Scenic route
Mittenwaldbahn
Munich → Innsbruck · Germany · Austria
- Distance
- 165 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 05 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- ÖBB · DB
- Train
- ÖBB 4024 · DB 442
- Countries
- Germany, Austria
- In service since
- 1912
- Highest point
- 1,185 m
Munich to the Tyrol over the Karwendel — the electrified 1912 Mittenwaldbahn climbs from Garmisch through Alpine meadows and horseshoe curves to the Seefeld saddle before dropping into Innsbruck.
The Mittenwaldbahn, or Karwendelbahn, was one of the first railways in the Alps built for electric traction, opened in 1912 between Innsbruck and Garmisch. Trains from Munich run through Garmisch-Partenkirchen, past the Zugspitze massif and the walled town of Mittenwald, then climb to the Seefeld plateau at 1,185 m before spiralling down to Innsbruck through galleries cut in the Karwendel’s cliffs.
Along the way
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Mittenwald’s frescoed houses
- Seefeld plateau (1,185 m)
- Karwendel cliff galleries
- Descent into the Inn valley at Innsbruck
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