Christmas trip with advance booking
· Organiser: Coal Railway Association · Leipzig Region
Description
A special lunch
Many people long to ride a train again – not the usual ICE, but a little narrow-gauge country railway, trundling leisurely through the countryside. Come and join us at the station in Meuselwitz, where the good old Kohlebahn sets off on tour almost every Sunday of the year.
This heritage railway runs partly on the tracks of the former mine railway, which once carried raw coal from the open-cast mines to the briquette factories. The 15 km line takes you from the edge of Meuselwitz into the beautiful Schnauder valley and skirts the Auholz woods with their angling ponds.
Since 2024, a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, the “Wilde Hilde” of type KDL 10, has been in service in the Leipzig mining region. The 900 mm gauge steam locomotive, built in 1944, has been owned by the association since 2001. Bringing a steam locomotive back to service after it has stood cold for so long is rare, and not only in Germany. Many old parts had to be replaced with newly built ones.
Visit the Kohlebahn between Meuselwitz and Regis-Breitingen and look forward to a steam ride through the post-mining landscape of the Leipzig lignite area.
Enjoy the shuttle service through charming scenery between Kammerforst and Auenholz, linking the small Thuringian town of Meuselwitz with Regis-Breitingen in Saxony, in the open carriages or in the elegantly furnished saloon car.
The special lunch: roast goose with red cabbage and dumplings in the saloon of the
western town from 12:00 to 13:30. Advance booking only.
Many people long to ride a train again – not the usual ICE, but a little narrow-gauge country railway, trundling leisurely through the countryside. Come and join us at the station in Meuselwitz, where the good old Kohlebahn sets off on tour almost every Sunday of the year.
This heritage railway runs partly on the tracks of the former mine railway, which once carried raw coal from the open-cast mines to the briquette factories. The 15 km line takes you from the edge of Meuselwitz into the beautiful Schnauder valley and skirts the Auholz woods with their angling ponds.
Since 2024, a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, the “Wilde Hilde” of type KDL 10, has been in service in the Leipzig mining region. The 900 mm gauge steam locomotive, built in 1944, has been owned by the association since 2001. Bringing a steam locomotive back to service after it has stood cold for so long is rare, and not only in Germany. Many old parts had to be replaced with newly built ones.
Visit the Kohlebahn between Meuselwitz and Regis-Breitingen and look forward to a steam ride through the post-mining landscape of the Leipzig lignite area.
Enjoy the shuttle service through charming scenery between Kammerforst and Auenholz, linking the small Thuringian town of Meuselwitz with Regis-Breitingen in Saxony, in the open carriages or in the elegantly furnished saloon car.
The special lunch: roast goose with red cabbage and dumplings in the saloon of the
western town from 12:00 to 13:30. Advance booking only.
Location
Timetable
The trip runs to a special timetable.
Departs Meuselwitz at 10:30.
Fares
Extract from the fare table including surcharge.
| Adults | |
| Children up to 12 years |