Erzgebirgsbahn
Railway
- Zschopautalbahn
- Flöhatalbahn
- Zwoenitz Valley Railway
- Zwickau- Johann George Town
- Annaberg -Buchholz South Schwarzenberg
Which belongs to the Deutsche Bahn AG Erzgebirgsbahn is subject to a regional network infrastructure GmbH since 1 January 2002 from five regional networks, the DB Regio network traffic GmbH and DB. The 217 km long network connecting railway stations of the districts of Central Saxony, Zwickau and Erzgebirgskreises with Chemnitz.
- 3.1 route network
- 3.2 Major overhaul (2002 to 2007)
Profile
The company is based in Chemnitz. Overall, the company employs approximately 260 employees ( as of early 2009). The agreement to spin off the company from Deutsche Bahn was signed on 26 April 2001. It is, after Kurhessenbahn the second regional network of DB.
Daily train today around 150 trains in the network of Erzgebirgsbahn. Between 2002 and early 2008, the number of daily passengers by 1200 increased to approximately 4600. According to the company, the company is the customer satisfaction statistics of the railway company Deutsche Bahn since July 2002 ( as of early 2008).
Railway transport companies
Line network
The Erzgebirgsbahn operates as a railway company, which belongs to the DB Regio GmbH network traffic, the traffic on the outbound from Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof lines to Cranzahl, Olbernhau green valley and floodplain, as well as from Zwickau Hauptbahnhof to Johann George Town. It is operated with diesel locomotives of the series 642 weekdays in hours and on weekends every two hours. In addition it operates on weekends and certain holidays, a trip to Chemnitz - Zwickau Komotau or two compounds Carlsbad.
From April 21 to June 11, 2011 drove the Erzgebirgsbahn with special trains on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the morning from Zwickau Hauptbahnhof via Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof in Berlin- Lichtenberg and back in the evening.
Since the timetable change from 15 December 2013, the Erzgebirgsbahn also operated the connection Glauchau Goessnitz in 2- hour intervals.
Rolling stock
The Erzgebirgsbahn since 2003 has 16 multiple units of class 642, a diesel locomotive of the 202 series ( currently not operational ) and two snow plows type Meiningen to vacate the tracks in the winter snow.
At its inception, it still had nine multiple units of the 628 series, but these were replaced by 2003 by newly delivered more modern railcars.
2011/12 a railcar 642 of Westfrankenbahn was equipped as a prototype with a hybrid drive. He's since the end of 2012 on the route Aschaffenburg - Miltenberg in Bavaria used. Building on the insights, the remodeling of another vehicle for Erzgebirgsbahn is planned, this should lead to pilot production. Perspective is provided from 2014 to retrofit all 16 vehicles Erzgebirgsbahn accordingly.
Railway infrastructure companies
Route network
As a railway infrastructure company (EIU ) operates DB Regio network infrastructure GmbH on behalf of Erzgebirgsbahn a 253 km rail network, of which 217 kilometers are generated on regular route revenue through ordered rail transport. Specifically, these are the following routes:
The 62 km long Zschopautalbahn branches in Floeha of the railway line Dresden- Werdau from the south and leads numerous civil engineering structures through the narrow valley of Zschopau to Erzgebirgskamm. The route passes over the mainline stations Zschopau, Annaberg -Buchholz and Cranzahl to the Czech border in Weipert. In Cranzahl the corresponding Saxon steam railway company Fichtelbergbahn branches off to Oberwiesenthal.
Just like the branches Zschopautalbahn the 49 km long Flöhatalbahn in Floeha from the main railway Dresden -Zwickau to the south. It runs in the valley of Floeha about Pockau - Lengefeld, Olbernhau - Grünthal to Neuhausen, but the traffic on the stretch Olbernhau - Grünthal - Neuhausen in 2001 has been set. In February 2014 wrote DB RegioNetz this and two other routes of Erzgebirgsbahn from the takeover by other EIU.
In Pockau - Lengefeld also branches off to the further 12 -kilometer route to Marienberg, which continued until the Second World War Reitzenhain after Chomutov. After removal of the flood damage of 1999, this branch line was opened again on a special train on 26 August 2006. Thereafter, regular passenger services took place until December 2013, when the travel between Marienberg and Pockau - Lengefeld was adjusted. Since, therefore, takes place only spoadischer military traffic on the stretch Marienberg- Pockau - Lengefeld, DB Regio network has these advertised in February 2014 for delivery to other IMs.
The 51 km long Zwoenitz Valley Railway connects Chemnitz and Aue on Thalheim / Erzgeb. and Zwoenitz along the Zwoenitz.
The route runs over a distance of 55 kilometers through the valleys of the river Mulde and black water and connects Zwickau Aue and Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. Johann George Town.
On this 24 km long stretch of the passenger traffic was already set before the takeover by the Erzgebirgsbahn so that it has since been used only by special trains and freight trains. She is primarily known for the marker Bacher viaduct. Since the track is not economically operated previously ordered due to lack of rail transport, tried to give it off until May 2014 to other EIU DB Regio network.
Major overhaul (2002 to 2007)
By the end of 2007, the 217 km long rail network has been completely refurbished and opened to traffic in December 2007. Due to the bad road condition 80 percent of the sections previously locked or could only be driven at low speed. According to the company, the Company prior to the renovation of the nationwide unwirtschaftlichste rail network infrastructure. The country, the Transport Association of Central Saxony and DB agreed to a restructuring in the amount of 181 million euros. In five years of construction, 168 km tracks were renewed, 41 stations handicapped-accessible and built nine breakpoints in addition to or moved closer to town centers.