ÖBB puts new Rauchmühl rail bridge in Innsbruck into service

ÖBB replaced the more than 60-year-old steel railway bridge at Rauchmühle in eastern Innsbruck, which carried about 270 trains a day on the western main line (Weststrecke), with a concrete bridge. The deck (about 1,400 tonnes including auxiliary structures, 29 m span, 325 m²) was cast beside Hallerstrasse and moved about 100 metres across the road onto its abutments on 18 January 2026 using self-propelled transporters. The line between Rum and Innsbruck Hbf was closed from 7 January 2026 (23 days, up to 90 replacement buses); after a load test with two locomotives on 29 January 2026, about 270 trains a day were due to run over the new bridge again from 30 January 2026, and ÖBB gives no cost figure (LOK Report, 29 Jan 2026).