Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz

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Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz
Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz logo.svg
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Engine 6006 in Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese (2003)
Overview
Locale Küchwald, Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
TerminiKüchwaldwiese
Service
Route number12248
Technical
Line length2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge 600 mm
Operating speed15 km/h
Route map

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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
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

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

50°50′51″N12°54′35″E / 50.8475°N 12.9097°E / 50.8475; 12.9097

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