As the readers of this blog may have noticed, I do like trains. Today, I not only travelled by train, but also explored a (very special) railway line on foot: I hiked the (Lower Austrian section of) the Semmering Railway Trail, from Semmering to Payerbach-Reichenau.
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.
![View from Semmering towards Schneeberg [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_093604-150x150.jpg)
![Grand Semmering [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_100501-150x150.jpg)
![View of Pollereswand from Doppelreiterwarte [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_101609-150x150.jpg)
![View of Weinzettlwand from Doppelreiterwarte [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_101840-150x150.jpg)
![20-Schilling-Blick [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_103607-150x150.jpg)
![Adlitzgraben viaduct [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_111010-150x150.jpg)
![Semmering Railway Trail [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_113355-150x150.jpg)
![Krauselklause viaduct [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_120659-150x150.jpg)
![Weinzettlwand tunnel [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_123533-150x150.jpg)
![Breitenstein-Blick [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_124952-150x150.jpg)
![Semmering-Blick [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_131704-150x150.jpg)
![View towards Klamm [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_135234-150x150.jpg)
![Gamperlgraben viaduct [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_135623-150x150.jpg)
![Semmering Railway [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_145034-150x150.jpg)
![View towards Sonnwendstein [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_145819-150x150.jpg)
!["Weg" ("Path") in the forest [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503_151203-150x150.jpg)