Classic route
RB 1 Zwickau–Kraslice
Zwickau → Kraslice · Germany · Czechia
RB 1 Zwickau–Kraslice in pictures
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- Distance
- 73 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 45 min
- Average speed
- 42 km/h
- Operator
- Vogtlandbahn
- Train
- RB 1
- Countries
- Germany, Czechia
- In service since
- 1875
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Out of the Zwickau coalfield into the Vogtland hills and over the Czech border above Klingenthal to Kraslice, on rails a coal railway company opened in November 1875.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RB1
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