Radebeul–Radeburg railway

Train on the Radebeul–Radeburg railway leaving Radebeul East station

Overview

Type

Narrow gauge railway

Termini

Radebeul East
Radeburg

Line number

6970

Operation

Opened

September 14, 1884

Operator(s)

Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR, Saxon Steam Railway Company

Depot(s)

Radebeul

Technical

Line length

16.49 km (10.25 mi)

Track gauge

750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)

Minimum radius

75 m (246.1 ft)

Operating speed

30 km/h (19 mph)

Maximum incline

16.6 ‰ or 1.66 %

Route number

509, 12501

Route map

0.00

Radebeul Ost station

(to Leipzig–Dresden railway)

1.57

Dresden tram line 4

1.60

"Weißes Roß"

2.84

Niederlößnitz power plant siding

3.51

Lößnitzgrund valley

4.75

Friedewald Haltepunkt

6.13

Friedewald Bad

8.58

Moritzburg

10.31

Cunnertswalde

11.57

Bärnsdorf

13.86

Berbisdorf

15.16

Berbisdorf-Anbau

15.98

Chamotte plant siding

16.01

Radeburg South Jcn

17.92

Radeburg South

16.28

Glassworks siding

16.55

Radeburg

16.63

(end)

to Reichsautobahn works (to 1938)

18.08

Radeburg North

(Connection to North Saxon Railway)

The Radebeul–Radeburg railway, also known as the Lößnitzgrundbahn ("Lössnitz Valley Railway") and locally nicknamed the Lößnitzdackel (Lößnitz Dachshund), is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge narrow gauge steam-hauled railway in the outskirts of Dresden, Germany. It should not be confused with the Lößnitz Tramway, known in German as the Lößnitzbahn or the Lößnitzschaukel, which was a metre gauge interurban tramway that connected Dresden with Radebeul.

Primarily a tourist attraction, the Radebeul–Radeburg railway maintains a year-round timetable and runs between Radebeul East station on the main Deutsche Bahn line between Dresden and Meissen and the small towns of Moritzburg and Radeburg north of Dresden. Scheduled traffic on the line is maintained by Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH (former BVO Bahn), using steam locomotives built in the 1950s.

Older trains, using engines and cars built in the late 19th and early 20th century, are maintained by the non-profit Traditionsbahn Radebeul. The older trains operate on the line for special events.

On 12 September 2009, two steam-hauled passenger trains were involved in a head-on collision between Friedewald Bad and Friedewald stations. A total of 121 people were injured, four seriously.

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