22-810: The Drava Valley Railway (German: Drautalbahn ) is an east–west railway running along the Drava . It runs from Maribor (where it connects with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway , formerly part of the old Southern Railway — Südbahn ) to Innichen , where it merges into the Puster Valley Railway (German: Pustertalbahn ; Italian: Ferrovia della Val Pusteria) to Franzensfeste (Fortezza). It starts in northern Slovenia , crosses Carinthia and East Tyrol and ends in South Tyrol . The Klagenfurt – Bleiburg section has been rebuilt as part of
44-573: A Villach– Gorizia —branch) was held by another company, which, however, could not raise the capital to build this large project. It still held the concession at the groundbreaking ceremony in Klagenfurt in 1857. This concession then passed to Creditanstalt , which passed part of it (Maribor–Villach) on to the Southern Railway Company. The remaining projects were dropped for the time being. The section from Maribor to Klagenfurt
66-538: A result of the division of the Puster Valley Railway into an Austrian and an Italian part after 1918. The Carinthian Railway ( Kärntner Bahn ) was built as a branch line by the k.k. Priv. Südbahngesellschaft ( Imperial–royal , "privileged"—by the grant of a concession— Southern Railway Company ) and extended from Maribor (then officially referred to under its German name of Marburg) to Villach. The original concession (1856: Maribor–Villach– Brixen with
88-648: Is comparatively dense traffic between Maribor and Ruše . Three pairs of trains run as far as Bleiburg . Some trains run as far as Prevalje . Very few regional trains run on weekends in the summer months. Services are mostly operated with class SZ813/814 railcars, which were built between 1973 and 1976 by Fiat Ferroviaria and TVT Maribor. Services operate from Bleiburg to Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof , many originating in Wolfsberg . Services are operated by push-pull trains powered by class 2016 locomotives or class 5022 diesel multiple units. ÖBB long-distance services on
110-638: Is for the last station in the country mentioned in the source. The sources of the Drava are located at the drainage divide between the market town of Innichen/San Candido and neighbouring Toblach / Dobbiaco in the west, where the Rienz River rises, a tributary of the Adige / Etsch . At Innichen itself the 16+ km Sextner Bach [ de ] , originating near the Sextener Rotwand , joins
132-467: Is navigable for about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Čađavica in Croatia to its mouth. The hydrological parameters of Drava are regularly monitored in Croatia at Botovo , Terezino Polje , Donji Miholjac and Osijek. The Drava's mean annual discharge (Q) at Drávaszabolcs ( Hungary , 77.7 rkm). Period from 1995 to 2023. (m /s) (m /s) Currently, there are 22 hydroelectric power plants on
154-716: Is near the market town of Innichen , in the Puster Valley of South Tyrol , Italy . The river flows eastwards through East Tyrol and Carinthia in Austria into the Styria region of Slovenia . It then turns southeast, passing through northern Croatia and, after merging with its main tributary the Mur , forms most of the border between Croatia and Hungary , before it joins the Danube near Osijek , in Croatia. In ancient times
176-580: The Dravis or Dravus , is a river in southern Central Europe . With a length of 710 km , or 724 km , if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube , after the Tisza , Sava , Prut , Mureș and likely Siret . The Drava drains an area of about 40,154 square kilometers. Its mean annual discharge is seasonally 500 m³/s to 670 m³/s . Its source
198-1004: The Isel (contributes 39 m /s), the Möll (25 m /s), the Lieser [ de ] (22 m /s), the Gurk (30 m /s) and the Lavant (12 m /s) in Austria, and the Mur (166 m /s) near Legrad at the Croatian–Hungarian border. Its main right tributaries (from the south) are the Gail (45 m /s) in Austria, the Meža (12 m /s) and Dravinja (11 m /s) in Slovenia, and the Bednja (? m /s) in Croatia. Mean discharge
220-758: The Koralm Railway , which follows the Jaun Valley Railway ( Jauntalbahn ) from Bleiburg. Like the rest of the line in Slovenia, this section of the line has one track and is unelectrified. The line now called the Drava Valley Railway consists of the Carinthian Railway (Maribor– Villach ), the original Drava Valley Railway (Villach– Lienz ) and the eastern part of the original Puster Valley Railway (which extended from Lienz to Franzensfeste). It received its current name as
242-776: The Puster Valley Railway and the Brenner Railway and were hauled by class 1216 locomotives. Since the 2014/15 timetable change, fourteen FLIRT trains have been running every hour from Lienz to Franzensfeste, with interchange to services to Innsbruck or Bolzano (Bozen). The six-part ETR170 sets are equipped for operation under 3 kV DC (Italy) and 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC (Austria). Drava The Drava or Drave ( German : Drau , pronounced [ˈdʁaʊ] ; Slovene : Drava [ˈdɾàːʋa] ; Croatian : Drava [drǎːʋa] ; Hungarian : Dráva [ˈdraːvɒ] ; Italian : Drava [ˈdraːva] ), historically known as
