The Reisseck Railway starts in Kolbnitz in the Möll valley at a height of 719 m (AA) and ends for passenger services at the Berghotel Reisseck at a height of 2,250 m above sea level (AA) Further sections of line end at about 2,400 m. On the opposite side of the valley is another funicular, the Kreuzeck Railway.
After various modifications and expansions its main function today is to provide passenger services.
The Reisseck Funicular is a metre-gauge line and consists of 3 sections with a total length of around 3,500 metres.
Next to the funicular is a pipe, 4,234.5 metres long, that carries water from the lakes of Großer Mühldorfer See, Kleiner Mühldorfer See, Hochalmsee and Radlsee into the Möll valley to the Reisseck-Kreuzeck storage reservoir.
Each section of the line is worked by coaches with 64 seats that are hauled by 40-millimetre-thick cables from their upper stations.