 2.25 pm - return ride at 3.05 pm
* high season (July 5 to August 31, 2025):
departures from Jenbach at 9.50 am, 10.45 am, 12.05 noon time, 1.25 pm, and 1.15 pm -
return rides from Seespitz at 11.05 am, 12.25 noon time, 2.20 pm, and 4.35 pm
Panorama Train Seespitz-Eben at 1.10 pm and 3.25 pm - return rides at 1.45 pm and 4 pm
* low season (1st of September to September 28, 2025):
departures from Jenbach at 11 am and 1.15 pm - return rides from Seespitz at 12.10 and 4.35 pm
Panorama Train Seespitz-Eben at 2.25 pm - return ride at 3.05 pm
* late autumn (September 29 to October 25, 2025):
departures from Jenbach at 11 am and 1.02 pm - return rides from Seespitz at 12.05 and 3.57 pm
Panorama Train Seespitz-Eben at 2.07 pm - return ride at 3.07 pm
The railway operates every day from early May to the end of October. The Achenseebahn-Stüberl kiosk in Jenbach offers drinks, snacks and ice cream every day from 8.30 am to 7 pm.
Season start 2025 on the 1st of May.
