Radebeul-Radeburg line

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 Km 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.