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.

Erzgebirgsbahn
IndustryRail transport
HeadquartersChemnitz
Area served
c. 2,500 km2
OwnerDB RegioNetz
Number of employees
260 (2005)
Websitewww.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

The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:

  • Chemnitz – Flöha – Falkenau – Pockau-Lengefeld – Olbernhau/Marienberg.
  • active section of Reitzenhain–Flöha railway
  • Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway
  • Chemnitz – Thalheim – Zwönitz – Aue.
  • 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.

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