Fichtelberg railway

Fichtelberg railway
Hüttenbachtal viaduct by Oberwiesenthal
Overview
Line number	6964
Termini	Cranzahl Oberwiesenthal
Service
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Route number	518
Operator(s)	Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR, Deutsche Bahn, Saxon Steam Railway Company
Depot(s)	Cranzahl
History
Opened	July 20, 1897
Technical
Line length	17.349 km (10.78 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	100 m (328.1 ft)
Operating speed	30 km/h (19 mph)
Maximum incline	33‰ or 3.3 %
Route map Legend 0,000 Cranzahl 654 m 2,740 Unterneudorf 685 m 3,820 Wirtschaftsweg bridge (14 m) 4,530 Neudorf (Erzgeb) 697 m 4,760 Sehma bridge (11 m) 5,970 Vierenstraße 730 m Weiße Sehma bridge Rote Sehma bridge 8,020 Kretscham-Rothensehma 792 m 10,500 Niederschlag 813 m 13,620 Hammerunterwiesenthal 796 m 15,720 Unterwiesenthal 847 m 17,060 Hüttenbachtal viaduct 888 m 17,350 Kurort Oberwiesenthal 892 m This diagram: view talk edit

The Fichtelberg railway (German: Fichtelbergbahn) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railway that leads from the standard-gauge international line at Cranzahl to the ski resort of Oberwiesenthal in the Ore Mountains in eastern Germany. It takes its name from the Fichtelberg Mountain near Oberwiesenthal.^[1]