{"id":7673,"date":"2026-05-03T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:49:37","slug":"zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Semmering Railway by foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7673  gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_093604\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_093604-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View from Semmering towards Schneeberg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_100501\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_100501-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Grand Semmering\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_101609\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_101609-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View of Pollereswand from Doppelreiterwarte\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_101840\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_101840-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View of Weinzettlwand from Doppelreiterwarte\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_103607\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_103607-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"20-Schilling-Blick\" 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alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Semmering Railway Trail\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_120659\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_120659-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Krauselklause viaduct\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_123533\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_123533-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Weinzettlwand tunnel\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_124952\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_124952-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Breitenstein-Blick\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_131704\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_131704-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Semmering-Blick\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_135234\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_135234-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View towards Klamm\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_135623\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_135623-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Gamperlgraben viaduct\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_145034\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_145034-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Semmering Railway\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_145819\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_145819-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View towards Sonnwendstein\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/zu-fuss-mit-entlang-der-semmeringbahn\/20260503_151203\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260503_151203-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"&quot;Weg&quot; (&quot;Path&quot;) in the forest\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"footnote-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p>\n<a name=\"footnt1\">(*)<\/a>&nbsp;Eine Dampflok w\u00e4re zwar noch netter gewesen, aber man will ja nicht unbescheiden sein.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a name=\"footnt2\">(**)<\/a>&nbsp;Vielleicht ist die Steinschlaggefahr aber auch bei Schlechtwetter am gr\u00f6\u00dften, und es wird nicht damit gerechnet, dass da dann Wanderer unterwegs sind?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. (*)&nbsp;Eine Dampflok w\u00e4re zwar noch netter gewesen, aber man will ja nicht unbescheiden sein. (**)&nbsp;Vielleicht ist die Steinschlaggefahr aber auch bei Schlechtwetter am gr\u00f6\u00dften, und es wird nicht damit gerechnet, dass da dann Wanderer unterwegs sind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[138,200,85,58],"class_list":["post-7673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vienna","tag-alps","tag-train","tag-unesco-world-heritage","tag-hiking","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}