Zittau–Löbau railway

Zittau–Löbau (Sachs) railway
Overview
Line number6214
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Service
Route number231, 235
Technical
Line length33.95 km (21.10 mi)
Number of tracks2: Oberoderwitz–Zittau
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius400 m (1,312 ft)
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline0.11%
Route map

60.701
to Großpostwitz
56.154
Großschweidnitz
310 m
Höllengrund Viaduct
54.81
Höllengrund junction
to Ebersbach (Sachs)
53.603
Niedercunnersdorf
320 m
Obercunnersdorf Viaduct
50.37
Obercunnersdorf
340 m
Narrow gauge line from Bernstadt
45.457
Herrnhut
345 m
Herrnhut Viaduct
42.01
Ruppersdorf
325 m
Oderwitz Viaduct
from Wilthen
38.372
Oberoderwitz
(former island station)
311 m
36.47
Niederoderwitz
Mitteloderwitz until 1910
307 m
Mandau viaduct, Mittelherwigsdorf
from Eibau–Varnsdorf
32.697
Mittelherwigsdorf, 278 m
(Keilbahnhof) Scheibe, until 1927
28.79
Zittau-Pethau
(loading point)
260 m
26.745
Zittau
263 m
to Görlitz
to Liberec
Source: German railway atlas

The Zittau–Löbau railway is a line in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the Löbau-Zittau Railway Company. The line opened in 1848 and it was one of the oldest lines in Germany. Only part of the line is still in service. It starts at Zittau and originally ran via Oderwitz and Herrnhut to Löbau.