Erzgebirgsbahn

A modern railcar on the Flöhatalbahn

A historical train along Erzgebirgsbahn's Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway line

The Erzgebirgsbahn (sometimes abbreviated as EGB) is a German railway company and a Regio-Netz subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. It operates in the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge) region of southern Saxony, near the towns of Chemnitz and Zwickau.^[1]

The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:^[1]

Chemnitz – Flöha – Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg – Hennersdorf (Augustusburg) – Wolkenstein – Annaberg-Buchholz (Zschopau Valley Railway) and Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl – Bärenstein – Vejprty (Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway) .

Chemnitz – Flöha – Falkenau – Pockau-Lengefeld – Olbernhau/Marienberg; the Flöha Valley Railway.

Chemnitz – Thalheim – Zwönitz – Aue; the Zwönitz Valley Railway.

Zwickau – Aue – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt.

Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg.

The company also operates the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway that connects Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg on the Zschopautalbahn with the town of Augustusburg.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
↑ "The Augustusburg cable-railway of today". Drahtseilbahn Augustusburg. Retrieved 2011-02-20.

External links

http://www.erzgebirgsbahn.de/erzgebirgsbahn/view/index.shtml

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