A modern railcar along Reitzenhain–Flöha railway
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Industry | Rail transport |
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Headquarters | Chemnitz |
Area served
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ca. 2.500 km² |
Owner | DB RegioNetz |
Number of employees
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260 (2005) |
Website | www.erzgebirgsbahn.de |
Footnotes / references
Locomotives: 1 diesel locomotive (202 646-6) |
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
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.
The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:
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.