| Glauchau–Wurzen railway |
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Railway line in the Mulde valley beneath Göhren viaduct |
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| Other name(s) | Muldentalbahn |
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| Status | partly dismantled, no regular operation |
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| Owner | Mittelsächsische Eisenbahninfrastrukturgesellschaft, Deutsche Bahn |
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| Line number | 6629 |
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| Locale | Saxony, Germany |
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| Termini | |
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| Stations | 25 |
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| Type | Branch line |
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| Route number | 529 (2002) |
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| Operator(s) | Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn GmbH, Deutscher Bahnkunden-Verband, Deutsche Bahn |
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| Opened | 1875/1877 |
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| Line length | 61.32 km (38.10 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 250 m (820 ft) |
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| Maximum incline | 1.2% |
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-0.600 |
Glauchau (Sachs) |
244 m |
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4.160 |
Remse |
230 m |
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7.415 |
Waldenburg (Sachs) |
237 m |
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12.754 |
Hermsdorf-Bräunsdorfer Bach (10 m) |
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13.190 |
Wolkenburg |
220 m |
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13.675 |
Kaufunger Bach (10 m) |
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15.087 |
Frohnbach (10 m) |
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15.671 |
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16.373 |
Bach (13 m) |
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16.510 |
Thierbach-Zinnberg |
220 m |
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17.851 |
State route 57 (13 m) |
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18.505 |
Penig |
219 m |
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18.936 |
Penig (32 m) |
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19.222 |
Dittmannsdorfer Straße (11 m) |
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21.850 |
Amerika (Sachs) |
220 m |
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24.410 |
Rochsburg |
210 m |
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25.025 |
Rochsburg Tunnel (290 m) |
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25.400 |
Zwickauer Mulde (120 m) |
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27.464 |
Lunzenau |
198 m |
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29.400 |
Cossener Bach (65 m) |
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30.418 |
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from Küchwald |
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31.975 |
Wechselburg |
195 m |
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32.110 |
Anger (10 m) |
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33.230 |
Silberbach (20 m) |
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35.680 |
Steudten |
170 m |
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36.360 |
Erlbach (13 m) |
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36.844 |
Biesern loading point |
164 m |
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37.905 |
Rochlitz Viaduct (243 m) |
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39.239 |
Rochlitz (Sachs) |
161 m |
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39.800 |
Zwickauer Mulde (98 m) |
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40.500 |
Penna loading point |
157 m |
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44.700 |
Lastau |
155 m |
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45.456 |
Zwickauer Mulde (116 m) |
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45.540 |
flood bridge (12 m) |
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47.650 |
Colditz Porzellanwerk |
150 m |
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48.458 |
Bundesstraße 107 (10 m) |
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49.088 |
Colditz |
152 m |
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52.550 |
Sermuth |
150 m |
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53.065 |
Leitenbach (10 m) |
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53.170 |
Leisenau junction |
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55.855 |
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56.772 |
Großbothen |
147 m |
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60.380 |
Nimbschen |
130 m |
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62.300 |
Mulde (Rabenstein Bridge; 184 m) |
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64.130 |
Grimma unt Bf |
130 m |
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66.280 |
Dorna-Döben |
125 m |
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68.070 |
Golzern |
130 m |
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70.300 |
Nerchau |
120 m |
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narrow gauge line from Mügeln (b Oschatz) |
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72.630 |
Neichen |
126 m |
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76.240 |
Nitzschka |
125 m |
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Wasserglasfabrik Dehnitz siding |
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81.983 |
Wurzen |
124 m |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Glauchau–Wurzen railway is a mostly disused, secondary railway line in Saxony. It follows the valleys of Zwickauer Mulde and Mulde from Glauchau via Rochlitz and Grimma to Wurzen and is hence also known as Muldentalbahn (Mulde valley railway). Regular traffic on the line ended in the early 2000s. The section between Glauchau and Großbothen has been leased by Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn since 2005 and has been protected as a cultural monument since 2016, the remainder has been decommissioned.