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#1732779919679264-744: The Rötspitze , the Isel (ca. 64 km) is also longer than the combined Drava and Sextner Bach (ca. 60 km) to that point. The river then flows east into Carinthia at Oberdrauburg . The river separates the Kreuzeck range of the High Tauern in the north and the Gailtal Alps in the south, passes the Sachsenburg narrows and the site of the ancient city of Teurnia , before it reaches
286-607: The Vienna – Villach , Vienna– Lienz and Klagenfurt– Salzburg routes are also operated on the Klagenfurt – Spittal an der Drau section. These RJ, EC, IC or EN services are pulled or pushed by class 1144 , 1116 and 1216 locomotives. Modern railcars of class 4024 are also operated as REX, R or S-Bahn services on the electrified section. Until the 2013/14 timetable change, there were two daily ÖBB direct connections from Lienz to Innsbruck , which were run as transit trains over
308-510: The Drava. The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters: The Drava is one of the most exploited rivers in the world in terms of hydropower , with almost 100% of its water potential energy being exploited. As the region of the river is a place of exceptional biodiversity , this raises several ecological concerns, together with other forms of exploitation such as use of river deposits. Maribor railway station Maribor railway station ( Slovene : Železniška postaja Maribor )
330-614: The Southern Railway and the Brenner Railway . This was done with the construction of the old Drava Valley Railway and the Puster Valley Railway , both of which were opened on 20 November 1871. The Villach–Franzensfeste section was built with financial support from the state. After the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy , the line suddenly lay in three different states and thus lost its historical unity. With
352-727: The division of the Puster Valley Railway, its Austrian section was merged with the old Drava Valley Railway and the Carinthian Railway to form the current Drava Valley Railway, while the Italian Puster Valley Railway kept its name. The Austrian section still ends a few kilometres from Maribor. Between the junction with the Rosen Valley Railway in Klagenfurt and the junction with the Rudolf Railway towards Tarvisio in Villach, it became part of
374-814: The new southern line. Since the junction with the Lavant Valley Railway ( Lavanttalbahn ) was in Dravograd ( Unterdrauburg ) in Slovenia, trains between the Jaun Valley and Klagenfurt had to run as transit traffic until the Jaun Valley Railway ( Jauntalbahn ), which provides a route through Austria, was built in the 1960s. Services of the Slovenian Railways run on the Slovenian section from Monday to Friday. There
396-548: The river was known as Dravus or Draus in Latin , and in Greek as Δράος and Δράβος. Medieval attestations of the name include Dravis ( c. AD 670), Drauva (in 799), Drauus (in 811), Trauum (in 1091), and Trah (in 1136). The name is pre-Roman and pre-Celtic, but probably of Indo-European origin, from the root *dreu̯- 'flow'. The river gives its name to the dravite species of tourmaline . The Carpis (Greek: Κάρπίς)
418-558: The town of Spittal an der Drau . Downstream of Villach , it runs along the northern slopes of the Karawanks to Ferlach and Lavamünd . The Drava passes into Slovenia at Gorče near Dravograd , from where it runs for 142 kilometres (88 mi) via Vuzenica , Muta , Ruše , and Maribor to Ptuj and the border with Croatia at Ormož . The river then passes Varaždin , Belišće and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary. It
440-489: The ~2 km long source creek. The river than flows eastwards and after 8 kilometres crosses into East Tyrol in Austria. At Lienz it flows into the Isel , sourced from the glaciers of the Venediger and Glockner Groups . The Isel (average discharge 39 m³/s) is almost three times larger than the Drava (14 m³/s) where they meet and, starting from the source of its tributary Schwarzach [ de ] under
462-728: Was a river which, according to Herodotus, flowed from the upper country of the Ombricans northward into the Ister (Danube), whence it has been supposed that this river is the same as the Dravus. The Drava (along with one of its tributaries, the Slizza ) and the Spöl are the only two rivers originating in Italy that belong to the Danube drainage basin . Its main left tributaries (from the north) are
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#1732779919679484-403: Was opened on 1 June 1863. The line was then opened to Villach on 30 May 1864. The line was electrified and double-tracked between Klagenfurt and Villach in the 1960s. An extension was not initially considered. It was only because of political and strategic considerations that the decision was made later to build a connection from Villach via Lienz to Franzensfeste to establish a link between
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