Glauchau–Wurzen railway

The Glauchau–Wurzen railway is a secondary railway line in Saxony. It follows the valleys of Zwickauer Mulde and Mulde from Glauchau via Rochlitz and Grimma to Wurzen and is hence also known as Muldentalbahn (Mulde valley railway). Regular traffic on the line ended in the early 2000s. The section between Glauchau and Großbothen has been leased by Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn since 2005 and has been protected as a cultural monument since 2016, the remainder has been decommissioned.

Glauchau–Wurzen railway
Railway line in the Mulde valley beneath Göhren viaduct
Overview
Other name(s)Muldentalbahn
Statuspartly dismantled, no regular operation
OwnerMittelsächsische Eisenbahninfrastrukturgesellschaft, Deutsche Bahn
Line number6629
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Termini
  • Glauchau
  • Wurzen
Stations25
Service
TypeBranch line
Route number529 (2002)
Operator(s)Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn GmbH, Deutscher Bahnkunden-Verband, Deutsche Bahn
History
Opened1875/1877
Technical
Line length61.32 km (38.10 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius250 m (820 ft)
Maximum incline1.2%
Route map

-0.600
Glauchau (Sachs)
244 m
4.160
Remse
230 m
7.415
Waldenburg (Sachs)
237 m
12.754
Hermsdorf-Bräunsdorfer Bach (10 m)
13.190
Wolkenburg
220 m
13.675
Kaufunger Bach (10 m)
15.087
Frohnbach (10 m)
15.671
Zwickauer Mulde (103 m)
16.373
Bach (13 m)
16.510
Thierbach-Zinnberg
220 m
17.851
State route 57 (13 m)
18.505
Penig
219 m
via Narsdorf to Rochlitz (Sachs)
18.936
Penig (32 m)
19.222
Dittmannsdorfer Straße (11 m)
21.850
Amerika (Sachs)
220 m
24.410
Rochsburg
210 m
25.025
Rochsburg Tunnel (290 m)
25.400
Zwickauer Mulde (120 m)
27.464
Lunzenau
198 m
29.400
Cossener Bach (65 m)
Göhren Viaduct (Chemnitz–Neukieritzsch)
30.418
Chemnitz (75 m)
from Küchwald
31.975
Wechselburg
195 m
32.110
Anger (10 m)
33.230
Silberbach (20 m)
35.680
Steudten
170 m
36.360
Erlbach (13 m)
36.844
Biesern loading point
164 m
37.905
Rochlitz Viaduct (243 m)
from Penig über Narsdorf
39.239
Rochlitz (Sachs)
161 m
to Waldheim (Sachs)
39.800
Zwickauer Mulde (98 m)
40.500
Penna loading point
157 m
44.700
Lastau
155 m
45.456
Zwickauer Mulde (116 m)
45.540
flood bridge (12 m)
47.650
Colditz Porzellanwerk
150 m
48.458
Bundesstraße 107 (10 m)
49.088
Colditz
152 m
52.550
Sermuth
150 m
53.065
Leitenbach (10 m)
53.170
Leisenau junction
55.855
56.772
Großbothen
147 m
to Borsdorf (Sachs) and to Borna
60.380
Nimbschen
130 m
62.300
Mulde (Rabenstein Bridge; 184 m)
64.130
Grimma unt Bf
130 m
66.280
Dorna-Döben
125 m
68.070
Golzern
130 m
70.300
Nerchau
120 m
narrow gauge line from Mügeln (b Oschatz)
72.630
Neichen
126 m
76.240
Nitzschka
125 m
Wasserglasfabrik Dehnitz siding
from Dresden-Neustadt
81.983
Wurzen
124 m
to Leipzig Hbf
Source: German railway atlas
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