Oberweißbacher Bergbahn

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Oberweißbacher Bergbahn
Passenger waggon of cable railway
Service
Route number	563
Technical
Line length	3.986 km
Track gauge	1,800 mm (5 ft 10+7⁄8 in) and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	30 km/h max. (standard gauge section). 5.75 km/h max. (funicular section).
Maximum incline	25  %[1]
hide Route map hide Legend Schwarzatalbahn from Katzhütte Railway turntable 0,000 Obstfelderschmiede 339 m Schwarzatalbahn to Rottenbach 0,676 Passing loop of cable railway 1,351 Lichtenhain/Bergbahn 662 m Railway turntable and operating station Bergbahnstraße Oberweißbacher Straße (Kreisstraße 26) Wirtschaftsweg 3,006 Oberweißbach-Deesbach 664 m Wirtschaftsweg 3,986 Cursdorf 678 m Non-revenue track Is used to transfer standard gauge vehicles on the goods waggon

The Oberweißbacher Bergbahn is a German railway in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. Since 1922 it connects Obstfelderschmiede (Mellenbach-Glasbach) with the village Cursdorf. The train consists of 1.351 km broad gauge cable railway and a connects to 2.635 km standard gauge electrified adhesion railway.^[2]

History[]

Both railways are operationally closely linked. Since January 1982 the Oberweissbacher-Bergbahn is a historical monument.^[3] The railway is operated by Deutsche Bahn AG and offers about thirty rides every half-hour from 5:30 am to 8:00 pm.

Operation[]

This funicular is unusual because instead of using two purpose built passenger vehicles, it only features one. The other vehicle is a flatbed truck that is designed to carry a single standard gauge passenger car, freight waggon or locomotive between the conventional railway systems at the bottom and the top. At the top, both vehicles pull into a passenger halt at Lichtenhain/Bergbahn, but the standard gauge rails on the flat bed car can interface with the standard gauge railway.

At the bottom, there is a turnout that sends the two vehicles into separate termini. The passenger vehicle is directed into a conventional funicular passenger halt, but the flat bed vehicle is directed to interface with a turntable on the Schwartzatalbahn adjacent to Obstfelderschmiede station. In normal day to day passenger service, the flat bed vehicle is loaded with a dedicated passenger car carrying the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn branding. Passenger access to this car is provided at the terminus.^[4]

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oberweißbacher Bergbahn.

• Oberweißbacher Bergbahn official website
• Oberweißbacher Bergbahn on the DB-Schwarzatalbahn website
• Lichtenhainer Waldeisenbahn

Coordinates: 50°35′55″N 11°07′50″E / 50.5986°N 11.1306°E / 50.5986; 11.1306

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