Borsdorf–Coswig railway

Borsdorf (Saxony)–Coswig
Overview
Line number6386
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Service
Route number241.1, 506
Technical
Line length102.649 km (63.783 mi)
Number of tracks2: Meißen Altstadt–Coswig junction B
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius285 m (935 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (only Meißen Triebischtal–Coswig (b Dresden) section)
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.1%
Route map

0.00
Borsdorf (Sachs)
127 m
3.55
Beucha
129 m
to Trebsen
8.94
Naunhof
134 m
13.20
Großsteinberg
140 m
15.43
150 m
19.25
Grimma ob
159 m
21.86
168 m
from Borna
25.84
Bundesstraße 107 (13 m)
26.24
Großbothen
147 m
28.4
Flood bridge (320 m; filled in)
28.95
Muldenbrücke junction
29.22
Kössern Viaduct
Vereinigte Mulde
(310 m)
34.34
Tanndorf
(former station)
150 m
36.26
40.1
Leisnig bridge (50 m)
41.48
Leisnig
156 m
43.01
Eulenbach (13 m)
46.27
Klosterbuch
(former station)
160 m
46.75
(12 m)
49.30
Westewitz-Hochweitzschen
(former station)
167 m
51.32
Freiberger Mulde (123 m)
54.42
Döbeln Hbf
(Keilbahnhof)
176 m
55.26
B 175 (14 m)
55.66
Friedrichstraße (13 m)
55.92
Waldheimer Straße (13 m)
56.40
Döbeln bridge (40 m)
56.88
Döbeln Zentrum (formerly
Döbeln Ost; former station)
182 m
57.64
Freiberger Mulde (86 m)
60.72
Freiberger Mulde (53 m)
61.28
Niederstriegis
(former station)
185 m
61.94
Freiberger Mulde (60 m)
62.01
Werkgraben (16 m)
62.63
Freiberger Mulde (56 m)
65.03
State highway 34 (17 m)
65.17
Roßwein
199 m
66.79
Freiberger Mulde (72 m)
68.62
Service road (10 m)
69.38
Gleisberg-Marbach
(former station)
205 m
70.63
Freiberger Mulde (55 m)
from Freiberg
from Riesa
73.41
Nossen
220 m
Narrow gauge railway
to Freital-Potschappel
74.18
Freiberger Mulde (115 m)
74.85
Seminarweg (10 m)
77.56
Deutschenbora
253 m
80.86
225 m
86.41
Heynitzer Bach (10 m)
86.42
Miltitz-Roitzschen
177 m
87.23
Triebisch (40 m)
87.62
Triebisch (34 m)
87.97
Triebisch (46 m)
88.25
Triebisch (54 m)
88.66
Staatsstraße 83 (25 m)
Meißen Triebischtal–Lommatzsch
(narrow gauge)
89.43
Triebisch (70 m)
89.80
Triebisch (50 m)
89.91
Bk Götterfelsen
143 m
90.05
Mühlgraben (10 m)
90.09
Triebisch (42 m)
91.13
Triebisch valley (95 m)
91.69
Triebisch (36 m)
from Wilsdruff and Lommatzsch
(narrow gauge)
92.80
Meißen Jaspisstraße
116 m
93.44
Meißen Triebischtal
110 m
94.15
State route 177 (17 m)
94.50
Meißen Altstadt
95.01
Elbe (214 m)
95.22
State route 82 (25 m)
95.29
Meißen
111 m
95.87
Fabrikstraße (16 m)
96.03
Fürstengraben (13 m)
96.81
Steinweg (16 m)
100.72
Neusörnewitz
107 m
102.25
Auerstraße (18 m)
102.65
Coswig B junction
(Bk)
113 m
(104.17)
Coswig (Dresden)
110 m
Source: German railway atlas

The Borsdorf–Coswig railway is a mainline railway in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company. It runs mostly along the Freiberger Mulde from Borsdorf via Döbeln and Meißen to Coswig near Dresden. It is part of a long-distance connection from Leipzig to Dresden, but is now used for local traffic only.