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Good Morning! Our tour throughout Austria is slowly coming to an end. After a short train ride, we will reach Innsbruck, the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol (Tirol) in western Austria. It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km (18.6 mi) south of Innsbruck. Located in the broad valley between high mountains, the Nordkette (Hafelekar, 2,334 metres or 7,657 feet) in the north, Patscherkofel (2,246 m or 7,369 ft) and Serles (2,718 m or 8,917 ft) in the south. It is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. Innsbruck hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The word bruck comes from the German word Brücke meaning "bridge" which leads to "the bridge over the Inn". <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/IMG_9040-Innsbruck.JPG/800px-IMG_9040-Innsbruck.JPG"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/IMG_9040-Innsbruck.JPG/800px-IMG_9040-Innsbruck.JPG" alt=" " border="0" /></a> I thought I´d spare you another day of just sightseeing, so we just step outside the train station, take a deep breather of Innsbruck air and board a train of the metre-gauge Stubaital railway, taking us to Fulpmes at the foot of the Stubai Glacier.. The Stubai Valley Railway  is an 18.2 km (11.31 mi) long narrow gauge interurban tram from Innsbruck to Fulpmes in Tyrol, Austria. In the city of Innsbruck, it uses the local tramway tracks. At the Stubaital station, the branch line-rated part begins. The meter gauge track starts at Innsbruck's Main station, crosses the Wilten district, and passes the villages of Natters, Mutters, Kreith, and Telfes. Between the Stubaital station and Fulpmes, the railway is single-track, but at eight stations: Sonnenburgerhof, Hölltal, Mutters, Feldeler, Kreith, Telfer Wiesen, Luimes, Telfes, there are passing loops where the train usually uses the left-hand track. The final station, Fulpmes, has three tracks and one depot. The line was opened in 1904 and was electrified right from the beginning, using 2,500 V 42.5 Hz AC, which was changed to 3,000 V 50hz AC in 1914. In 1983, when the railcars employed from the opening year of the line became to costly to maintain, the line was changed to 3,000 V DC and streetcars bought at scrap value from the German city of Hagen entered service. Today, the line is operating modern streetcars and has become an integral part of the city of Innsbruck public transport system. One of the original cars was saved and restored, and is now operating special trains to Fulpmes. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stubaitalbahn_letzter_Wechselstromzug.jpg/800px-Stubaitalbahn_letzter_Wechselstromzug.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stubaitalbahn_letzter_Wechselstromzug.jpg/800px-Stubaitalbahn_letzter_Wechselstromzug.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Eingeschneiter_ex-Hagener.jpg/450px-Eingeschneiter_ex-Hagener.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Eingeschneiter_ex-Hagener.jpg/450px-Eingeschneiter_ex-Hagener.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Stubaitalbahn-TW351-Fulpmes.jpg/800px-Stubaitalbahn-TW351-Fulpmes.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Stubaitalbahn-TW351-Fulpmes.jpg/800px-Stubaitalbahn-TW351-Fulpmes.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> At Fulpmes, we will enjoy a day of leisure. Those, who wish, can go skiing on the Stubai Glacier, and the coach potatoes like me, will just bask in the sun, relax and enjoy the good food. <a href="http://www.schneewelt.de/images/de/skiurlaub-fulpmes-v288.jpg"><img src="http://www.schneewelt.de/images/de/skiurlaub-fulpmes-v288.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.stubaital-online.com/uploads/pics/stub-gletscher1.jpg"><img src="http://www.stubaital-online.com/uploads/pics/stub-gletscher1.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Enjoy!
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