Waldviertel Railway, Austria, 2015
Welcome to the Waldviertel Railway! Gmund, Sun 1 February 2015. This new station was opened in May 2014 by the Lower Austria Public Transport Organisation (NOVOG). From the station two 76cm gauge branches run, one south to Gross Gerungs (43km), the other north to Litschau (25km). NOVOG operates trains to Gross Gerungs May - October inclusive, and to Litschau June - September inclusive. Most use diesel railcars. Steam or diesel locos haul nostalgia trains to Gross Gerungs on Saturdays and to Litschau on Sundays. The Litschau line had closed to passengers in 1986, and to freight in 1992. Austrian Federal Rlys (OBB) closed the Gross Gerungs line in May 2001. NOVOG started operations in June 2001 and they have continued ever since. A preservation society had already started operations between Heidenreichstein and Alt Nagelberg, on the Litschau line, in 1993.
