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Erzgebirgsbahn – DB RegioNetz GmbH railway company

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DB RegioNetz Erzgebirgsbahn
Bahnhofstraße 9
09111 Chemnitz

Tel.: +49-371-4933041
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Erzgebirgsbahn – DB RegioNetz GmbH railway company

Travelling in one of the most beautiful holiday regions ...


We from the Erzgebirgsbahn railway welcome you to our gorgeous holiday region. DB RegioNetz Erzgebirgsbahn (EGB) is a subsidiary of Deutschen Bahn and partner in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) transport association. Our company connects the agglomeration around Chemnitz and Zwickau with the ridge region of the Central and Western Ore Mountains on four railway lines.

We from the Erzgebirgsbahn railway welcome you to our gorgeous holiday region. DB RegioNetz Erzgebirgsbahn (EGB) is a subsidiary of Deutschen Bahn and partner in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) transport association. Our company connects the agglomeration around Chemnitz and Zwickau with the ridge region of the Central and Western Ore Mountains on four railway lines: Chemnitz – Aue, Zwickau – Johanngeorgenstadt; Chemnitz – Olbernhau-Grünthal / Marienberg; and Chemnitz - Bärenstein / Weipert; with a total length of 217 km (135 mi) and 74 stations or flagstops. Sixteen modern railcars of series 642 run on these lines in a regular interval with a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 m.p.h.). Our comfortable trains with short journey times, accessible for people with disabilities, guarantee relaxing and easy access to the region and even service the towns of Karlovy Vary and Chomutov in the Czech Republic at weekends.
 
You can easily reach several tourist attractions and areas great for hiking such as Annaberg-Buchholz, Schwarzenberg, Olbernhau or Johanngeorgenstadt. Enjoy enchanting countryside, amazing castles or Christmas markets full of great atmosphere. We can also promise you that the routing of the Erzgebirgsbahn railway itself is as diversified as the landscape of the Ore Mountains. In many places, the routes run along mountain rivers, through tunnels and narrow valleys or along sheer rock walls. Our special excursions on the Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg (BSg) route, which is not normally in service, have become increasingly popular. The Erzgebirgsbahn railway company, commissioned by the Verkehrsverbundes Mittelsachsen (VMS) transport association, started operating the Augustusburg cable railway in 2006 after its extensive restoration. The cable railway has been providing a connection of the Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg flagstop with the town of Augustusburg for 100 years. Track length is 1,240m and height difference is 168m. The journey up and down takes eight minutes.

CONTACT INFORMATION
DB RegioNetz GmbH
Erzgebirgsbahn
Bahnhofstraße 9
Ein Zug der DB Erzgebirgsbahn in Aue 
© Steffen Schmidt

Route

Railway lines Erzgebirgsbahn

Location

The network of the Erzgebirgsbahn with a total length of about 170 km includes the connections Zwickau – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt, Chemnitz – Flöha – Olbernhau-Grünthal and Chemnitz – Flöha – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl.

Getting there by train
The starting points of the network of the Erzgebirgsbahn are reachable with trains from Dresden, Leipzig and Hof.
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Vehicles

Vehicles of the Erzgebirgsbahn
Railcars

13 modern cars of the type VT 642 "Desiro Classic"are built by SIEMENS with straight entry, bicycle compartment and toilet.

642 055-7/555-6 Baujahr 2000, Siemens/DUEWAG 92087
642 056-5/556-4 Baujahr 2000, Siemens/DUEWAG 92088
642 057-4/557-2 Baujahr 2000, Siemens/DUEWAG 92089
642 058-2/558-1 Baujahr 2000, Siemens/DUEWAG 92090
642 059-0/559-9 Baujahr 2000, Siemens/DUEWAG 92091
642 196-0/696-9 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 92936/37
642 228-0/728-9 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93006/07
642 231-4/731-3 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93012/13
642 232-3/732-3 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93014/15
642 234-8/734-7 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93018/19
642 235-5/735-4 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93020/21
642 237-2/737-1 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93024/25
642 238-9/738-8 Baujahr 2003, Siemens 93026/27

Times:

The Erzgebirgsbahn runs daily.
RB 80
Chemnitz – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl
RB 81
Chemnitz – Flöha – Olbernhau-Grünthal
RB 95
Zwickau – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt