Trains & busesOutdoor
Taurachbahn
Mauterndorf · Lungau
1 h 28Route
1×1× free per weekweekly
1× free per week
The black corner means a condition applies.
- · weekly
SourceOfficial SalzburgerLand Card brochure 2025/26 — “Eine freie Fahrt pro Woche”
Nostalgic narrow-gauge steam train between Mauterndorf and St. Andrä through the Lungau. It is the highest narrow-gauge railway in Austria and runs exclusively with old steam locomotives and carriages.
The Taurachbahn is the highest narrow-gauge railway in Austria and runs on narrow tracks through the Lungau, the way it was done in the past. The steam trains run from Mauterndorf to St. Andrä or the other way round. Only old steam locomotives and carriages are used. An outing for young and old.
What visitors say
The narrow-gauge railway between Mauterndorf and the Lungau runs with restored locomotives and carriages and is operated by volunteers, which visitors call the nicest part of the experience. A trip takes about forty minutes in each direction through a quiet mountain landscape; it is mainly enjoyable for children and for anyone who likes old technology, not for anyone who wants to get somewhere quickly. Recurring points of criticism are the prices of food and drink and the soot from the steam locomotive, which lands on your clothes in the open carriages.
- · Do not wear light-coloured clothing if you sit in an open carriage; soot from the locomotive leaves stains.
- · The railway runs only on fixed days during the season, so plan the outing around that.
- · The historic station building in Mauterndorf and the manually operated level crossings are part of the charm; allow time for them.
SourceSummarised from public experiences, 2026-08-15.
Opening hours
- 15/06 to 15/07, Sat, Sun
- 15/07 to 15/08, Fri-Sun
- 15/08 to 15/09, Sat, Sun
What is above was read out of the sentence below by hand; the source itself gave no schedule. Around the start and the end of the season it may be a week out.
“Mitte Juni–Mitte Juli: Sa, So um 14 Uhr; Mitte Juli–Mitte August: Fr, Sa, So um 10 und 14 Uhr; Mitte August–Mitte September: Sa, So um 14 Uhr”
SourceBrochure 2025/26