Round scenic trip Vienna to Semmering Pass by Railjet & back from Breitenstein & 20 Schilling Blick

Welcome to the Semmering Pass & 20 Schilling Blick round trip from Vienna, Austria to Semmering Bahnhof by train, walk to the Breitenstein with viaduct views, followed by regional trains back to Vienna.
From Wien Hbf, we will take the Railjet 559 towards Graz and get off at Semmering Bahnhof.
3 hours walk from Semmering to Breitenstein.
Then regional train 91 / R7518 from Breitenstein to Payerbach-Reichenau.
And finally, the connecting Cityjet Xpress 9 / CJX2942 from Payerbach-Reichenau to Wien Hbf
Filmed in February 2024.
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For tickets, visit: Austrian ÖBB atshop.oebbtickets.at
ÖBB Lounge: oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/am-bahnhof/lounges
00:00 Intro
00:30 Trip info
01:13 Vienna station
03:53 Train arrival
04:40 Railjet journey
07:45 Semmering Pass
10:26 Viaducts
12:40 R91 Breitenstein
15:01 Cityjet 9 Payerbach-Reichenau
16:51 Arrival to Vienna
17:54 Semmering scenery outro

[@mayurireddy8196]

Amazing train manufacturing units wonderful work

[@Sacto1654]

The Semmeringbahn route is a major choke point for rail traffic between Vienna and Graz because trains can only go a maximum of around 75 km/h on some of the aharper curves. This is why they are building the Semmering Base Tunnel (something like 27.3 km long!), which will cut the travel time between Vienna and Graz by some 40 minutes. It will be interesting to see what will ÖBB will do with Semmeringbahn; will they keep it as a backup route like what the Swiss did with the Gotthard and Lötschberg lines in Switzerland and the Brenner Pass route between Austria and Italy?

[@Europe-By-Train]

So far ÖBB talks about the new tunnel to be a relief of the Semmering line. Possibly some tourism-oriented and regional services will stay.

[@wolfgangholba6365]

Bahnhof, not Bahnhoff!

[@Europe-By-Train]

A typo, thanks. Corrected where I could.