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Semmering railway

The Semmering railway in , which starts at and leads over the to , was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kartnerkogel viaduct and Wolfsbergkogel railway station.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop, which is situated 110 metres northwest of Semmering railway.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Semmering and Maria Schutz.

Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an alpine pass connecting and . The railway is a UNESCO world heritage site as it is the first high alpine mountain railway.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km east of Semmering railway.

Village
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is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the state of . is situated 3½ km east of Semmering railway.

Semmering railway

Latitude
47.64878° or 47° 38′ 56″ north
Longitude
15.82797° or 15° 49′ 41″ east
Elevation
890 metres (2,920 feet)
Open location code
8FVQJRXH+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 963592527
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
8260552
Wiki­data ID
Q259313
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Semmering railway” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hekurudha Semmering”
  • Arabic: “سكة حديد سيمرنغ”
  • Armenian: “Զեմերինգի երկաթուղի”
  • Bavarian: “Semmaringbauhn”
  • Bavarian: “Semmaringbaun”
  • Belarusian: “Земерынгская чыгунка”
  • Bosnian: “Semmeringbahn”
  • Catalan: “Línia de ferrocarril de Semmering”
  • Chinese: “塞默灵铁路”
  • Chinese: “塞默靈鐵路”
  • Croatian: “Semmeringbahn”
  • Czech: “Horská dráha Semmering”
  • Danish: “Semmeringbahn”
  • Dutch: “Semmeringspoorlijn”
  • Esperanto: “Semeringa fervojo”
  • Estonian: “Semmeringi raudtee”
  • Finnish: “Semmeringin rautatie”
  • French: “Ligne de chemin de fer de Semmering”
  • French: “ligne de Semmering”
  • Georgian: “ზემერინგის რკინიგზა”
  • German: “Semmeringbahn”
  • German: “Südbahnstrecke Semmering-Bahn (Gloggnitz-Mürzzuschlag)”
  • Greek: “Σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Ζέμερινγκ”
  • Hebrew: “מסילת זמרינג”
  • Hungarian: “Semmering-vasút”
  • Hungarian: “Semmeringbahn”
  • Hungarian: “Semmeringi vasút”
  • Indonesian: “Jalur kereta api Semmering”
  • Italian: “ferrovia del Semmering”
  • Italian: “Ferrovia del Semmering”
  • Japanese: “ゼメリング鉄道”
  • Japanese: “ゼンメリング鉄道”
  • Korean: “제머링 철도”
  • Korean: “제머링반”
  • Latvian: “Zemmeringas dzelzceļš”
  • Lithuanian: “Zemeringo geležinkelis”
  • Macedonian: “Семериншка железница”
  • Maltese: “Linja ferrovjarja ta’ Semmering”
  • Mingrelian: “ზემერინგიშ რკინაშშარა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Semmeringbanen”
  • Norwegian: “Semmeringbanen”
  • Persian: “سمرینگ (راه آهن)”
  • Persian: “سمرینگ”
  • Polish: “linia kolejowa Semmering”
  • Polish: “Linia kolejowa Semmering”
  • Portuguese: “Via Férrea de Semmering”
  • Romanian: “Calea ferată Semmering”
  • Russian: “Земмерингская железная дорога”
  • Serbian: “Земериншка железница”
  • Serbian: “Семериншка железница”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Semmeringbahn”
  • Slovak: “Semmeringská železnica”
  • Slovak: “Semmerinská železnica”
  • Slovenian: “Železniška proga čez Semmering”
  • Spanish: “Ferrocarril de Semmering”
  • Swedish: “Semmeringbanan”
  • Turkish: “Semmering Demiryolu”
  • Ukrainian: “Земмерінгбан”
  • Ukrainian: “Земмерінгська залізниця”
  • Vietnamese: “Tuyến đường sắt Semmering”
  • Yue Chinese: “塞默靈鐵路”

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