Zittau railway station, Railway station in Zittau, Germany.
Zittau railway station is a border and break-of-gauge station in the Saxon city of Zittau, where trains running on two different track widths meet. It connects standard gauge lines with a narrow gauge railway and sits at a point where Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic come together.
The station opened in 1848 and quickly grew into a key junction for freight and passenger traffic between Germany and its eastern neighbors. The narrow gauge line added later connected the city to the mountain villages of the Zittau Mountains.
The station building is listed as a heritage monument and stands as one of the most recognizable railway buildings in the region. Visitors stepping onto the platforms can immediately see two different track widths side by side, which gives the place a character unlike most other stations.
The station sits in the center of Zittau and is easy to reach on foot from the old town. The narrow gauge platforms are clearly set apart from the standard gauge tracks, making it straightforward to find the right departure point.
The narrow gauge line that departs from here still runs with steam locomotives, making it one of the last operating steam routes in Germany. On weekends and holidays, the old engines are in regular service and can be seen and heard from the platform.
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