Kirnitzschtal tramway

Kirnitzschtal tramway
Cars at the Beuthenfall stop
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerOVPS
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Termini
Stations9 including 2 termini
Service
TypeElectric tramway
Operator(s)OVPS
History
Opened1898
Technical
Line length7.9 km (4.9 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track with passing loops
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

Legend
km
0.0
closed 1969 
0.0
Bad Schandau Hotel Lindenhof
Bad Schandau Forellenbrücke
0.4
 Bad Schandau Stadtpark
Bad Schandau Pflanzengarten
to depot
Depot loop
 Waldhäusel
(near Ostrau)
 Ostrauer Mühle (Zeltplatz)
(near Altendorf)
 Mittelndorfer Mühle
(near Mittelndorf)
 Forsthaus
(near Mittelndorf)
Schneider loop
 Nasser Grund
7.5
 Beuthenfall
8.3
 Lichtenhainer Wasserfall
(near Lichtenhain)
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The Kirnitzschtal tramway, also known as the Kirnitzschtalbahn, is an electric tramway in Saxony, Germany. The line runs through the valley of the Kirnitzsch river in Saxon Switzerland, from the town of Bad Schandau up to the Lichtenhain Waterfall, in the municipality of Sebnitz. The line is principally a tourist service, being the only tramway to serve a National Park in Germany, and uses historical rolling stock built between 1925 and 1968.[1][2][3][4]

The line is operated by the Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE). This company also operates local and regional bus services in Saxon Switzerland and the adjoining Osterzgebirge (Eastern Ore Mountains), together with boat services on the Elbe river.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Die historische Kirnitzschtalbahn" (in German). OVPS. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Kirnitzschtalbahn" (in German). RVSOE. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Kirnitzschtalbahn" (in German). VVO. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2010. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  5. ^ "Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna Sebnitz mbH" (in German). OVPS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Neues Busunternehmen für die Sächsische Schweiz und das Osterzgebirge" [New bus company for Sächsische Schweiz and the Osterzgebirge]. Sächsische Zeitung (in German). 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.