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Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway

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Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží–Johanngeorgenstadt
Service
Route number142
Technical
Line length47.0 km (29.2 mi)
(Line class: Karlovy Vary–Nejdek: B2
Nejdek–Staatsgrenze: A1)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Operating speed50 km/h (31 mph) max.
Route map

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Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží
formerly Karlsbad unt Bf
376 m
0.385
vlečka Karlovarské minerálni vody
Karlovarský Tunnel (81 m)
3.060
Karlovy Vary
formerly Karlsbad
412 m
≈5.200
Sedlec siding (railway)
6.237
vlečka Porcelánka Viktoria
6.447
Stará Role
formerly Alt-Rohlau
390 m
6.945
vlečka stararolský porcelán Moritz Zdekauer
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
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
Re-opening of the railway border crossing at Potůčky-Johanngeorgenstadt in 1992
Interior of Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží

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.