Chemnitz–Adorf railway

The Chemnitz–Adorf railway is a branch line in Saxony, Germany that was built and operated by the Chemnitz-Aue-Adorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CAAE). The 115 km long line originally ran from Chemnitz in a southwesterly direction along the valley of the River Zwönitz to Aue. From Aue the line ran along the Zwickauer Mulde to Muldenberg and up to Schöneck and through Markneukirchen to Adorf in Vogtland.

Chemnitz–Adorf railway
Overview
Line number6645/6663; Saxon CA
Service
Route number524, 539
Technical
Line length114.59 km (71.20 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Minimum radius193 m (633 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Maximum incline25 ‰
Route map

from Neukieritzsch, Riesa and Dresden Hbf
-0,12
Chemnitz Hbf
302 m
2,09
Chemnitz Süd
312 m
2,47
Chemnitz Süd Gbf
312 m
to Stollberg
6,11
Chemnitz-Reichenhain
321 m
7,36
Chemnitz-Erfenschlag
329 m
9,08
Einsiedel Gymnasium
336 m
10,39
Einsiedel
344 m
13,11
Dittersdorf
360 m
17,39
Kemtau
388 m
19,45
Burkhardtsdorf
402 m
20,61
Burkhardtsdorf Mitte
23,02
Meinersdorf (Erzgeb)
418 m
Narrow gauge to Thum
27,29
Thalheim (Erzgeb)
451 m
30,92
Dorfchemnitz (b Zwönitz)
476 m
33,61
Niederzwönitz
since 2006
from Stollberg
36,42
Zwönitz
548 m
to Scheibenberg
42,03
Lößnitz ob Bf
483 m
46,64
Lößnitz unt Bf
413 m
48,76
Aue (Sachs) Erzgebirgsstadion
from Zwickau
50,81
Aue (Sachs)
349 m
to Schwarzenberg
56,18
Tunnel Bockau (296 m)
57,75
Bockau (Erzgeb) Ost
only 1954
428 m
58,90
Bockau (Erzgeb)
434 m
63,01
Blauenthal
471 m
64,45
Wolfsgrün
482 m
from Eibenstock Oberer Bf.
68,72
Eibenstock unt Bf
513 m
70,3
Schönheiderhammer tunnel (102 m)
71,36
Schönheide Ost
formerly Schönheiderhammer
543 m
Narrow gauge from Wilkau-Hasslau
76,84
Schönheide Süd
formerly Wilzschhaus
596 m
Narrow gauge to Carlsfeld
79,66
Rautenkranz
(ehem. Bf)
614 m
82,11
Tannenbergsthal (Vogtl)
628 m
87,71
Hammerbrücke
680 m
from Falkenstein
89,13
Muldenberg
692 m
90,7
Muldenberg Flossplatz
since 2001
96,27
Schöneck (Vogtl)
(former station)
768 m
97,13
Schöneck Ferienpark
101,57
Zwotental
673 m
from Klingenthal
104,57
Gunzen
615 m
from Erlbach
110,16
Siebenbrunn
(former station)
471 m
from Cheb
114,47
Adorf (Vogtl)
444 m
to Aš
to Plauen
Source: German railway atlas

The line was cut in two by the construction of the Eibenstock dam reservoir in 1975. The two truncated end sections are still in use, with the Vogtlandbahn railway company operating over the south western section from Adorf to Muldenburg, and the City-Bahn Chemnitz railway company operating the Chemnitz to Aue section under the name Zwönitz Valley Railway (German: Zwönitztalbahn).

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