Donauuferbahn (Wachau)

The Donauuferbahn (lit. 'Danube bank railway line') is a railway line in Lower Austria. It runs 108 km from Krems an der Donau to Mauthausen, near St. Valentin. The line is no longer contiguous; 21.9 km in the middle between Weins and Weitenegg has been abandoned. Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operates services on the western end; NÖVOG operates seasonal services on the eastern end.

Route
The eastern end of the Donauuferbahn is at Krems an der Donau railway station, where it meets the Absdorf-Hippersdorf–Krems an der Donau railway line and Herzogenburg–Krems railway line. From there, the line runs 38.3 km west along the north bank of the Danube to Weitenegg. This part of the line is also known as the Wachaubahn after the Wachau valley.

Between Weitenegg and Weins the line is abandoned. The track resumes at Weins, although is freight-only until St. Nikola-Struden. The line continues running west, following the river, until Mauthausen, where it connects with the St. Valentin–České Budějovice railway line. That line is now abandoned north of Mauthausen; the remainder runs south, crossing the Danube to reach St. Valentin railway station.

Operation
On the eastern end, NÖVOG runs seasonal trains between Krems an der Donau and Emmersdorf an der Donau. this service consists of four round-trips per day on weekends between March and May, increasing to daily service between May and November.

On the western end, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operates hourly Regionalzug services between St. Nikola-Struden and St. Valentin railway station. On weekdays, every other service runs as a Regional-Express to, bypassing St. Valentin.