Berlin–Dresden railway

Berlin–Dresden railway
Overview
Line number
  • 6135 (Bln. Südkreuz–Elsterwerda)
  • 6248 (Elsterwerda–Dr.-Friedrichst.)
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg and Saxony
Termini
Service
Route number
  • 200.2 (Yorckstraße–Blankenfelde)
  • 203  (Glasower Damm–Elsterwerda)
  • 225  (Elsterwerda–Dresden Hbf)
  • 240  (all traffic)
Technical
Line length174.2 km (108.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (100 mph) (maximum)
Route map

                  
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Berlin Dresdener Bahnhof
Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof
1.6
Yorckstraße
3.5
Berlin Südkreuz
Ringbahn
Berlin-Tempelhof freight yard
5.1
Berlin Priesterweg
6.7
Attilastraße
6.8
Berlin-Mariendorf junction
Kamenzer Damm
(planned)
9.4
Berlin-Marienfelde
11.0
Buckower Chaussee
to industrial sidings
12.3
Schichauweg
13.8
Lichtenrade
Berlin
Brandenburg
state border
16.8
Mahlow
19.1
Glasower Damm Süd junction
Berlin outer ring
19.4
Blankenfelde
(
terminus
)
20.8
Dahlewitz
24.3
Rangsdorf
30.7
Dabendorf
31.2
Zossen Zoa junction
32.7
Zossen
37 M
Notte Canal
36.0
Zossen Lager
39.1
Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
50 M
42.1
Neuhof bei Zossen
51.5
Baruth (Mark)
55 M
56.1
Klasdorf-Glashütte
61.8
Golßen (Niederl)
62 M
68.6
Drahnsdorf
65 M
Dahme–Uckro railway
to Dahme
76.0
Luckau-Uckro
84 M
Lower Lusatian Railway
to Falkenberg (Elster)│to Beeskow
81.1
Gehren (Kr Luckau)
85.5
Walddrehna
115 M
93.7
Brenitz-Sonnewalde
99 M
100.0
Doberlug-Kirchhain Nord junction
102.9
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Halle–Cottbus line
108.9
Rückersdorf (Niederl)
116.5
Hohenleipisch
121.7
Biehla
Elsterwerda-West Terminal
122.8
Elsterwerda
93 M
124.6
50.4
Line 6135
Line 6248
48.120
Prösen Ost
93 M
Brandenburg
Saxony
state border
43.45
Frauenhain
110 M
39.53
Zabeltitz
113 M
33.52
Großenhain Berliner
(passenger station to 2002)
118 M
27.900
Röder new cut
Kottewitz junction
Böhla
(
closed
2002
)
144 M
25.530
22.390
20.170
Kockelsberg tunnel (planned)
18.809
17.48
Weinböhla
(
passenger station
until 2002
)
143 M
13.31
Neucoswig
(
closed
2002
)
123 M
11.80
Az junction (Bk)
11.946
 
to Dresden-Neustadt
← to Coswig
 
10.95
Radebeul-Naundorf junction (Bk)
10.80
Radebeul-Naundorf
111 M
Elbe bridge, Niederwartha
354 m
8.97
Niederwartha
112 M
Niederwartha pumped-
storage plant
6.784
Cossebaude
110 M
5.35
Dresden-Stetzsch
110 M
3.89
Dresden-Kemnitz
108 M
2.22
Dresden-Cotta
116 M
freight line
to Dresden port
0.230
Dresden-Friedrichstadt
marshalling yard
114 M
0.000
start of line
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Source

The Berlin–Dresden railway is a double track, electrified main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company (Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). It runs from Berlin through the southern Teltow countryside and then between Lower Lusatia and Fläming Heath through Elsterwerda and the Großenhainer Pflege countryside to Dresden.

Upgrades completed in December 2017 enabled maximum speeds of 160 km/h (99 mph). Work is under way to reopen the traditional route through the southern suburbs of Berlin for long-distance trains and to allow speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph) on parts of the line.