Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway

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Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží–Johanngeorgenstadt

Service

Route number

142

Technical

Line length

47.0 km (29.2 mi)
(Line class: Karlovy Vary–Nejdek: B2
Nejdek–Staatsgrenze: A1)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Operating speed

50 km/h (31 mph) max.

Route map

Legend

	from Mariánské Lázně (former Marienbad–Karlsbad Railway)
0.000	Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží formerly Karlsbad unt Bf	376 m
0.385	vlečka Karlovarské minerálni vody
	Teplá
	Ohře
	Karlovarský Tunnel (81 m)
	Chomutov–Cheb
	from Chomutov (former Buschtěhrad Railway)
3.060	Karlovy Vary formerly Karlsbad	412 m
≈5.200	Sedlec siding (railway)
	to Cheb
6.237	vlečka Porcelánka Viktoria
6.447	Stará Role formerly Alt-Rohlau	390 m
	Rolava
6.945	vlečka stararolský porcelán Moritz Zdekauer
	from Chodov (former Chodau–Neudek railway)
12.061	Nová Role formerly Neu-Rohlau	440 m
12.135	vlečka Karlovarský porcelán
≈14.900	Nová Role zastávka formerly Hammerhäuser	480 m
15.520	vlečka Bývalá brusírna na dřevo
16.545	vlečka Bývalý závod Vejprtských papíren
≈17.500	Suchá formerly Gibacht-Thierbach	525 m
18.957	vlečka Vlnap a.s.
19.460	Nejdek formerly Neudek	557 m
20.573	vlečka Metalis a.s
	Nejdecký Tunnel (230 m)
≈21.400	Nejdek zastávka	600 m
	Vysokokopecký Tunnel (68 m)
≈23.100	Vysoká Pec formerly Hochofen	640 m
23.375	Rolava
24.244	Rolava
	Novohamerský Tunnel (252 m)
	Rolava

	Weißbach Viaduct
26.202	Nové Hamry formerly Neuhammer (b Karlsbad)	713 m
≈28.500	Tisová u Nejdku formerly Eibenberg	765 m
≈31.200	Nové Hamry zastávka formerly Sejfy/Seifenhäusel	830 m
≈33.100	Oldřichov u Nejdku formerly Tellerovy domy/Tellerhäuser	875 m
	Straße II/219
≈34.600	summit	915 m
	Pernink (Steinbogen) Viaduct
≈36.200	Pernink formerly Bärringen-Abertham	902 m


38.883	Horní Blatná formerly Bergstadt Platten	870 m
	Straße II/221
≈43.400	Potůčky zastávka formerly Breitenbach Hp	760 m

	Černá (Schwarzwasser)
45.665	vlečka Škoda Plzeň, provoz Potůčky
45.828	Potůčky formerly Breitenbach	697 m
46.120	German/Czech state border
46.811	Johanngeorgenstadt	676 m
	to Zwickau

The Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway connects Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic with Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Germany. The highest point of this mountain railway lies 915 metres (3,002 ft) above sea level. The entire line was opened for regular traffic in 1899.

The railway station at Pernink is the highest in the Ore Mountains and was for a short time also the highest railway station in the Bohemian Kingdom.

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, cross-border traffic was terminated. The track between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and East Germany was maintained for military reasons only. After the fall of communism in Central Europe in 1989, the newly elected democratic governments of both countries began discussions on the restoration of cross-border traffic; this was finally achieved in 1992.

The line is operated by railcars of ČD Class 814 Regionova. During periods of heavy snowfall, they are replaced by diesel locomotives of ČD class 714 with two to three BDtax passenger cars. Services of the DB's subsidiary, Erzgebirgsbahn, are worked by Siemens Desiro Classics.

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