Biela Valley Trolleybus

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Biela Valley Trolleybus
Bielatalbahn
Line length:4.4 km
Voltage:500 Volts DC
Maximum incline: 0.125  %
Maximum speed:12
Legend
 0.0 Königstein goods station125 m
Dresden–Bodenbach railway
1.6 Königstein Viaduktplatz 136 m
 2.3 Biela 130 m
 3.6 Biela 155 m
 3.7 Hütten 151 m
 4.1 Hütten Paper Factory 164 m
 4.1 Biela 165 m
 4.4 Kurbad Königsbrunn 164 m

The Biela Valley Trolleybus (German: Bielatalbahn or Bielathalbahn) was a trolleybus service in the German state of Saxony. The facility opened on 10 July 1901 and had closed again by September 1904. It was one of the first trolleybus operations in the world. The 4.4-kilometre long route was also known at the time as the Gleislose Bahn or "trackless railway" – its full name being Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung ("Trackless Biela Valley Motor Line with Electric Overhead Cable"). It was operated by the firm of Bielathal-Motorbahn Königstein and served the lower valley of the Biela in Saxon Switzerland. The route linked Königstein on the Elbe with the then independent village of Hütten. The terminus was at Kurbad Königsbrunn.

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References

  • Frank Dittmann: Die gleislose Bielatalbahn. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter. Issue 3, 1991, ISSN 0486-8234, pp. 177–180.
  • Rudolf Hajny: Erster Oberleitungsbus rumpelte durch das Bielatal. Sächsische Zeitung (Ausgabe Pirna), 11 July 2001.
  • Norbert Kaiser: Mit der Hüttener Rumpelkiste gleislos durch das Bielatal. Zur Geschichte der O-Bus-Linie Königstein - Hütten - Bad Königsbrunn. In: Petra Binder (Hrsg.): Auf Straßen, Schienen und Wegen. Landkalenderbuch 2011 für die Sächsische Schweiz und das Osterzgebirge. Schütze-Engler-Weber-Verlag, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-936203-14-1, pp. 118–122.
  • Mattis Schindler (2009), Ludger Kenning, ed. (in German), Obusse in Deutschland. Band 1: Berlin – Brandenburg – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein – Hamburg – Bremen – Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt – Thüringen – Sachsen, Frühere deutsche Ostgebiete, Nordhorn: Kenning, ISBN 978-3-933613-34-9
  • Guarini, Emil: Electric Trolley Vehicles Without Rails. In: The Engineering Magazine. An Industrial Review. Vol 26. New York 1904. pp. 33–48.

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