This article needs to be updated.(June 2023) |
Industry | Rail transport |
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Headquarters | Chemnitz |
Area served | c. 2,500 km2 |
Owner | DB RegioNetz |
Number of employees | 260 (2005) |
Website | www.erzgebirgsbahn.de |
Footnotes / references Rail gauge: 1,435 mm Railway lines:
Locomotives: 1 diesel locomotive (202 646-6) |
The Erzgebirgsbahn (sometimes abbreviated as EGB) is a German railway company and a RegioNetz subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. It operates in the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge) region of southern Saxony, near the towns of Chemnitz and Zwickau.[1]
The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:[1]
The company also used to operate the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway that connects Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg on the Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway with the town of Augustusburg from 2006 until 2015.[1][2]