Chemnitz Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway

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Chemnitz Küchwald–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
The former railway viaduct of KCCh line across Chemnitz river in 2013, then already being unused for 14 years
Overview
Line number6263; Saxon KCCh
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length1.578 km
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Route map

from Grüna ob Bf
from Wechselburg
0.000
Chemnitz Küchwald
(until 2018 freight traffic only)
301 m
0.100
Irrbornweg
0.602
Schönherrstraße
0.70
Werkgraben
1.097
Chemnitz valley viaduct
1.485
post track tunnel Außenbahnhof–Postbahnhof
1.578
from Abzw Chemnitz-Furth (RCCh); end of line
310 m
to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Overview
Line number6262; Saxon RCCh
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length2.6 km
Number of tracks1 (2 June 1902 to 1945: 2)
Track gauge1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

−0.13
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth
313 m
0.14
entrance Bw Chemnitz Hbf
0.48
creek
0.71
post track tunnel Außenbahnhof–Postbahnhof
0.822
from Chemnitz Küchwald (KCCh)
310 m
Riesa–Chemnitz railway (RC)
0.98
Dresden–Werdau railway (DWCh) ("Werkstättenviadukt")
Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Chemnitz
1.8
connection to Raw „Wilhelm Pieck“ and railway power plant
2.44
Frankenberger Straße
2.472
325 m
Source: Sachsenschiene.de

The Chemnitz Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway used to be two short freight lines on which freight trains from Geithain and Leipzig, from Wechselburg and from Obergrüna (KCCh branching off at Chemnitz Küchwald) as well as from Riesa and Döbeln (RCCh branching off at Chemnitz-Furth) could bypass Chemnitz main station and get directly to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf goods station.