page_title: Pöstlingbergbahn
hierarchical_section_title: Pöstlingbergbahn
caption_attribution_description: English: Tram car 501 of the Pöstlingbergbahn at Hauptplatz, on a test trip before the reopening of the line in May 2009 Deutsch: Triebwagen 501 der Pöstlingbergbahn während einer Testfahrt vor der Wiedereröffnung der Strecke am Linzer Hauptplatz.
context_page_description: The Pöstlingbergbahn is a narrow-gauge electric railway, or "mountain tramway", in Linz, Austria. It connects the main square in the centre of Linz with the district of Pöstlingberg, located at the top of a hill at the northern end of the city. Opened in 1898, for 110 years the metre-gauge railway ran from a terminal station in Linz's Urfahr neighbourhood, located across from the terminus of urban tram route 3, to Pöstlingberg. In 2009, service was extended from Urfahr to the city centre. To permit this change, the railway was regauged from 1,000 mm metre gauge to 900 mm and a track connection to the Linz tram network was built. Service was suspended from March 2008 until May 2009 for this work. With a maximum grade of 11.6%, the Pöstlingbergbahn is one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world. There are steeper grades on at least one other tram system, that of Lisbon, but the Pöstlingbergbahn is still among the world's steepest adhesion railways and has the steepest grade of any in Austria.
context_section_description: The Pöstlingbergbahn ([ˈpœstlɪŋˌbɛʁkbaːn] (listen)) is a narrow-gauge electric railway, or "mountain tramway", in Linz, Austria.  It connects the main square in the centre of Linz  with the district of Pöstlingberg, located at the top of a hill (or small mountain) at the northern end of the city. Opened in 1898, for 110 years the metre-gauge railway ran from a terminal station in Linz's Urfahr neighbourhood, located across from the terminus of urban tram route 3, to Pöstlingberg. In 2009, service was extended from Urfahr to the city centre.  To permit this change, the railway was regauged from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge to 900 mm (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆ in) and a track connection to the Linz tram network was built. Service was suspended from March 2008 until May 2009 for this work. With a maximum grade of 11.6%, the Pöstlingbergbahn is one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world.  There are steeper grades on at least one other tram system, that of Lisbon, but the Pöstlingbergbahn is still among the world's steepest adhesion railways and has the steepest grade of any in Austria.
caption: One of the Pöstlingbergbahn's new low-floor tramcars, at Hauptplatz in the city center
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