Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway

The Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway, or Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf narrow-gauge railway (German: Schmalspurbahn Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf; Upper Sorbian: Žitawa-Kurort Ojbin/Kurort Jonsdorf Wuskokolspurbahn), is a narrow-gauge railway system employing steam locomotives and serving the mountain health-spa resorts (German: Kurorte) of Oybin and Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains in southeast Saxony (Germany). The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

Steam locomotive in Zittau video

Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway
Two trains depart Bertsdorf
Overview
Line number	6960/6961
Coordinates	50.890551°N 14.791767°E / 50.890551; 14.791767
Termini	Zittau Oybin, Jonsdorf
Service
Type	narrow-gauge railway
Route number	238
Operator(s)	Zittau-Oybin-Jonsdorf Railway Company, Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR, DB, Saxon-Upper Lusatian Railway Company
Depot(s)	Bertsdorf
History
Opened	November 25, 1889
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% or 1:30
Route map Legend 0.008 Zittau Liberec–Zittau railway 1.159 Zittau stop approx.1.6 Neißebrücke 1.647 Neißebrücke switch Zittau–Hermsdorf railway Liberec–Zittau railway 1.92 to Dach- und Isolierstoffwerk, frm. Werner & Co. Zittau south (formerly Schützenhaus) 3.05 Mandau bridge(43 m) approx.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

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

• Media related to Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf railway at Wikimedia Commons
• SOEG official website of Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway including timetables
• Fan site of the Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway