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|map_name = Route diagram |map_state = collapsed }} The Kirnitzschtal tramway, also known as the ''Kirnitzschtalbahn'' (Kirnitzsch Valley Tramway), is an electric tramway in Saxony, Germany. The line runs through the valley of the Kirnitzsch river in Saxon Switzerland, from the town of Bad Schandau up to the Lichtenhain Waterfall, in the municipality of Sebnitz. The line is principally a tourist service, being the only tramway to serve a National Park in Germany, and uses historical rolling stock built between 1925 and 1968. The line is operated by the Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna Sebnitz mbH (OVPS), which translates to the ''Upper Elbe Public Transport Company Pirna Sebnitz Ltd''. This company also operates local bus services in the area around and between Pirna and Sebnitz, together with boat services on the Elbe river.〔〔 ==History== The first plans for the line were introduced in 1893. These were for a tramway from Bad Schandau to Rainwiese (now Mezní Louka in the Czech Republic). The decision on the form of propulsion to use was controversial, with both steam locomotives or electric traction proposed. However steam propulsion proved uneconomic, and electrification was selected. This required the construction of an additional power plant.〔Kirnitzschtalbahn, Retrieved on February 20, 2009. 〕 The line opened from Bad Schandau as far as the Lichtenhain Waterfall on Saturday, May 28, 1898. The first service was delayed by 45 minutes when the car derailed on its maiden trip. The line was operated a tourist service from the beginning, with service from May to October. In the opening year 80,000 passengers rode the line. The remainder of the line to Rainweise was never built for economic reasons.〔〔 The initial vehicle fleet comprised six enclosed motorcars and six trailers, which were built by Busch in Bautzen. During the night of July 26, 1927, fire destroyed the depot and the entire fleet. Traffic was restored on August 12 and continued until October 31 using cars borrowed from the Lößnitz Tramway. In 1928, a new fleet of five motorcars and six trailers built by MAN were put into service and the Lößnitz Tramway cars were returned to Radebeul. However a works car from the Lößnitz Tramway remained on the Kirnitzschtal tramway until 1954, over 20 years after the other borrowed cars had been scrapped. It was transferred to the Lockwitztal tramway, where it remained in regular transport service until 1968.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bad Schandau Tramway Network )〕 On June 23, 1969, the line was truncated by approximately at the Bad Schandau end, because of increasing traffic congestion in the town. The former terminus at the ''Hotel Lindenhof'', and the intermediate stop at ''Forellenbrücke'' were abandoned, and replaced by a new terminus at ''Stadtpark''. A month later, on July 21, one of the line's motor cars overturned and all passengers suffered injuries.〔〔 The line took over five motor cars from the Lockwitztal tramway in 1977, after the closure of that line. These vehicles were built between 1938 and 1944 for the tramway of Erfurt, and are thus called ''Erfurter''. In 1984, four trailers built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik in the 1960s were acquired, and these were joined by two similar motor cars in 1992, two motor cars and two trailers in 1995 and a final motor car in 2007. These vehicles came from various East German cities, and are collectively known as ''Gothawagen''.〔〔 The Kirnitzschtal tramway was reconstructed from 1985 to 1990. The very serious flooding of the Elbe in 2002 caused services to be suspended as the line's Bad Schandau terminus, along with the rest of the town, was under of flood water. Reconstruction of the Kirnitzschtal road, together with extensive track replacement, again caused suspension in 2003.〔〔 On August 7 2010, heavy flooding in the Kirnitzschtal caused damage to both the line and its vehicles. The depot was flooded to the height of the tram floors, causing damage to the cars motors, gears and axles. The line did not operate again until Easter 2011, and when it reopened it was curtailed to Beuthenfall by the need to rebuild a retaining wall on the approach to Lichtenhain Waterfall terminus. This last section did not reopen until December 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirnitzschtal tramway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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