Flöha Valley Railway

Flöha–Reitzenhain
Railcar on the Flöha Valley Railway in Falkenau
Route map for the Flöha Valley Railway
Route number:519
Line number:6619; sä. RF
Line length:57.92 km
Track gauge:1,435 mm
Maximum incline: 2.0%  %
Minimum radius:224 m
Maximum speed:80 km/h
Legend
 from Werdau Bogendreieck
57,92 Flöha 277 m
 to Dresden Hbf
54,43 Falkenau (Sachs) Hp 288 m
 Dresden–Werdau Bogendreieck (since 1992)
52,25 Hetzdorf (Flöha Valley) 291 m
 Hetzdorf Viaduct (Dresden–Werdau to 1992)
narrow gauge line to Großwaltersdorf
49,16 Hohenfichte(former station) 304 m
 47,072 Flöha (63 m)
46,29 Leubsdorf(former station) 320 m
 43,902 Flöha (50 m)
42,48 Grünhainichen-Borstendorf 337 m
 40,699 Flöha (54 m)
39,93 Floßmühle 355 m
 39,762 Mühlgraben (14,56 m)
39,713 Flöha (59,1 m)
39,477 Flöha (70 m)
22,673 Werkgraben (10 m)
37,20 Reifland-Wünschendorf 365 m
 35,68 Lengefeld-Rauenstein 375 m
 32,818 Flöha (44,5 m)
22,673 Red Pockau (40 m)
31,225 Pockau-Lengefeld(island station) 400 m
 to Neuhausen (Erzgeb)
30,545 Black Pockau (37,5 m)
29,376 Black Pockau (39 m)
26,994 Black Pockau (30 m)
26,68 Black Pockau (40,5 m)
~26,5 Strobelmühle
26,28 Black Pockau (37,5 m)
23,96 Zöblitz-Pobershau(ehem. Bf) 495 m
 23,757 Black Pockau (39 m)
23,370 Steinbogen Bridge, Kniebreche (63,4 m)
22,673 Red Pockau (40 m)
22,4 Bundesstraße 171 (53 m)
21,134 Schlettenbach (16,2 m)
Hüttengrund Valley Bridge B 174
18,877 Marienberg (Sachs) 587 m
 17,97 Reitzenhainer Str. (13,9 m)
B 174
14,82 Marienberg-Gebirge 655 m
 9,90 Marienberg-Gelobtland 715 m
 1,392 Reitzenhain 776 m
 0,000 Black Pockau (German-Czech border)
to Chomutov
Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen (Erzgeb)
Route number:519
Line number:6618; sä. PN
Line length:22.082 km
Track gauge:1,435 mm
Maximum incline: 1.25%  %
Minimum radius:234 m
Maximum speed:80 km/h
Legend
 from Flöha
0,037 Pockau-Lengefeld(island station) 400 m
 to Reitzenhain
0,685 Flöha (48,2 m)
2,857 Nennigmühle 413 m
 4,615 Flöha (46 m)
4,920 Flöha (46 m)
5,448 Flöha
6,815 Blumenau 446 m
 Olbernhau West
10,627 Olbernhau 467 m
 12,885 Olbernhau-Grünthal 466 m
 13,279 Flöha (66,8 m)
14,155 to Deutschneudorf
14,249 Neuschönberg siding(block post) 473 m
 15,364 Oberneuschönbergformerly Schweinitztal 481 m
 15,969 Flöha (21 m)
16,793 Mühlgraben (16 m)
17,924 Heidersdorf (Erzgeb)formerly Niederseiffenbach 499 m
 18,108 Flöha (16 m)
18,669 Flöha (21,05 m)
19,836 Seiffen (Erzgeb)formerly Dittersbach-Seiffen 515 m
 20,443 Mühlgraben (21 m)
21,884 Flöha (25,7 m)
22,037 Flöha (16 m)
22,119 Neuhausen (Erzgeb) 534 m

The Flöha Valley Railway (German: Flöhatalbahn) is a branch line in Saxony in East Germany. It links the city of Chemnitz with Flöha, Lengefeld, Pockau, Olbernhau and Marienberg, formerly also Neuhausen/Erzgeb. and Reitzenhain and runs through the valleys of the Flöha and the Schwarze Pockau. The line belongs today to DB Regio-Netz Erzgebirgsbahn.

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