Scenic route
Lößnitzgrundbahn
Radebeul Ost → Radeburg · Germany
- Distance
- 16 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 05 min
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- SDG
- Train
- Saxon VII K steam · 750 mm
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1884
- Riders per year
- ≈ 275k
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Daily steam on Dresden’s doorstep since 1884: out of Radebeul’s villa streets into the wooded Lößnitzgrund, past Moritzburg’s moated hunting palace to little Radeburg.
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