The ÖBB Tauern tunnel between Carinthia and Salzburg will be closed for a month due to “urgent and unavoidable maintenance work”. As announced by ÖBB, the ban applies from April 12 to May 17, 2023.
Both long-distance passenger traffic and freight traffic will be diverted over a large area, and the Tauernbahn car lock will also not operate during this period. A rail replacement bus service will be set up between Bad Gastein and Mallnitz-Obervellach. Between Schwarzach-St.Veit and Dorfgastein/Bad Hofgastein/Bad Gastein, rail replacement buses run in both directions with corresponding intermediate stops along the route. Mallnitz-Obervellach will continue to be approached on the south ramp. In addition, there are timetable changes during this period: Long-distance trains from Klagenfurt in the direction of Salzburg have a departure time brought forward by up to 30 minutes. In the opposite direction, a delay of at least 30 minutes must be expected.
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