Reitzenhain–Flöha railway

Flöha–Reitzenhain railway
Route map for the Flöha Valley Railway
Overview
Line number6619
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Service
Route number519
Technical
Line length57.92 km (35.99 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius224 m (735 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Maximum incline2.0%
Route map

57.92
Flöha
277 m
54.43
Falkenau (Sachs) Hp
288 m
52.25
Hetzdorf (Flöha Valley)
291 m
Hetzdorf Viaduct (Dresden–Werdau to 1992)
narrow gauge line to Großwaltersdorf
49.16
Hohenfichte
(former station)
304 m
47.072
Flöha (63 m)
46.29
Leubsdorf
(former station)
320 m
43.902
Flöha (50 m)
42.48
Grünhainichen-Borstendorf
337 m
40.699
Flöha (54 m)
39.93
Floßmühle
355 m
39.762
Mühlgraben (14,56 m)
39.713
Flöha (59,1 m)
39.477
Flöha (70 m)
22.673
Werkgraben (10 m)
37.20
Reifland-Wünschendorf
365 m
35.68
Lengefeld-Rauenstein
375 m
32.818
Flöha (44,5 m)
22.673
Red Pockau (40 m)
31.225
Pockau-Lengefeld
(island station)
400 m
30.545
Black Pockau (37,5 m)
29.376
Black Pockau (39 m)
26.994
Black Pockau (30 m)
26.68
Black Pockau (40.5 m)
~26.5
Strobelmühle
26.28
Black Pockau (37.5 m)
23.96
Zöblitz-Pobershau
(former Bf)
495 m
23.757
Black Pockau (39 m)
23.370
Steinbogen Bridge, Kniebreche (63,4 m)
22.673
Red Pockau (40 m)
22.4
Bundesstraße 171 (53 m)
21.134
Schlettenbach (16,2 m)
Hüttengrund Valley Bridge B 174
18.877
Marienberg (Sachs)
587 m
17.97
Reitzenhainer Str. (13,9 m)
B 174
14.82
Marienberg-Gebirge
655 m
9.90
Marienberg-Gelobtland
715 m
1.392
Reitzenhain
776 m
0.000
Black Pockau (German-Czech border)
Source: German railway atlas

The Reitzenhain–Flöha railway, one of two lines also called the Flöha Valley Railway (German: Flöhatalbahn), is a branch line in Saxony in East Germany. It links the city of Chemnitz with Flöha, Lengefeld, Pockau, Olbernhau and Marienberg, formerly also Neuhausen/Erzgeb. and Reitzenhain and runs through the valleys of the Flöha and the Black Pockau. The line belongs today to DB Regio-Netz Erzgebirgsbahn.