Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz

Engine 6006 in Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese (2003)

Overview
Locale| Küchwald, Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Termini| Küchwaldwiese
Service
Route number| 12248
Technical
Line length| 2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Number of tracks| 1
Track gauge| 600 mm
Operating speed| 15 km/h

Route map

Legend

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1.800

|  | Bahnbetriebswerk/

Kosmonautenzentrum Hp

335 m

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1.800

| Awanst Bahnbetriebswerk |

333 m

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2.078

Festplatz

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| 2.3

0.0

Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese  |

325 m

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0.063

Küchwaldring

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0.198

| level crossing post 1

(until 1968)

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1.150

Sechserweg

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1.150

| Bk Tennisplätze  |

338 m

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1.100

| Tennisplätze Hp  |

337 m

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|  | planned expansion
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0.700

| Leipziger Straße Hp  |

331 m

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Source: Bahnland Sachsen[1]

The Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz (PEC) is a narrow gauge children's railway in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. It is 2.3 kilometres long and has one station, two stops, one depot and one block post. Until 1990 it was operated as a Pioniereisenbahn. The Parkeisenbahn has six diesel locomotives, two steam locomotives, nine passenger wagons and some other vehicles. It has the route number 12248.

With the exception of the engine driver and the station master, all jobs around the railway are done by children and teenagers.

## Sources

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1. ^ "Bahnland-Sachsen.de.tl". (private Saxon railway website) (in German). LF. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

## External links

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* Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz website (German)

50°50′51″N 12°54′35″E﻿ / ﻿50.8475°N 12.9097°E﻿ / 50.8475; 12.9097
*[Awanst]: Ausweichanschlussstelle