Heritage route
Weißeritztalbahn
Freital-Hainsberg → Kurort Kipsdorf · Germany
Weißeritztalbahn in pictures
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- Distance
- 26 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- SDG
- Train
- Saxon VII K steam · 750 mm
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1882
- Riders per year
- ≈ 155k
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Germany’s oldest working public narrow gauge (1882): 750 mm steam daily through the Rabenauer Grund gorge and past Malter dam, 350 m up into the Ore Mountains to Kipsdorf.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1518335 — 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 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 5000
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Weißeritztalbahn?
The Weißeritztalbahn runs 26 km from Freital-Hainsberg to Kurort Kipsdorf.
How long does the Weißeritztalbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 26 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Weißeritztalbahn?
SDG, with Saxon VII K steam, 750 mm.
How old is the Weißeritztalbahn?
The line has been in service since 1882. 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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