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Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway

Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen (Erzgeb)
Overview
Locale Saxony, Germany
Termini Pockau-Lengefeld
Neuhausen (Erzgeb)
Line number 6618
Technical
Line length 22.082 km (13.721 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 234 m (768 ft)
Operating speed 80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.25%
Route number 519
Route map
from Flöha
0.037
Pockau-Lengefeld
(island station)
400 m
to Reitzenhain
0.685 Flöha (48.2 m)
2.857 Nennigmühle 413 m
4.615 Flöha (46 m)
4.920 Flöha (46 m)
5.448 Flöha
6.815 Blumenau 446 m
9.320 Olbernhau West
10.627 Olbernhau 467 m
12.885 Olbernhau-Grünthal 466 m
13.279 Flöha (66.8 m)
14.155 to Deutschneudorf
14.249
Neuschönberg junction
(Blockstelle)
473 m
15.364
Oberneuschönberg
formerly Schweinitztal
481 m
15.969 Flöha (21 m)
16.793 Mühlgraben (16 m)
17.924
Heidersdorf (Erzgeb)
formerly Niederseiffenbach
499 m
18.108 Flöha (16 m)
18.669 Flöha (21.05 m)
19.836
Seiffen (Erzgeb)
formerly Dittersbach-Seiffen
515 m
20.443 Mühlgraben (21 m)
21.884 Flöha (25.7 m)
22.037 Flöha (16 m)
22.119 Neuhausen (Erzgeb) 534 m
Source: German railway atlas

The Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway, one of two lines also called the Flöha Valley Railway (German: Flöhatalbahn), is a branch line in the German state of Saxony. It runs in the valley of the Flöha from Pockau via Olbernhau to Neuhausen. Since 2001, the route has been operated by Erzgebirgsbahn, part of Deutsche Bahn's RegioNetz subsidiary.

A railway into the upper Flöha valley and to Marienberg was already under consideration in 1863, when the construction of the railway from Chemnitz to Freiberg was debated. Initially, a route south of the current one was planned to connect towns in the Ore Mountains to the railway network. When these plans were abandoned, a railway through the Flöha valley via Olbernhau to Chomutov (German: Komotau; then in the Austrian Empire and from 1867 in Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic) was considered. At the same time, a committee for the construction of a railway via Marienberg and Reitzenhain to Komotau was established in Marienberg. Thus, in 1867 two projects were in competition for the concession to build a railway in the Flöha Valley. After the Buschtěhrader Eisenbahn (Buštěhrad Railway) and the town of Chomutov expressed their preference for a line via Marienberg, this route was given priority. The Saxon government approved of the concession with the condition that the line was to be built using private, non-government funds.

The Chemnitz-Komotauer Eisenbahngesellschaft (Chemnitz-Chomutov Railway Company) was formed on 15 August 1871 with the aims of constructing and operating the line. The railway construction company Pleßner & Co. of Berlin was tasked with the execution of the construction work.


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