# The Rax-Seilbahn, Austria's first cable car

What to do en The Rax and Reichenau · The Rax and Reichenau

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/things-to-do/rax-seilbahn · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 30 min
- Temporada: All year except the November–December and April maintenance
- Para quién: All ages; pushchairs with a reservation, dogs muzzled

Cable car · 8 min · from Hirschwang to 1,547 m · a hundred years old in 2026 · closed for maintenance 16 November to 4 December

The cable car that for a hundred years has been taking Viennese people up the Rax: it was the first passenger cable car in Austria. In about 8 minutes it climbs from the valley station, in Hirschwang, to the edge of the plateau, at 1,547 metres, next to the Raxalm-Berggasthof. It leaves on the hour and the half hour. From 5 December 2026 it runs on winter hours, until 16:30; it stops for maintenance from 16 November to 4 December 2026 and from 5 to 23 April 2027. Tickets are bought online, with a discount combined with the ÖBB train. Below there is a playground for the wait.

Lo organiza: Rax-Seilbahn (https://onlinetickets.raxalpe.com/)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 47.7168, 15.8052

## Cerca de aquí

- [Rax Park 'n' Camp](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/where-to-stay/park-n-camp-rax), a 0 m
- [Wasserleitungsweg, the aqueduct path through the Höllental](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/things-to-do/water-pipeline-trail-hoellental), a 0 m
- [Raxalm-Berggasthof](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/where-to-stay/raxalm-berggasthof), a 2.0 km
- [Snowshoeing on the Rax plateau](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/things-to-do/snowshoeing-on-the-rax-plateau), a 2.0 km
- [Ottohaus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/where-to-eat/ottohaus), a 3.2 km
- [Walk across the plateau to the Ottohaus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/things-to-do/ottohaus-walk), a 3.2 km
- [Café-Konditorei Reichenau](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/where-to-eat/cafe-konditorei-reichenau), a 3.9 km
- [Weichtalklamm, the gorge up to the Kienthaler Hütte](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax/things-to-do/weichtalklamm), a 5.1 km

Destino: [The Rax and Reichenau](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/lower-austria/rax.md)