Döllnitzbahn

The Döllnitzbahn GmbH is a private railway company in Saxony in eastern Germany. It is the operator of the Oschatz–Mügeln–Kemmlitz/Glossen narrow gauge line in central Saxony.

History

In November 1993 the newly founded Döllnitzbahn GmbH took over the remaining lines of the Mügeln railway network between Oschatz, Mügeln and Kemmlitz. The primary aim of the company was initially the preservation of the remaining goods traffic from the kaolin mine at Kemmlitz. For that purpose used narrow gauge goods wagons were bought from the Mansfeld mining railway and a new transshipment site to the standard gauge railway network was built in Oschatz. With the help of used PKP diesel locomotives, they succeeeded initially in keeping the goods traffic going. In spite of this, the demand gradually fell so that goods services had to be closed in 2001. The Döllnitzbahn was the last narrow gauge railway in Saxony to run public freight services.

Today only school trains and steam-hauled 'specials' run on the Döllnitzbahn railway.

External links

http://www.doellnitzbahn.de
http://www.wilder-robert.de
There is an English-language discussion forum at Railways of Germany

Heritage railways in Germany

Baden-Württemberg	Dampfbahn Kochertal Killesbergbahn Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde Interessengemeinschaft 3-Seenbahn Wutachtalbahn

Bavaria	Bahnpark Augsburg Bayerische Eisenbahnmuseum Bayerischer Localbahnverein Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum Eisenbahnfreunde Rodachtalbahn Fränkische Museums Eisenbahn Lokwelt Freilassing Rodachtalbahn Streutalbahn

Berlin	AG Märkische Kleinbahn

Hesse	Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt

Lower Bavaria	Passauer Eisenbahnfreunde

Lower Saxony	Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein Moor Express Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn "Molli"

North-Rhine Westphalia	Bergische Museumsbahnen Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen Eisenbahnmuseum Dieringhausen Hespertalbahn Museumseisenbahn Minden Sauerländer Kleinbahn

Rhineland Palatinate	Eisenbahnmuseum Neustadt/Weinstraße

Saxony	Döllnitzbahn Lößnitzgrundbahn Preßnitztalbahn

Saxony-Anhalt	Eisenbahnfreunde Traditionsbahnbetriebswerk Staßfurt Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn

Thuringia	Harzer Schmalspurbahnen

See also Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte

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