The Döllnitzbahn GmbH is a private

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

company in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

in eastern

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. It is the operator of the

Oschatz Oschatz () is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden. Geography Site and climate Oschatz lies in the Saxon Lowland and is located on the river Dölln ...

–

Mügeln Mügeln is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 9 km southwest of Oschatz and 14 km northwest of Döbeln. The town has a population of approximately 4700 people. Geography Mügeln lies almost equidista ...

–Kemmlitz/Glossen

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line in central Saxony.

History

In November 1993 the newly founded ''Döllnitzbahn GmbH'' took over the remaining lines of the

Mügeln railway network The gauge Mügeln railway network (Mügelner Netz) was a network of narrow gauge lines in Saxony, eastern Germany, running between Oschatz, Döbeln, Neichen, Strehla and Lommatzsch, whose operational hub was at Mügeln. The routes were built pri ...

between Oschatz, Mügeln and Kemmlitz. The primary aim of the company was initially the preservation of the remaining goods traffic from the

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mine at Kemmlitz. For that purpose used narrow gauge

goods wagons Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon type ...

were bought from the

Mansfeld Mansfeld, sometimes also unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Protestant reformator Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in 1993 the town became one of sixteen places in ...

mining railway and a new transshipment site to the standard gauge railway network was built in Oschatz. With the help of used PKP diesel locomotives, they succeeded initially in keeping the goods traffic going. In spite of this, the demand gradually fell so that goods services had to be closed in 2001. The ''Döllnitzbahn'' was the last narrow gauge railway in Saxony to run public freight services. Today only school trains and steam-hauled 'specials' run on the ''Döllnitzbahn'' railway, e.g. for touristic purposes. There is a local private association responsible for the organisation of respective events.

Fleet List

Steam Locomotives

Diesel Locomotives & Railcars

External links

* http://www.doellnitzbahn.de * http://www.wilder-robert.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Dollnitzbahn Heritage railways in Germany Railway lines in Saxony Transport in Saxony 750 mm gauge railways in Germany