Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz

The Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz (PEC) is a narrow gauge children's railway in Chemnitz. It is 2.3 kilometres long and has one station, two stops, one depot and one block post. Until 1990 it was operated as a Pioniereisenbahn. The Parkeisenbahn has six diesel locomotives, two steam locomotives, nine passenger wagons and some other vehicles. It has the route number 12248.

Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz
Overview
LocaleKüchwald, Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
TerminiKüchwaldwiese
Service
Route number12248
Technical
Line length2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge600 mm
Operating speed15 km/h
Route map

1.800
Bahnbetriebswerk/
Kosmonautenzentrum Hp
335 m
1.800
Awanst Bahnbetriebswerk
333 m
2.078
Festplatz
2.3
0.0
0
Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese
325 m
0.063
Küchwaldring
0.198
level crossing post 1
(until 1968)
1.150
Sechserweg
1.150
Bk Tennisplätze
338 m
1.100
Tennisplätze Hp
337 m
planned expansion
0.700
Leipziger Straße Hp
331 m
Source: Bahnland Sachsen[1]

With the exception of the engine driver and the station master, all jobs around the railway are done by children and teenagers.

Sources

  1. "Bahnland-Sachsen.de.tl". (private Saxon railway website) (in German). LF. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

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