Station site Annastraße

The Traundorf railway station and loading area, Gmunden

Today's Gmunden district of Traundorf was the terminus station for the horse-drawn railway passenger trains departing for or arriving from Linz. The route was travelled at an average speed of ten to fifteen kilometres per hour in around six and a half hours. The station also served as a residential building, was also the seat of the railway administration and contained the registration rooms where tickets were purchased. In contrast to the other stations, there were no horses kept in Traundorf. Two adjoining depot buildings were preserved in the immediate vicinity until the early 2000s, as the site also served as a goods station for Gmunden.

From Gmunden-Traundorf, the railway ran over a steep section with a gradient of 34 per mille to the plateau at Engelhof and over the 1.1 kilometre long section over the Traun bridge to the old salt depots in the town hall. This section was only operated with horses. It was not until 1870 that the line to the new seaside railway station, which had been built on the site of the arsenal, was put into operation together with the new harbour facilities. This meant that the line to the centre of Gmunden could be abandoned and the reception building in Annastrasse in Traundorf could be converted into a residential building, which was extended in 1875.

The barn buildings were single-storey structures covered with two ridge-parallel hipped roofs. Originally, only one wooden building with two tracks had been erected, which was doubled in 1837 according to a plan by the engineer Johann Bergauer with a building corresponding to the existing structure. Since then, the façade of the narrow sides has featured a double gable. As a result of the conversion to commercial use, trussed vaults and flat ceilings were installed. The barn buildings were not recognised as a monument due to excessive changes compared to the original state and had to make way for a new building in 2020.