The Anonymous Widower

An Excursion From Dresden To Chemnitz

I started early and caught an early train to Chemnitz or Karl Marx Stadt as was.

These pictures tell the story of the journey.

Note the following.

1. I took a break on the way out at Freiberg. It looked a pleasant small town in Germany and there’s the Alekto hotel by the station, that is on the Internet. Wikipedia says this about the town.

Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage conservation and is a chosen site for the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Ore Mountain Mining Region. Until 1969, the town was dominated for around 800 years by the mining and smelting industries. In recent decades it has restructured into a high technology site in the fields of semiconductor manufacture and solar technology, part of Silicon Saxony.

So things are looking up for Freiberg and perhaps in a few years time, it will be a good base from which to explore.

2. The quaintly named Frankenstein Station.

3. It is quite a scenic line and is much more so than the line from Dresden to Leipzip, that I rode the next day.

4. It is undergoing a lot of refurbishment, which judging by the wooden sleepers and some of the other things I saw, hasn’t been done for years.

5. As it’s Germany, all the clocks seem to be working. Network Rail take note!

June 14, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Chemnitz, Dresden, Home Run From Krakow, Trains