International Rhine Regulation Railway

The railway opened in 1892. It is constructed to 750 mm gauge ( gauge) and is partially electrified at 750 V DC using overhead lines. As its name suggests, the railway's original purpose was to assist in the engineering works needed to regulate the Rhine in this area - the so-called Rhine Regulation. Rocks from nearby quarries were used to build and reinforce the levees along the river (today, transportation of rocks to the levees is done using trucks). ==Current use==

In 2006, the then long line was closed for industrial use. Some of the tracks, mainly on the left bank of the river, have been subsequently removed, including the bridge at Kriessern in 2020. However, most of the line remains. Part of the tracks were converted to a heritage railway. Since 2008, operations on the line between Lustenau (where a small platform was built) and the river outflow are done by the Verein Rheinschauen (), which also conducts maintenance work on the line. ==Gallery==

File:Lustenau-Locomotive Urs and train IRR-14ASD.jpg|Heritage train on the Wiesenrain bridge over the Alpine Rhine File:Lustenau-Locomotive Urs and train IRR-15ASD.jpg|Heritage train on the Wiesenrain bridge over the Alpine Rhine File:Nikolauszug.JPG|Heritage train "Nikolaus" in 2007 File:International Rhine Regulation Railway near Lustenau in Vorarlberg, Austria-VD NW h PNr°0850.jpg|Tracks in Lustenau File:090915 Rheindelta Bodensee IMG 1331.JPG|Route section near Hard in 2009 File:Rheinbähnle BrückeFussachHard.jpg|Tracks under Fussach-Hard bridge ==See also==