The Erzgebirgsbahn is a German railway company and a Regio-Netz subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

. It operates in the Ore Mountains

Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range...

 (German: Erzgebirge) region of southern Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

, near the towns of Chemnitz

Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...

 and Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

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The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines:

• Chemnitz – Flöha
  Flöha
  Flöha is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Flöha is situated on the confluence of the rivers Zschopau and Flöha, east of Chemnitz.-History:...
  
   – Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg – Hennersdorf
  Hennersdorf
  Hennersdorf my refer to:Germany:* Hennersdorf, Augustusburg, Saxony* Hennersdorf, Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg* Hennersdorf, Kamenz, Saxony* Hennersdorf, Schmiedeberg , SaxonyPoland:* former name of Jędrzychowice, PolandCzech Republic:...
  
   – Wolkenstein
  Wolkenstein
  Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the Zschopau River, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz....
  
   – Annaberg-Buchholz
  Annaberg-Buchholz
  Annaberg-Buchholz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, in the Erzgebirge, capital of the district Erzgebirgskreis.The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the Pöhlberg . It has three Protestant churches, among them that of St...
  
   – Cranzahl – Bärenstein
  Bärenstein
  Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...
  
   – Vejprty
  Vejprty
  Vejprty is a town in the Czech Republic.-External links:*...
  
  ; the Zschopau Valley Railway.

• Chemnitz – Flöha – Falkenau
  Falkenau
  Falkenau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 October 2011, it is part of the town Flöha....
  
   – Pockau-Lengefeld – Olbernhau
  Olbernhau
  Olbernhau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 35 km southeast of Chemnitz, and 23 km north of Chomutov, Czech Republic.- History :...
  
  /Marienberg
  Marienberg
  Marienberg can refer to:*Marienberg, Saxony, the capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis district of the German state of Saxony*Bad Marienberg, a town in the Westerwaldkreis of Rhineland-Palatinate...
  
  ; the Flöha Valley Railway.

• Chemnitz – Thalheim – Zwönitz
  Zwönitz
  Zwönitz is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km south of Stollberg, and 24 km southwest of Chemnitz.- References :...
  
   – Aue
  Aue
  Aue is a small town in Germany at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Mulde in the Ore Mountains, and has roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Aue was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and is part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008...
  
  ; the Zwönitz Valley Railway.

• Zwickau – Aue – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt
  Johanngeorgenstadt
  Johanngeorgenstadt is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, and right on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort , and calls itself Stadt des...
  
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• Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg.

The company also operates the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway

Funicular

A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...

 that connects Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg on the Zschopautalbahn with the town of Augustusburg

Augustusburg

Augustusburg is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km east of Chemnitz. Augustusburg is known for the Jagdschloss Augustusburg....

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External links

• http://www.erzgebirgsbahn.de/erzgebirgsbahn/view/index.shtml