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National

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
heavy rail	standard	RH (see below)	15kV 16.7Hz AC overhead

Rule of the Road
Following a switch from LH to RH on many lines around Wien on 6 August 2012, LH operation is now restricted to:

Payerbach-Reichenau - Bruck an der Mur - Graz - border
Wien Hbf - Süssenbrunn junctions
Wien Franz-Josefsbf - Tulln - Absdorf-Hippersdorf

Wien Hbf - Süssenbrunn and Wien Franz-Josefsbf - Tulln - Absdorf-Hippersdorf are expected to switch to RH operation in 2015.

Lines with LH operation up to 6 August 2012 were:

Wien Südbf - Wiener Neustadt - Payerbach-Reichenau
Wien Meidling - S-Bahn tunnel - Floridsdorf - Bernhardsthal / Wolkersdorf / Stockerau
Wien Rennweg - Flughafen Wien
Abzw Hütteldorf 1 - Inzersdorf - Oberlaa
Wampersdorf - Wiener Neustadt Hbf

Wien, Niederösterreich, Burgenland

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Wien: U-Bahn, main system	standard	RH	750V DC 3rd rail
Wien: U-Bahn, line U6	standard	RH	750V DC overhead
Wien: trams	standard	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
Wiener Lokalbahn	standard	RH, stubs	850V DC overhead	runs over Wien tram system to city centre
Mariazellerbahn	760mm	n/a	6.6kV 25Hz AC overhead
Ybbstalbahn	760mm	n/a	none
Gmünd narrow-gauge	760mm	n/a	none
Schneebergbahn	metre, Abt rack	n/a	none
GySEV (heavy rail)	standard	RH	25kV 50Hz AC overhead

Oberösterreich

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Linz: trams	900mm	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
Linz: Pöstlingbergbahn	900mm	n/a, double-ended	600V DC overhead	formerly metre gauge
StH: Linzer Lokalbahn (LiLo)	standard	n/a	750V DC overhead
StH: Lambach - Vorchdorf-Eggenburg	standard	n/a	750V DC overhead
StH: Lambach - Haag am Hausruck	standard	n/a	750V DC overhead	leased from ÖBB
StH: Vorchdorf-Eggenburg - Gmunden Seebf	metre	n/a	750V DC overhead
StH: Vöcklamarkt - Attersee	metre	n/a	750V DC overhead
StH: Gmunden: trams	metre	n/a, stubs	600V DC overhead

StH Electrification:
The Stern & Hafferl website states a voltage of 750V for all the light rail lines, in contrast to the 800V given by many reference sources.
The Lambach - Haag am Hausruck route now has no passenger services; trains formerly ran under the standard 15kV 16.7Hz AC between Lambach and the junction at Neukirchen bei Lambach, and were therefore operated by dual-voltage stock, or 750V stock with converter vehicles.

Steiermark

System	Track	Route	Electrification
Graz: trams	standard	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
GKB	standard	n/a	none
StLB: Feldbach - Bad Gleichenberg	standard	n/a	1800V DC overhead
StLB: Gleisdorf - Weiz	standard	n/a	none
StLB: Peggau-Deutschfeistritz - Übelbach	standard	n/a	15kV 16.7Hz AC overhead
StLB: Murtalbahn	760mm	n/a	none

Salzburg

System	Track	Route	Electrification
SLB	standard	n/a	1000V DC overhead
Pinzgaubahn	760mm	n/a	none
Schafbergbahn	metre, Abt rack	n/a	none

Tirol

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Innsbruck: city trams	metre	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
Innsbruck: Stubaitalbahn	metre	n/a, stubs	850V DC overhead	runs over city tram system to centre
Zillertalbahn	760mm	n/a	none
Achenseebahn	metre, Riggenbach rack	n/a	none	tourist line in national timetable

Vorarlberg

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Montafonerbahn	standard	n/a	15kV 16.7Hz AC overhead