Erzgebirgsbahn
The Erzgebirgsbahn (sometimes abbreviated as EGB) is a German railway company and a RegioNetz subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. It operates in the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge) region of southern Saxony, near the towns of Chemnitz and Zwickau.[1]
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_2007-09-15.JPG.webp) A modern railcar along Reitzenhain–Flöha railway | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
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| Headquarters | Chemnitz |
Area served | c. 2.500 km² |
| Owner | DB RegioNetz |
Number of employees | 260 (2005) |
| Website | www.erzgebirgsbahn.de |
| Footnotes / references Rail gauge: 1,435 mm Railway lines:
Locomotives: 1 diesel locomotive (202 646-6) | |
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A historical train along Erzgebirgsbahn's Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway line
The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:[1]
- Chemnitz – Flöha – Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg – Hennersdorf – Wolkenstein – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl – Bärenstein – Vejprty.
- Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway
- german section of Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway
- Chemnitz – Flöha – Falkenau – Pockau-Lengefeld – Olbernhau/Marienberg.
- active section of Reitzenhain–Flöha railway
- Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway
- longest active section of Chemnitz–Adorf railway
- Zwickau – Aue – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt.
- Zwickau–Schwarzenberg railway
- Johanngeorgenstadt–Schwarzenberg railway
- Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg.
- Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway
The company also used to operate the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway that connects Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg on the Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway with the town of Augustusburg from 2006 until 2015.[1][2]
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- "The Augustusburg cable-railway of today". Drahtseilbahn Augustusburg. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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