The Erzgebirgsbahn (sometimes abbreviated as EGB) is a German railway company and a RegioNetz subsidiary of

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

. It operates in the Ore Mountains (German: ''Erzgebirge'') region of southern

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 ...

, near the towns of

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

and

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...

. The company is responsible for maintaining and operating services over five railway lines: * Chemnitz – Flöha – Erdmannsdorf-

Augustusburg Augustusburg () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km east of Chemnitz. Augustusburg is known for its ''Jagdschloss'', the hunting lodge of the same name. The town includes the ortsteil or t ...

– Hennersdorf –

Wolkenstein Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz. The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of Zschopau and ...

– Annaberg-Buchholz –

Cranzahl Sehmatal is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany, which was created in 1999 through the union of ''Neudorf'', ''Cranzahl'' and ''Sehma''. The three villages are located along the Sehma river, aligned in a north-so ...

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Bärenstein Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. History From 1952 to 1990, Bärenstein was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (G ...

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Vejprty Vejprty (; german: Weipert) is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants. It lies along the border with Germany. Administrative parts Villages of České Hamry and Výsada are ...

. :* Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway :*german section of

Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway The Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway (german: Bahnstrecke Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz unt Bf) is a branch line in the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony. The line extends the Chomutov–Vejprty/Reitzenhain railway at Vejprty (Weipert ...

* Chemnitz – Flöha –

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 Flöha () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Flöha is situ ...

– Pockau-Lengefeld –

Olbernhau Olbernhau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 35 km southeast of Chemnitz, and 23 km north of Chomutov, Czech Republic. History Presumably, the town's name arose from ...

/ Marienberg. :*active section of

Reitzenhain–Flöha railway The Reitzenhain–Flöha railway, one of two lines also called the Flöha Valley Railway (german: Flöhatalbahn), is a branch line in Saxony in East Germany. It links the city of Chemnitz with Flöha, Lengefeld, Pockau Pockau is a village and a ...

Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway The Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway, one of two lines also called the Flöha Valley Railway (german: Flöhatalbahn), is a branch line in the German state of Saxony. It runs in the valley of the Flöha (river), Flöha from Pockau via Olbernhau ...

* Chemnitz – Thalheim –

Zwönitz Zwönitz () is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km south of Stollberg, and 24 km southwest of Chemnitz. Parts of the town Zwönitz consists of: Population * 1542 – 570 * 1697 – 741 ...

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Aue Aue may refer to: * Aue (toponymy), a frequent element in German toponymy meaning "wetland; river island; river" Places * Aue, Saxony, a mining town in Saxony, Germany * Aue (Samtgemeinde), a collective municipality in Uelzen District, Lower Sax ...

. :*longest active section of

Chemnitz–Adorf railway The Chemnitz–Adorf railway is a branch line in Saxony, Germany that was built and operated by the Chemnitz-Aue-Adorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CAAE). The 115 km long line originally ran from Chemnitz in a southwesterly direction along the v ...

* Zwickau – Aue –

Schwarzenberg Schwarzenberg may refer to: People * House of Schwarzenberg, Franconian and Bohemian aristocratic family which was first mentioned in 1172 ** Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771–1820), Field Marshal in Austrian service during the Napol ...

– Johanngeorgenstadt. :*

Zwickau–Schwarzenberg railway The Zwickau–Schwarzenberg railway is a main line railway in the German state of Saxony. It extends from Zwickau through the valleys of the Zwickauer Mulde and the Schwarzwasser via Bad Schlema and Aue to Schwarzenberg. It opened in 1858 and ...

:* Johanngeorgenstadt–Schwarzenberg railway * Annaberg-Buchholz – Schwarzenberg. :* Annaberg-Buchholz–Schwarzenberg railway The company also used to operate the Augustusburg Cable Railway, a funicular railway that connects Erdmannsdorf-

on the Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway with the town of

from 2006 until 2015.

Profile

The company is based in Chemnitz. The company has a total of around 260 employees (as of the beginning of 2009). The contract to spin off the company from Deutsche Bahn was signed on April 26, 2001. It is the second regional network of the DB after the Kurhessenbahn. Today around 150 trains run daily on the Erzgebirgsbahn network. Between 2002 and the beginning of 2008, the number of daily passengers increased from around 1200 to around 4600. According to its own information, the company has been leading the customer satisfaction statistics of the Deutsche Bahn rail transport companies since July 2002 (as of early 2008). In 2017 the number of passengers was 5200 per day, 252 employees worked for the company. The contract with the Central Saxony transport association for the provision of local rail transport services in the “Erzgebirgsnetz” was extended on June 24, 2016 at the previous conditions until the timetable change in June 2021.

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* Railway companies of Germany Transport in the Ore Mountains Companies based in Chemnitz {{Germany-company-stub