Erzgebirgsbahn

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

Erzgebirgsbahn
IndustryRail transport
HeadquartersChemnitz
Area served
c. 2.500 km²
OwnerDB RegioNetz
Number of employees
260 (2005)
Websitewww.erzgebirgsbahn.de
Footnotes / references
Rail gauge: 1,435 mm

Railway lines:

Locomotives: 1 diesel locomotive (202 646-6)
Railcars: 16 railcars (VT642)
Passengers: 4,600 daily
Stations: 68

Length of network: 217 km
A historical train along Erzgebirgsbahn's Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway line

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

  • Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg.
  • Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway

The company also used to operate the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway that connects Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg on the Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway with the town of Augustusburg from 2006 until 2015.[1][2]

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "The Augustusburg cable-railway of today". Drahtseilbahn Augustusburg. Retrieved 2017-05-28.


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