Tourist metre gauge railway in the Harz mountain range of Germany
Brocken Railway
In the vicinity of the Brocken weather station, December 2001
Overview
Native name
Brockenbahn
Locale
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Termini
Drei Annen Hohne
Brocken
Technical
Line length
19.0 km (11.8 mi)
Track gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Operating speed
40 km/h (24.9 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline
3.3%
Route map
Legend
from Wernigerode
0.00
Drei Annen Hohne
543 m
to Nordhausen
Steinbach
Dammastbach
2.90
Bk Knaupsholz
3.55
Awanst Steinbruch Knaupsholz (to 1963)
Wormke
5.36
Schierke
687 m
8.60
Bk Bobbahn (bosafesubst:BSleigh run)
Schwarzes Schluftwasser
10.35
Eckerloch
855 m
10.90
Bk Eckerloch
13.60
Goetheweg
956 m
16.60
Bk Brockenmoor
18.96
Brocken
1,125 m
Source: German railway atlas[1]
The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany.
It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne (51°46′13″N10°43′37″E / 51.7704°N 10.7269°E / 51.7704; 10.7269 (Drei Annen Hohne station)) at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken (51°47′59″N10°37′04″E / 51.7997°N 10.6179°E / 51.7997; 10.6179 (Brocken station)), the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 43–4. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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