Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway

Karlovy Vary dolní nádraží–Johanngeorgenstadt
File:Karte Bahnstrecke Karlovy Vary - Johanngeorgenstadt.png
Line length:	47.0 km
Track gauge:	1435 mm
Maximum speed:	50 km/h
Legend from Mariánské Lázně (former Marienbad–Karlsbad Railway) 0,000 Karlovy Vary dolní nádražíformerly Karlsbad unt Bf 376 m 0,385 vlečka Karlovarské minerálni vody Teplá Eger Karlovarský Tunnel (81 m) Chomutov–Cheb from Chomutov (former Buschtěhrad Railway) 3,060 Karlovy Varyformerly Karlsbad 412 m ~5,200 Sedlec siding (railway) to Cheb 6,237 vlečka Porcelánka Viktoria 6,447 Stará Roleformerly Alt-Rohlau 390 m Rolava 6,945 vlečka stararolský porcelán Moritz Zdekauer from Chodov (former Chodau–Neudek railway) 12,061 Nová Roleformerly Neu-Rohlau 440 m 12,135 vlečka Karlovarský porcelán ~14,900 Nová Role zastávkaformerly Hammerhäuser 480 m 15,520 vlečka Bývalá brusírna na dřevo 16,545 vlečka Bývalý závod Vejprtských papíren ~17,500 Sucháformerly Gibacht-Thierbach 525 m 18,957 vlečka Vlnap a.s. 19,460 Nejdekformerly Neudek 557 m 20,573 vlečka Metalis a.s Nejdecký Tunnel (230 m) ~21,400 Nejdek zastávka 600 m Vysokokopecký Tunnel (68 m) ~23,100 Vysoká Pecformerly Hochofen 640 m 23,375 Rolava 24,244 Rolava Novohamerský Tunnel (252 m) Rolava Weißbach Viaduct 26,202 Nové Hamryformerly Neuhammer (b Karlsbad) 713 m ~28,500 Tisová u Nejdkuformerly Eibenberg 765 m ~31,200 Nové Hamry zastávkaformerly Sejfy/Seifenhäusel 830 m ~33,100 Oldřichov u Nejdkuformerly Tellerovy domy/Tellerhäuser 875 m Straße II/219 ~34,600 summit 915 m Pernink (Steinbogen) Viaduct ~36,200 Perninkformerly Bärringen-Abertham 902 m 38,883 Horní Blatnáformerly Bergstadt Platten 870 m Straße II/221 ~43,400 Potůčky zastávkaformerly Breitenbach Hp 760 m Černá (Schwarzwasser) 45,665 vlečka Škoda Plzeň, provoz Potůčky 45,828 Potůčkyformerly Breitenbach 697 m 46,120 German/Czech state border 46,811 Johanngeorgenstadt 676 m to Zwickau

File:Re-opening of railway border crossing Potucky-Johanngeorgenstadt 1992.jpg

Re-opening of the railway border crossing at Potůčky-Johanngeorgenstadt in 1992

The Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway connects Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic with Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Germany. The highest point of this mountain railway lies 915 metres (3,002 ft) above the sea level. The entire line was opened for regular traffic in 1899.

The railway station at Pernink is the highest in the Ore Mountains and was for a short time also the highest railway station in the Bohemian Kingdom.

Shortly after the end of Second World War, cross-border traffic was terminated. The track between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and East Germany was maintained for military reasons only. After the fall of communism in Central Europe in 1989, the newly elected democratic governments of both countries began discussions on the restoration of cross-border traffic; this was finally achieved in 1992.

The line is operated by railcars of ČD Class 814 Regionova. During periods of heavy snowfall, they are replaced by diesel locomotives of ČD class 714 with two to three BDfaax or BDtax passenger cars. Services of the DB's subsidiary, Erzgebirgsbahn, are worked by Siemens Desiro Classics.