Weisseritz Valley Railway

Weißeritz Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Weißeritztalbahn
Line number	6966
Locale	Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number	513
Technical
Line length	26.335 km (16.364 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	50 m (164 ft)
Operating speed	30 km/h (18.6 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	3.47%
Route map Legend Connecting line from Freital-Potschappel -0.113 Freital-Hainsberg 184 m Dresden–Werdau railway 0.973 Wild Weißeritz (46 m) 1.192 Red Weißeritz (Rote Weißeritz, 38 m) 1.583 Spinnerei Coßmannsdorf siding 1.620 Freital-Coßmannsdorf (former Bf) 192 m 1.995 Steinbruch Coßmannsdorf siding 2.556 Rote Weißeritz (43 m) 2.941 Rote Weißeritz (38 m) 3.123 Rote Weißeritz (28 m) 3.170 Einsiedlerfelsen tunnel (17 m; opened out in 1906) 3.196 Rote Weißeritz (30 m) 3.614 Rote Weißeritz (17 m) 3.760 Rote Weißeritz (15 m) 4.197 Rote Weißeritz (13 m) 4.286 Rote Weißeritz (17 m) 4.411 Rote Weißeritz (24 m) 4.550 Rote Weißeritz (24 m) 4.645 Rote Weißeritz (15 m) 4.728 Rote Weißeritz (13 m) 5.175 Rabenau 249 m 5.195 Oelsabach (11 m) 5.391 Rote Weißeritz (29 m) 5.909 Borlasbach (12 m) 6.758 Spechtritz (former Bf) 274 m 6.800 former route until 1912, connection to Malter Dam 6.885 Spechtritz cork mill siding 7.973 bridge over stream (20 m) 8.478 Seifersdorf bridge (70 m; former route until 1912) 8.660 Seifersdorf 301 m 9.926 Goldgrubenweg bridge (45 m) 10.404 dam construction cooperative siding 10.820 Malter 335 m 11.244 Bormannsgrund bridge (66 m) 13.800 Former route until 1912 14.006 Rote Weißeritz (18 m) 14.322 Wholesale company siding 14.357 Ratsmühle Dippoldiswalde siding 14.885 14.800 Dippoldiswalde km change +85 m[1] 348 m 16.172 Rote Weißeritz (22 m) 17.263 Ulberndorf 374 m 18.443 Rote Weißeritz (15 m) 18.505 Kitchen furniture factory siding 18.820 Obercarsdorf 395 m Former route until 1924 20.140 Bundesstraße 171 (16 m) 20.730 Schmiedeberg-Naundorf 410 m metal processing factory siding 21.731 Schmiedeberg viaduct (170 m) 21.825 Schenkgasse (21 m) Pöbel Valley Railway (never completed) 22.052 Schmiedeberg (Bz Dresden) (island station) 445 m 23.074 Schmiedeberg foundry siding; former route until 1924 23.303 Buschmühle 462 m 23.785 Red Weißeritz (13 m) 25.400 Kurort Kipsdorf Ldst 517 m 26.137 Kurort Kipsdorf 534 m Source: German railway atlas[2]

The Weißeritz Valley Railway (German: Weißeritztalbahn) is a steam operated narrow gauge railway in Saxony, Germany. The line connects Freital, near Dresden, with the spa of Kipsdorf in the Ore Mountains, and follows the valley of the Red Weißeritz.

The line was the second Saxon narrow gauge railway to be built, and is also considered to be the oldest public narrow gauge railway in Germany still in operation.^[3]

Since 14 September 2004, the line has been operated by Saxon Steam Railway Company (formerly the BVO Bahn), a company that also operates the Fichtelberg Railway and Lößnitzgrund Railway.^[4]