Berlin–Halle railway

Berlin–Halle railway
A freight train passes Ludwigsfelde station in 2012
Overview
Native nameAnhalter Bahn
Line number6132
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number250
History
Opened
  • 1 July 1841 (1841-07-01)
  • 10 September 1841 (1841-09-10)
  • 1859
Technical
Line length161.6 km (100.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed200 km/h (124.3 mph) (maximum)
Route map

North-South S-Bahn
0.0
Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof
Anhalter freight yard
1.7
Yorckstraße
from Berlin HBf
3.6
Berlin Südkreuz
Tempelhof marshalling yard
4.6
Priesterweg
5.0
6.6
Südende
6.9
7.9
Lankwitz
9.2
Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost
(10.7)
Osdorfer Straße
(11.6)
Lichterfelde Süd
BerlinBrandenburg state border
14.2
Teltow
from the Teltow Railway
18.4
Großbeeren
19
20
Berlin outer ring
to the former IFA connecting line
20.5
from Berlin outer ring
21.1
Birkengrund Nord
(closed 1994)
22.5
Birkengrund
25.0
Ludwigsfelde
30.3
Thyrow
34.3
Trebbin
40.2
Scharfenbrück
46.1
Woltersdorf (Luckenwalde)
49.8
Luckenwalde
54.8
Forst-Zinna
(closed 1994)
58.6
Grüna-Kloster Zinna
(closed 1994)
62.8
Jüterbog
Dennewitz branch
69.2
Niedergörsdorf
75.1
Blönsdorf
BrandenburgSaxony-Anhalt state border
79.0
Klebitz
(until 13 December 2014)
84.0
Zahna
87.5
Bülzig
89.4
Zörnigall
94.8
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
95.7
Elbe bridge 333 m
98.3
Pratau
to Bad Schmiedeberg
104.2
Bergwitz
to Kemberg
105.6
Bergwitz crossover
111.6
Radis
116.1
Gräfenhainichen
116.8
to Oranienbaum
121.3
from Oranienbaum
121.5
Burgkemnitz
126.2
Muldenstein
Northern Mulde bridge 192 m
127.8
Mulde bridge 262 m
Leine bridge 98.5 m
131.6
Bitterfeld
138.6
Roitzsch
142.0
Brehna
146.7
Landsberg
152.0
Hohenthurm
161.6
Halle (Saale) Hbf
Source: German railway atlas

The Berlin–Halle railway, sometimes called the Anhalt railway (German: Anhalter Bahn), is a twin-track, electrified main line found in the German city and state of Berlin, and the states of Brandenburg and Sachsen-Anhalt. The railway was originally built and managed by the Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.

The Anhalt railway runs from Berlin via Jüterbog and Wittenberg to Halle. The line is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). In the Berlin area, Anhalt Suburban Line, which carries Berlin S-Bahn services, runs parallel to the main line.