Mountain route
Dresden Standseilbahn
Dresden (Körnerplatz) → Weißer Hirsch · Germany
From Loschwitz villa streets to the Weißer Hirsch heights since 1895, sister to the suspension railway one valley over.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 15826186 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 13 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: DVB — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Dresden Standseilbahn?
The Dresden Standseilbahn runs 550 m from Dresden (Körnerplatz) to Weißer Hirsch.
How long does the Dresden Standseilbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 min for the 550 m. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Dresden Standseilbahn?
DVB, with funicular.
How old is the Dresden Standseilbahn?
The line has been in service since 1895. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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