Erzgebirgsbahn

Erzgebirgsbahn
	A modern railcar along Reitzenhain–Flöha railway
Industry	Rail transport
Headquarters	Chemnitz
Area served	ca. 2.500 km²
Owner	DB RegioNetz
Number of employees	260 (2005)
Website	www.erzgebirgsbahn.de
	Footnotes / references; Rail gauge: 1,435 mm; ; Railway lines: Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha; Marienberg–Flöha; Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz; Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen; Chemnitz–Aue; Zwickau–Schwarzenberg; Johanngeorgenstadt–Schwarzenberg; Annaberg-Buchholz Süd–Schwarzenberg; Locomotives: 1 diesel locomotive (202 646-6); Railcars: 16 railcars (VT642); Passengers: 4,600 daily; Stations: 68; Length of network: 217 km

A historical train along Erzgebirgsbahn's Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway line

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]

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

Chemnitz – Thalheim – Zwönitz – Aue.

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

1 2 3 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.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[edsp71-1] 1 2 3 Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[dsba-2] "The Augustusburg cable-railway of today". Drahtseilbahn Augustusburg. Retrieved 2017-05-28.