Węgliniec–Roßlau railway

Węgliniec–Roßlau (Elbe) railway
Węgliniec–Roßlau railway with a short section in Western Poland (red) and a longer section in Southeastern Germany (orange)
Overview
Line number
  • 6207 (Germany)
  • 295 (Poland)
LocaleGermany and Poland
Service
Route number216, 228, 229
Technical
Line length233.2 km (144.9 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius470 m (1,542 ft)
Electrification
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline0.07%
Route map

From Wrocław
From Lubań
0.523
Węgliniec
formerly Kohlfurt
island station
189 m
To Czerwona Woda
To Żary
3.32
Block Hartmannseichen
6.623
Szklenice
formerly Glaserberg
10.60
Block Stojanów
formerly Penzighammer
12.540
Bielawa Dolna
formerly Niederbielau
13.424
Poland
Germany
Lusatian Neisse (100 m)
15.15
Zentendorf
until 1930
From Przewóz
21.31
Horka freight yard
165 m
22.81
Horka
(passage to Horka station)
171 m
23.1
23.7
Neugraben (14 m)
23.745
Särichen junction
27.80
Niesky
171 m
31.79
Block Moholz
170 m
33.82
Petershain
160 m
36.86
Mücka
148 m
37.44
43.3
Block Tauer
142 m
45.84
Klitten
131 m
49.10
Uhyst Vorbf
132 m
51.30
Spree (40 m)
From Boxberg
52.02
Uhyst
132 m
52.56
Beginning of the 1962 realignment
59.55
60.40
Lohsa
since 1962
125 m
61.66
60.06
km change +1,600 km
60.13
Lohsa
until 1962
125 m
60.8
Lusatian mining railway
63.13
Weißkollm–Königswartha
From Sornoer Buden junction
From Bautzen
64.5
Lusatian mining railway
66.17
Knappenrode
formerly Werminghoff
123 m
68.75
Block Groß Zeißig
120 m
70.15
Hoyerswerda-Neustadt
119 m
70.9
71.9
From Bautzen
72.76
Hoyerswerda
118 m
To Neupetershain
79.68
Schwarzkollm
118 m
82.56
Lauta (Niederlausitz)
125 m
83.74
Lauta (Niederlausitz) Bbf
126 m
84.47
Block Lauta
Saxony
Brandenburg
state border
87.91
Hosena
(formerly Hohenbocka)
109 m
Schwarzbach (b Ruhland)
98.32
Ruhland
99 m
Black Elster
Lauchhammer Süd
109.0
Lauchhammer
formerly Lauchhammer West
117.8
Plessa
Kahla (Oberlausitz)
124.7
Elsterwerda-Biehla
Haida (Oberlausitz)
130.0
Zeischa
134.6
Bad Liebenwerda
Black Elster
139.3
Wahrenbrück
Ditch
Beiersdorf (b Bad Liebenwerda)
148.2
Falkenberg (Elster)
To Luckau-Uckro
153.7
Beyern
156.5
Fermerswalde
Brandenburg
Saxony
state border
From Prettin
170.1
Annaburg
179.1
Jessen (Elster)
Company siding
189.0
Elster (Elbe)
Company siding
195.1
Mühlanger
formerly Prühlitz
199.2
Lutherstadt Wittenberg-Labetz
formerly Wendel
201.9
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
203.7
Lutherstadt Wittenberg Altstadt
formerly LW Elbtor
To Straach
206.1
Lutherstadt Wittenberg West
formerly Klein Wittenberg
From Straach
Company siding
SKW GmbH port siding
Melamine works siding
208.3
Lutherstadt Wittenberg-Piesteritz
SKW northern siding
SKW nitrogen works siding
PCI Augsburg siding
210.3
Apollensdorf
212.1
Griebo
216.7
Coswig (Anh) Hp
Bundesstraße 187a
Former match factory siding
217.6
Coswig (Anh) freight yard
Coswig port siding
Commercial zone siding
222.7
Klieken
229.3
Roßlau (Elbe) junction Aw
To Roßlau (Elbe) freight yard
Roßlau Ra
231.2
Meinsdorf
Bundesstraße 184
233.7
Roßlau (Elbe)
Source: German railway atlas

The Węgliniec–Roßlau (Elbe) railway is a mainline railway in Poland and the German states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, originally built by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company and the Upper Lusatian Railway Company as part of the trunk line from Breslau (now Wrocław) to Magdeburg. It runs from Węgliniec (formerly Kohlfurt) via Niesky, Hoyerswerda, Falkenberg (Elster) and Wittenberg to Roßlau (Elbe). The line is sometimes called the Niederschlesische Gütermagistrale (Lower Silesian freight trunk line) because it provides a direct connection from the province of Lower Silesia to Central Germany. The western section of the line is one of the oldest lines in Germany.