Preßnitztalbahn

Wolkenstein–Jöhstadt

The former Saxon IV K, no. 99 1542, in
the restored station of Steinbach (2008)

Line number:

6975

Line length:

24.328 km (15.117 mi)

Track gauge:

750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)

Maximum incline:

2.5 %

Minimum radius:

80 m (262 ft)

Maximum speed:

30 km/h (18.6 mph)

0,000

Wolkenstein

392 m

from Flöha

Three rail track
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) / 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)

~1,9

Wolkenstein branch-off, Stw 1

to Vejprty

2,010

Zschopau Bridge (54 m)

3,83

Streckewalde

417 m

6,04

Großrückerswalde

442 m

9,424

Niederschmiedeberg

481 m

dkk siding

13,55

Oberschmiedeberg

525 m

14,956

Steinbach (bei Jöhstadt)

543 m

~15,5

Wildbach(since 2000)

~16,5

Stolln(since 1998)

~18,3

Forellenhof(since 1996)

18,92

Schmalzgrube

598 m

~21,3

Loreleifelsen(since 1994)

21,77

Schlössel

566 m

22,950

Jöhstadt

634 m

24,328

Jöhstadt Ldst.

702 m

The Pressnitz Valley Railway (German: Preßnitztalbahn) was a narrow gauge railway line in Saxony, Germany. It used to climb from Wolkenstein on the standard gauge Flöha - Vejprty line (the Zschopau Valley Railway or Zschopautalbahn) through the valley of river Pressnitz (Czech: Přísečnice) to Jöhstadt on the border with Bohemia. It was dismantled in the second half of the 1980s, however the Steinbach - Jöhstadt section was rebuilt as a museum railway after the fall of communism in East Germany.

Construction started in 1891 and the railway was opened on 1 June 1892. In May 1893 the line was extended to the border with Bohemia. There were several projects to connect the line to Bohemian standard gauge lines, with the aim of enabling the importation of lignite from the Most Basin. However, the proposed link with border station at Reitzenhain on the Chomutov - Flöha line was rejected, as well as a plans to build an extension to the Chomutov–Vejprty/Reitzenhain railway. From 1911 freight was carried using transporter trailers.

The Pressnitz Valley Railway was the last Saxon narrow gauge railway to be closed by the East German government. Passenger services were terminated in 1984; the transportation of freight for the refrigerator factory in Niederschmiedeberg ceased in 1986. The process of gradually dismantling the line took several years, from January 1984 until the summer 1989. Locomotives and wagons were transferred to other Saxon narrow gauge railways or decommissioned.

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