Voigtland State Railway
As Voigtländische State Railways (short:. . Voigtl Sts EB ) was originally designated a built by the Saxon State Railway connection in the Saxon Vogtland. The route began in the feeder station Herlasgrün at the Saxon- Bavarian Railway and led over Falkenstein, Oelsnitz and Bad Elster from Eger Bohemia. Are in operation today only the sections Herlasgrün -Falkenstein and Oelsnitz - Eger (now Cheb).
History
Even the construction of the Saxon- Bavarian Railway line management had been discussed in the Vogtland, which would extend further south on Lengenfeld and Auerbach. 1856 then passed the first projects, which provided for a branch line of the Saxon- Bavarian Railway towards Bohemia. A railway committee Oelsnitz favored in November 1856 a railway connection through the Elster by Plauen Gera, Adorf, Elster and Asch to Eger. A Auerbach Committee, however, favored from the later realized variant of Herlasgrün.
In the fall of 1858, the planning work for a web of Plauen started dating, but were interrupted during the Austro- Prussian War of 1859. Only when the Bavarian projects a compound yard Eger became known in Saxony, new movement came into the project. Now, however, the connection of Herlasgrün Auerbach and Falkenstein was favored. On June 21, 1861, the construction of the Voigtländischen State Railway Auerbach in the Saxon Landtag was decided.
A little later the surveying work on the new railway began. Big problems prepared the routing on Bohemian territory, but the communities stood Fleißen and Wildenstein against the construction of the track. The plots were needed the Saxon State offered these overpriced for sale that you ultimately south of the chapel hill a routing chose that led again on Saxon territory.
Later, the city of Eger resigned from its financial commitment for the construction of the line. To minimize the costs ultimately even a common routing with the Hof - Cheb railway on Czech territory was decided.
On 1 June 1863, the construction of the line with the pre-construction work began. On November 25, 1863, the foundation stone was laid on Egerviadukt. In June 1864, 9,000 workers were employed on the route construction site finally.
Convenient for construction and operation of on Austrian territory (Bohemia ), of the Royal Saxon government to be financed portion of the route, the Voithersreuth - Cheb railway, was, in Vienna, on 30 November 1864 ( four weeks later ratified ) treaty between Austria and Saxony completed on connecting the web to the Czech railways. Specified in the contract was including the connection of the Voithersreuth - Cheb railway to be produced by the baierischen Eastern Railway Society Streckewald Assen Eger.
On November 1, 1865, the line was opened to coincide with the Bavarian court Eger connection. The cost for the construction of Voigtländischen State Railways were given later with a total of 6.1 million dollars.
Especially in Plauen and Oelsnitz was demanded but a more direct route from Plauen, as it had been already planned in 1856. The Plauen city council turned several times with petitions to the Saxon government, but to achieve the construction of this link yet. On 7 May 1868, the route Plauen- Oelsnitz in Saxony Parliament was approved. On November 1, 1874, the line was opened.
For more information on Voigtländischen State Railways Main article:
- Railway Herlasgrün - Oelsnitz
- Railway Plauen- Cheb