Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn

For the supply of clothes, food and fuel to the nursing home Lainz, the Vienna City Administration decided to construct a manually operated narrow-gauge railway.

The Lehmann & Leyer company constructed a 4 km network with a track gauge of 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in), with a base made of steel sleepers and flat bottom rails.

In 1925, the construction company Langfelder & Sohn was commissioned to replace all turntables by switches and to lay grooved rails at the intersections with the local tramway.

Since the tracks are partially listed as industrial heritage they were preserved, but the engine sheds were demolished.

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