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Biela Valley Trolleybus

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Line length
  
4.4 km

Königstein Viaduktplatz
  
136 m

Maximum speed
  
12

2.3
  
Biela

0.0
  
Königstein goods station125 m

1.6
  
Königstein Viaduktplatz

The Biela Valley Trolleybus (German: Bielatalbahn or Bielathalbahn) was a trolleybus service in the German state of Saxony. The facility opened on 10 July 1901 and had closed again by September 1904. It was one of the first trolleybus operations in the world. The 4.4-kilometre long route was also known at the time as the Gleislose Bahn or "trackless railway" – its full name being Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung ("Trackless Biela Valley Motor Line with Electric Overhead Cable"). It was operated by the firm of Bielathal-Motorbahn Königstein and served the lower valley of the Biela in Saxon Switzerland. The route linked Königstein on the Elbe with the then independent village of Hütten. The terminus was at Kurbad Königsbrunn.

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Biela Valley Trolleybus Wikipedia