Rainful vacations and reduced subsidies have resulted in a mixed year for the two narrow-gauge railroads in the Dresden region in 2025. However, Mirko Froß, Head of Railway Operations at Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft (SDG), said that the company was satisfied with a decline of around nine percent to 275,000 passengers given the general conditions.
Around 157,000 people traveled on the Lößnitzgrundbahn between Radebeul-Ost and Radeburg, 13 percent fewer than in the previous year. According to Froß, the absence of the narrow-gauge railroad festival, which is only taking place this year, was also noticeable here. Germany's longest-serving narrow-gauge railroad through the Weißeritz Valley between Freital-Hainsberg and the spa town of Kipsdorf saw 118,000 passengers, eight percent fewer than in 2024.
