Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz


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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.

Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz

Engine 6006 in Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese (2003)

Overview
LocaleKüchwald, Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
TerminiKüchwaldwiese
Service
Route number12248
Technical
Line length2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge600 mm
Operating speed15 km/h

Route map

1.800

Bahnbetriebswerk/
Kosmonautenzentrum Hp

335 m

1.800

Awanst Bahnbetriebswerk

333 m

2.078

Festplatz

2.3
0.0

0

Bahnhof Küchwaldwiese

325 m

0.063

Küchwaldring

0.198

level crossing post 1

(until 1968)

1.150

Sechserweg

1.150

Bk Tennisplätze

338 m

1.100

Tennisplätze Hp

337 m

planned expansion

0.700

Leipziger Straße Hp

331 m

Source: Bahnland Sachsen[1]

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

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

50°50′51″N 12°54′35″E / 50.8475°N 12.9097°E