Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway

Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway
Overview
Locale	Saxony, Germany and Czech Republic
Line number	6623
Technical
Line length	19.016 km (11.816 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	180 m (590 ft)
Operating speed	60 km/h (37.3 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	1.82%
Route number	517
Route map  Operating points and lines  from Chomutov 0.000 Vejprtyformerly Weipert 713 m 0.478 Pöhlbachtal Viaduct (100 m) (Czech Republic/Germany) 0.583 Infrastructure border SŽDC/DB Netz 0.910 Bärenstein (Annaberg) 707 m 1.485 Bahnhofstraße (20 m) 1.850 Bärenstein tunnel (94 m) 2.550 Kühberg 705 m 5.510 Königswalde upper station 702 m to Annaberg-Buchholz upper station - B 95 9.930 Industrial road (10 m) 10.560 Cranzahl 654 m Narrow gauge line to Kurort Oberwiesenthal 10.830 Karlsbader Straße (12 m) 10.935 Cranzahl viaduct (122 m) 13.896 Sehma 605 m 14.078 Schlettauer Straße (11 m) From Schwarzenberg (Erzgeb) 16.360 Annaberg-Buchholz Süd 574 m 16.511 Talstraße (12 m) 16.543 Sehmabrücke (23 m) 17.54 Annaberg-Buchholz Mitte 557 m 18.154 Sehma (12 m) 18.205 Buchholz tunnel (29 m) 18.343 Sehmatal bridge (40 m) 18.758 B 101 (13 m) 19.016 0.000 Junction with line 6644 (19.044) Annaberg-Buchholz lower station 537 m to Flöha

The Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway (German: Bahnstrecke Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz unt Bf) is a branch line in the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony. The line extends the Chomutov–Vejprty/Reitzenhain railway at Vejprty (Weipert), crossing the Czech-German border and running via Cranzahl to Annaberg-Buchholz. It has been operated since 2001 by Erzgebirgsbahn, which is part of DB Regio.

After the opening of the Chemnitz–Annaberg line in 1866, the Annaberger Eisenbahncomitee (Annaberg railway committee) called for a continuation of the line through the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) to Bohemia. At the time, the only line on the south side of the Erzgebirge was the Aussig-Teplitz Railway (Aussig-Teplitzer Eisenbahn), connecting Aussig (now Ústí nad Labem) and Teplitz (now Teplice). On 28 August 1865, the Annaberg committee finally procured the grant of a concession by the Austrian government for a "Bohemian–Saxon connecting railway" (Sächsisch-Böhmische Verbindungsbahn) to connect the Buschtěhrad Railway (Buschtěhrader Eisenbahn, Czech: Buštěhradská dráha, named after Buschtěhrad) at Katschitz. The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 prevented it being built, however, and the concession expired.

On 1 July 1868, the Buschtěhrader Railway received a new concession for a Komotau–Weipert line, which was approved together with the line from Prague via Komotau (Chomutov) to Eger (Cheb). On 29 September 1869, Austria-Hungary concluded a treaty with the Kingdom of Saxony for the realisation of a "rail connection to the Bohemian-Saxon border near Weipert, Georgswalde and Warnsdorf". Saxony undertook to complete the line from Weipert to Annaberg by 1 July 1871. If no private investor could be found for the construction of the line, it would be built at public expense.

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