Salzburg line
The Salzburg line ensures energy security for Salzburg and the rest of Austria. The line is also crucial to reaching Austria’s climate targets, which makes it one of the most important infrastructure projects underway today.
Security of supply and sustainable integration of renewable energy.
With the goal of improving security of supply to the city of Salzburg, the first 46-km long section of the Salzburg line extending from the St. Peter node to the newly built Salzburg substation near Elixhausen was completed ahead of schedule and commissioned in January 2011.
With the second section being completed, the gap on the western side of the “ring” is now closed. Austria’s high-performance, extra-high voltage grid is characterised by its ring structure, which allows power to flow to customers from either direction. The 380-kV ring is the backbone of Austria’s electricity supply, and the new section of the Salzburg line will close the gap in the ring in western Austria. The 380-kV Salzburg line will replace the existing 220-kV line from the node at St. Peter am Hart (Upper Austria) to the Tauern bei Kaprun node (Salzburg).
Project ticker
All current information about the project at a glance.
Project ticker
All current information about the project at a glance.
Salzburg line in full operation
Step-by-step commissioning
The entire line system is to be considered permanently energised. The line will be energised step by step and the voltage of Salzburg Line 1 (UW St. Peter/OÖ to UW Salzburg), which has been in place since 2011, will be increased from 220 kV to 380 kV. The dismantling of old 220 kV lines has already begun.
Construction progress
The work to complete the Salzburg line is running at full speed. Currently, around 442 of 449 pylons have already been set.
Construction progress
448 of 449 pylons are in place, construction lots 1 to 5 structurally completed, remaining work will continue until commissioning in 2025
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Project Roadmap
09.04.2025: Salzburg line in full operation
Salzburg line in full operation.
Dismantling
As soon as the new 380 kV Salzburg line is in operation, the dismantling of the existing 220 kV and 110 kV lines will start. The dismantling is part of the Salzburg line project and has been approved as part of the EIA.
Higher regional court upholds approval for 380-kV line
In its favourable decision of 15 October 2020, which constituted the final ruling on the project, the Higher Regional Court (VwGH) upheld all aspects of the approval notice issued by the government of the State of Salzburg on 14 December 2015 and amended as at 26 February 2019 based on Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) findings.
Start of construction
Start of construction of the Salzburg line
Federal Administrative Court upholds EIA approval notice
Federal Administrative Court confirms positive EIA decision
Initial EIA approval notice issued
Positive EIA decision 1st instance
Project documents submitted to the EIA authorities
Submission of project documents to the EIA authorities
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Dismantling
As soon as the new 380 kV Salzburg line is in operation (scheduled for 2025), the dismantling of the existing 220 kV and 110 kV lines will start. The dismantling is part of the Salzburg line project and has been approved as part of the EIA. In total, there will be 65 line kilometers and 229 pylons less than today in Salzburg due the dismantling of old 220 kV lines and the fact that in certain sections the 110 kV lines of Salzburg Netz GmbH will use the same pylons or underground cables. The easements of APG registered in the land registers on the dismantled line sections will be cancelled after the dismantling.
The dismantling work will be carried out in seven sections. The maps and the contact persons responsible for the respective sections can be found in the relevant download area and in the list below.
Specifically, APG and its project partner Salzburg Netz will dismantle the following lines
- 220 kV line substation Salzburg – grid node Tauern, starting from the grid node Tauern in the municipality of Kaprun to pylon no. 322 in the municipality of Seekirchen am Wallersee (APG)
- 220 kV line grid node Tauern – substation Weißenbach, starting from the grid node Tauern in the municipality of Kaprun to pylon no. 165 in the municipality of Wagrain (APG)
- 110 kV line substation Kaprun - substation Schwarzach, starting from the substation Kaprun in the municipality of Kaprun to pylon no. 77 in the municipality of Taxenbach (APG)
- 110 kV line substation Pongau - substation Golling, starting from the substation Pongau (municipality of St. Johann im Pongau) to pylon no. 70 in the municipality of Werfen (Salzburg Netz)
Due to the necessary construction site clearances for the erection of the 380 kV Salzburg line, the following dismantling works have already been carried out:
- 110 kV line power plant Arthurwerk - substation Annaberg/Strobl, starting from the power plant Arthurwerk in the municipality of St. Johann im Pongau to pylon no. 8 in the municipality of St. Johann im Pongau.
- 110 kV line substation Pongau - substation Reitdorf, starting from the substation Pongau in the municipality of St. Johann im Pongau to the east of the river Salzach
- 110 kV line power plant Dießbach (substation Pinzgau) - substation Pongau between Einöd (pylon no. 117) and substation Pongau
- 110 kV line substation Pinzgau - substation Pongau, section of pylons no. 8 to 11 (approx. 1.2 km).
- 110 kV line substation Pongau - substation Golling, section of pylons no. 71 to 105 (Pass Lueg)
Contact person
Herbert Auer
Project lead
Fritz Wöber
Project communication
Projekt Info-Hotline
Project office Salzburg line
Michael Hatzer
Dismantling Section 3
Martin Auer
Dismantling Section 3
Christoph Müllauer
Dismantling Section 2
