Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway

Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha
Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway
Overview
Native nameZschopautalbahn
Line number6644
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number517
Technical
Line length43.51 km (27.04 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius170 m (558 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.54%
Route map

0.000
(Beginning of line)
0.301
Annaberg-Buchholz lower station
537 m
1.638
Weißbachtal bridge (45 m)
2.481
Industrial road (12 m)
B 95 bridge
3.880
Schönfeld-Wiesa
until 2007
494 m
4.196
Bahnhofstraße (12 m)
5.6
Wiesa (Erzgeb)
since 2007
7.220
Zschopau bridge (32 m)
7.862
Zschopau bridge (66 m)
8.148
B 101 (12 m)
8.41
Thermalbad Wiesenbad
433 m
8.572
Works cutting bridge (22 m)
9.570
Pöhlbach bridge (31 m)
9.60
Plattenthal junction
421 m
9.674
From Königswalde
10.650
Zschopau bridge (40 m)
12.00
12.673
Zschopau bridge (67 m)
12.983
13.000
Kilometrage change -17 m
Mixed gauge track 1435/750 mm
(1897-1986)
13.86
Wolkenstein
392 m
13.093
Zschopau bridge (55 m)
14.025
Zschopau bridge (50 m)
14.070
Works cutting bridge (25 m)
15.306
Zschopau bridge (57 m)
16.70
Warmbad
373 m
17.036
Zschopau bridge (57 m)
21.28
Scharfenstein
354 m
21.693
Scharfenstein viaduct (80 m)
22.020
Grundbach bridge (10 m)
22.315
Zschopau bridge (70 m)
22.810
Zschopau bridge (50 m)
23.995
Zschopau bridge (50 m)
24.15
Wilischthal
340 m
26.460
Tischau bridge (10 m)
Zschopau viaduct B 174
26.762
Zschopau
336 m
27.162
Neue Marienberger Straße (11 m)
27.387
27.400
Kilometrage change -13 m
27.553
Zschopau bridge (51 m)
28.45
Zschopau Ost
28.954
Zschopau bridge (51 m)
29.381
Zschopau bridge (50 m)
29.794
Zschopau bridge (70 m)
30.145
Zschopau bridge (58 m)
30.52
Waldkirchen (Erzgeb)
318 m
31.674
Zschopau bridge (86 m)
32.12
Witzschdorf
310 m
Staupenbach bridge
34.71
Hennersdorf (Sachs)
300 m
35.95
Hennersdorf (Sachs) freight yard
until 1947
298 m
39.212
Bahnhofstraße (12 m)
39.324
Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg
294 m
(Connection to the
Augustusburg Cable Railway)
40.008
Wirtschaftsweg (10 m)
40.535
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße (16 m)
42.1
Flöha-Plaue
since 2007
43.51
Flöha
278 m
Source: German railway atlas

The Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway (German: Bahnstrecke Annaberg-Buchholz unt Bf–Flöha), also called the Zschopau Valley Railway (Zschopautalbahn) is a branch line in the German state of Saxony. It links Annaberg-Buchholz lower station (German: unterer Bahnhof, abbreviated as unt Bf) and the Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway line to Flöha, running through the Zschopau Valley via Wolkenstein and Zschopau. It has been operated since 2001 by the DB Regio subsidiary Erzgebirgsbahn.