Zittau–Oybin–Jonsdorf railway

Zittau–Oybin–Jonsdorf railway
Two trains depart Bertsdorf
Overview
Type	narrow gauge rail way
Termini	Zittau Oybin, Jonsdorf
Line number	6960/6961
Operation
Opened	November 25, 1889
Operator(s)	Zittau-Oybin-Jonsdorf Railway Company, Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR, DB, Saxon Oberlausitz Railway Company
Depot(s)	Bertsdorf
Technical
Line length	16.1 km (10.00 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	75 m (246.1 ft)
Operating speed	25 km/h (16 mph)
Maximum incline	33‰ or 3.3%
Route number	238
Route map 0.008 Zittau Zittau–Liberec railway 1.159 Zittau stop ~1.6 Neißebrücke 1.647 Neißebrücke switch Zittau–Hermsdorf Railway Zittau–Liberec railway 1.92 to Dach- und Isolierstoffwerk, frm. Werner & Co. Zittau south(formerly Schützenhaus) 3.05 Mandau bridge(43 m) ~3.1 Zittau Casernenstraße(until 1897) 4.368 Zittau Vorstadt 5.17 Niederviebig (10 m) 5.699 Olbersdorf Niederdorf 6.55 Olbersdorf bridge (124 m) to mine Olbersdorf 7.310 Olbersdorf Oberdorf(formerly Zeissigschenke) 7.90 to Imprägnierwerk (formerly Katz & Klumpp) 0,0 8.933 Bertsdorf 2,146 Kurort Jonsdorf stop 3,831 Kurort Jonsdorf 9.969 Kurort Oybin Niederdorf 10.997 Teufelsmühle 12.230 Kurort Oybin

The Zittau–Oybin–Jonsdorf railway (German: Zittauer Schmalspurbahn) is a narrow gauge railway system employing steam locomotives and serving the mountain spa resorts of Oybin and Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains in southeast Saxony (Germany). The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in).

See also

• Narrow gauge railways in Saxony

Literature

• Gustav W. Ledig: Linie Zittau-Reichenau-Markersdorf in Die schmalspurigen Staatseisenbahnen im Königreiche Sachsen, S. 88 ff., Leipzig 1895. Reprint: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-7463-0070-3
• Erich Preuß: Die Zittau-Oybin-Jonsdorfer Eisenbahn. transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-71107-9

External links

• SOEG official website of Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway including timetables
• Fan site of the Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway