Berlin–Magdeburg railway

Berlin–Magdeburg railway
A section of the line in 2015
Overview
Line number
  • 6110, 6125, 6177
  • 6024 S-Bahn Wannsee–Potsdam
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number201
Technical
Line length141.9 km (88.2 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map

km
4.5
Anhalter
6.1
Yorckstraße
(Großgörschenstraße)
6.8
Julius-Leber-Brücke
Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof
Berlin Potsdamer goods yard
0.0
Berlin Wannseebahnhof
Berlin Großgörschenstraße
7.6
3.5
Schöneberg
Ringbahn
3.9
 
Schöneberg Junction
freight connection
4.6
Friedenau
5.7
Feuerbachstraße
6.3
Berlin Steglitz freight yard
6.9
Rathaus Steglitz
8.0
Botanischer Garten crossover
8.2
Botanischer Garten
9.2
Lichterfelde West
Zehlendorf Railway to Schönow
10.8
Sundgauer Straße
12.0
Zehlendorf
13.2
Zehlendorf Süd
14.6
Düppel
Berlin
Brandenburg
state border
Cemetery Railway
A 115 former route
Brandenburg
Berlin
state border
Berlin
Brandenburg
state border
20.9
28.7
Griebnitzsee
31.2
Babelsberg
33.1
Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
Potsdam Kiewitt
28.2
Charlottenhof
29.7
Park Sanssouci
36.0
Werder (Havel)
46.8
Groß Kreutz
Lehnin Light Railway to Lehnin
50.2
Götz
B 1 / B 102
61.3
Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof
Brandenburg Towns Railway
to Rathenow│to Bad Belzig
72.0
Gränert
73.1
Kirchmöser
76.5
Wusterwitz
Ziesar Light Railway to Ziesar
83.1
Kade
Genthin–Schönhausen railway
to Schönhausen
&
Genthin Light Railway
to Milow
91.5
Genthin
B 1 / B 107
98.8
Bergzow-Parchen
Ziesar Light Railway
to Ziesar
Güsen–Jerichow railway
to Jerichow
106.2
Güsen (bei Genthin)
117.6
Burg (bei Magdeburg)
123.9
Niegripp
125.0
Möser
128.1
Hohenwarthe
131.7
Lostau
134.5
Gerwisch
(original)
130.5
Gerwisch
Biederitz–Magdeburg-Buckau rly
Biederitz–Altengrabow railway
to Loburg
133.7
Biederitz
Elbe overflow canal, Ehle
136.2
Herrenkrug
Herrenkrug rail bridge
across the Elbe
Oebisfelde–Magdeburg railway
to Oebisfelde
&
139.6
Neustadt
141.9
Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof
km
Source: German railway atlas

The first section of the Berlin–Magdeburg Railway was opened in 1838 as the Berlin-Potsdam Railway also known as trunk line (German: Stammbahn) and was the first railway line in Prussia. In 1846 it was extended to Magdeburg.