Schwarzach junction

The starting point is Schwarzach – St. Veit station. On the forecourt, the unmistakable tender locomotive 93.1379 draws attention to the railway museum located to the right beside it. Our path, however, turns left, first following Bahnhofstraße, then at the next fork the Kraftwerksstraße and reaches the Verbund power plant Schwarzach 30 minutes later. Through a 17-kilometer-long pressure water tunnel, the water of the Salzach is first directed into the Brandstatt balancing basin, then plunges from there, depending on daily demand, with a large gradient via a 900-meter-long, armored pressure shaft into the powerhouse and is finally converted into electricity by the four Francis turbines. The path leads around the power plant complex, where various types of impellers and turbines are impressively presented. The fish ladder is also an impressive structure to marvel at. Over a footbridge, or due to construction over the power plant, the route crosses to the other Salzach bank and leads off to the right along the towpath back to the station.