Murtalbahn
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right|thumb|Murtalbahn railcar VT31 and steam engine U11 at Ramingstein-Thomatal station in 2005.
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right|thumb|Murtalbahn railcar VT31 and steam engine U11 at Ramingstein-Thomatal station in 2005.
The Murtalbahn (literally translated, the Mur Valley Railway) is a narrow-gauge railway largely located in the state of Styria in Austria. The line runs along the valley of the River Mur, from the market town of Unzmarkt through Murau to Tamsweg, which is just over the Styrian border in the state of Salzburg. The railway is operated by Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB), which is owned by the state of Styria. With a total length of , it is the fourth-longest narrow-gauge railway in Austria.
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