The historic Kirnitzschtalbahn has connected Bad Schandau with the Lichtenhain waterfall for 8 km since 1898 and runs through the middle of the national park.
Important: On 03.11.25 construction work will begin on the fundamental expansion of the tracks of the Kirnitzschtalbahn on a track length of around 300 meters between the Ostrauer Brücke and the Kirnitzschtalbahn depot. Operation of the Kirnitzschtalbahn will be suspended during the construction work, which is expected to last until 19.12.25 .
Some squeaking and jolting is part of it when the aged lady takes a bend. And she's allowed to. After all, she has been on the road for more than 125 years. The nostalgic streetcar operation in the Kirnitzschtal valley in Saxon Switzerland is a highlight for railroad romantics. The only streetcar in the world that enters a national park runs here! With just one line, it is also the smallest streetcar operation in Germany!
The single-track line runs for a total of eight kilometers from the Bad Schandau spa gardens through the picturesque valley with high rock faces and the river that gives it its name to the terminus at Lichtenhain Waterfall. Each of the nine stops along the way is a starting point for a hike into the rocky world of the Saxon Switzerland National Park.
The line was electrified over 125 years ago. Over the decades, the railroad has been modernized again and again. Today, 30% of the traction current is even generated by solar energy.
However, the historic trains from the depot are used several times a year: every year on 1 May, at Whitsun, at the Kirnitzschtal Festival and on 3 October, the lovingly restored carriages are on the move.
The "mobile guest card" and the Deutschland-Ticket are valid on the Kirnitzschtalbahn.
Some squeaking and jolting is part of it when the aged lady takes a bend. And she's allowed to. After all, she has been on the road for more than 125 years. The nostalgic streetcar operation in the Kirnitzschtal valley in Saxon Switzerland is a highlight for railroad romantics. The only streetcar in the world that enters a national park runs here! With just one line, it is also the smallest streetcar operation in Germany!
The single-track line runs for a total of eight kilometers from the Bad Schandau spa gardens through the picturesque valley with high rock faces and the river that gives it its name to the terminus at Lichtenhain Waterfall. Each of the nine stops along the way is a starting point for a hike into the rocky world of the Saxon Switzerland National Park.
The line was electrified over 125 years ago. Over the decades, the railroad has been modernized again and again. Today, 30% of the traction current is even generated by solar energy.
However, the historic trains from the depot are used several times a year: every year on 1 May, at Whitsun, at the Kirnitzschtal Festival and on 3 October, the lovingly restored carriages are on the move.
The "mobile guest card" and the Deutschland-Ticket are valid on the Kirnitzschtalbahn.
