Neuer Fahrgastrekord bei den Sächsischen Schmalspurbahnen 2019© CHRISTIAN SACHER
A pleasant appointment was on the agenda for the STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE Saxony today. A plaque marking the new passenger record of the Saxon narrow-gauge railways in the previous year was presented to the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, who is also patron of the STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE. The plaque, presented by SOEG Managing Director Ingo Neidhardt and STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE Saxony Project Manager Christian Sacher, records both the new record of 1.122 million passengers in 2019 and the 25% growth in passenger numbers over the last decade. This result is made up essentially of the passenger numbers of the five narrow-gauge railways operating daily, supplemented by those of the narrow-gauge museum railways in Saxony.
At this meeting, an Agenda for Saxon Narrow-Gauge Railways 2030 was also presented and discussed. Among other things, it outlines the challenges for the future calculation of the purchaser payments for the daily railways in the light of necessary salary adjustments and CO2 taxation, the further implementation of the Saxon workshop concept and the necessary funding for maintaining the track infrastructure.
