The Wilkau-Haßlau–Carlsfeld narrow gauge railway (Schmalspurbahn Wilkau-Haßlau–Carlsfeld) was the first steepest and longest of the narrow gauge railways in Saxony. The line was around 42 kilometres long had a track gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and ran from Wilkau-Haßlau via Kirchberg and Schönheide to Carlsfeld through the Ore Mountains.
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closing date
1977-04-30
closing year
1977-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
line length (μ)
41961.0
opening date
1881-10-16
opening year
1881-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany), Royal Saxon State Railways
