Rochlitz–Penig railway

Rochlitz–Penig railway
Langenleuba-Oberhain station building
Overview
Line number6632 / 6432; RP
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Service
Route number509 (1981)
Technical
Line length20.999 km (13.048 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius300 m (980 ft)
Maximum incline2.0%
Route map

0.00
Rochlitz (Sachs)
162 m
3.43
Köttwitzsch
195 m
4.06
level crossing Hauptstraße (18 m)
7.22
Breitenborn
265 m
9.55
Narsdorf
269 m
Abzw Narsdorf Bogendreieck
(junction)
270 m
11.83
Obergräfenhain
267 m
12.3
Obergräfenhain viaduct (82 m)
14.13
Langenleuba-Oberhain
271 m
to Altenburg
19.72
Dittmannsdorf bridge (64 m)
20.51
Penig bridge (57 m)
21.00
Penig
219 m
Source: German railway atlas

The Rochlitz–Penig railway was a 21 km long branchline in Saxony from Rochlitz via Narsdorf to Penig which opened in 1872 and connected the railway lines Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz and Glauchau–Wurzen. Its Narsdorf–Penig section was decommissioned in 1998 and has been lifted, the remainder was decommissioned in 2000.