Innsbruck Stubaital station, Railway terminal station in Innsbruck, Austria
Innsbruck Stubaital station is a former terminus of the Stubai Valley Railway on the Brenner Road at the foot of the Bergisel. Its station building held a kiosk, waiting hall and stationmaster's office, and beside it stood a locomotive shed that was soon widened from two to three tracks as traffic grew. The Tyrolean Museum Railways now keep historic vehicles in the buildings, with the Localbahn museum in the old office and waiting room.
Stubaital station opened in 1903, when Wilten was still independent, and its nameboard read Wilten-Stubai; it remained the terminus of the Stubai Valley Railway until 1983, when the line switched to direct current and trains from Fulpmes were routed through Innsbruck instead. The goods depot was demolished in 1974 after freight traffic on the line ended. The track array in front of the shed was later relaid and a connection to the Innsbruck tram network installed.
The Localbahnmuseum occupies the former stationmaster's office and waiting room of the old station, set up by the Tyrolean Museum Railways (Tiroler MuseumsBahnen), a society founded around the time the station closed in 1983. Its collection keeps historic vehicles of the Stubai Valley Railway and other Tyrolean branch lines. The nameboard once read Wilten-Stubai, since Wilten was independent until 1904.
The site is accessible to visitors interested in railway history and operates as an open museum space. You can walk around the preserved vehicles and buildings to understand how the station functioned as a working terminal.
During summer 2007, the station was temporarily reactivated to handle regular train services while maintenance work was underway on the Innsbruck tram network. This rare return to its original purpose came decades after its transformation into a museum.
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