The Ore Mountains have a rich cultural heritage and are characterised by a centuries-old mining and craft tradition, agriculture and diverse industry. Since the mid-1990s, an economic upswing has again been noticeable in our region, especially in and around the major centres of Chemnitz and Zwickau. The automotive industry and its suppliers have made a considerable contribution to this. New businesses are now also settling in the medium-sized centres. In addition to the traditional trades, trade and the service sector also play an important role. Tourism also plays a role in the Central Saxony region that should not be underestimated. The Erzgebirge, with its customs and charming landscape, attracts holidaymakers and day trippers not only during the Christmas season. The transport companies operating here carry around 110 million passengers a year, with around 40 per cent of all passengers travelling in the Erzgebirge region. The Erzgebirgsbahn has made it its business to expand and operate the railway infrastructure of the four Erzgebirge routes in a cost-optimised manner. Whether for work or education, for leisure or other occasions, the railway in the Chemnitz region is to be developed again into an attractive mobility offer. The Erzgebirge railway is part of the transport solutions for the Chemnitz-Erzgebirge region as an area with special development tasks. The Saxony Magistr
This seems like a great track and the 642 would be used there (which just comes with the new Maintalbahn DLC). Also it would be the forth route in Saxony then, after Rapid Transit (Dessau-Markleeberg over Leipzig), Dresden Nahverkehr (Dresden-Riesa) and Tharandter Rampe (Dresden-Chemnitz), but Saxony is simply beautiful and a great location for trains. Only missing then the route Chemnitz-Aue to "connect" all of these 4 maps. There is also a nice train driving there, the Variobahn, a mix between a tram and a regional train, worth a DLC alone:
