Berlin–Dresden railway

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.

Berlin–Dresden railway
RegionalBahn train in Dresden
Overview
Line number
  • 6135 (Bln. Südkreuz–Elsterwerda)
  • 6248 (Elsterwerda–Dr.-Friedrichst.)
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg and Saxony
Termini
Service
Route number
  • 200.2 (Yorckstraße–Blankenfelde)
  • 203 0 (Glasower Damm–Elsterwerda)
  • 225 0 (Elsterwerda–Dresden Hbf)
  • 240 0 (all traffic)
Technical
Line length174.2 km (108.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map

 Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof
from Potsdamer Platz
from Berlin Hbf
1.600
 Yorckstraße
3.500
Berlin Südkreuz (Papestraße until 2006)
Ringbahn
from Ringbahn
 Berlin-Tempelhof freight yard
5.100
 Berlin Priesterweg
to Teltow
6.700
 Attilastraße
(formerly Mariendorf)
6.800
Berlin-Mariendorf junction
freight line from Ring line
Teltow Canal
 Kamenzer Damm
(planned)
9.400
 Berlin-Marienfelde
11.000
 Buckower Chaussee
to GAR
old freight ring (GAR)
from GAR
12.300
 Schichauweg
13.800
 Lichtenrade
Berlin–Brandenburg state border
16.800
 Mahlow
outer ring (BAR)
19.100
 Glasower Damm Süd junction
from BAR
19.400
Blankenfelde (Teltow-Fläming district),
terminus of
20.800
 Dahlewitz
24.300
 Rangsdorf
30.700
 Dabendorf
31.200
 Zossen Zoa junction
from Mittenwalde
32.700
 Zossen
37 m
to Jüterbog
Notte Canal
36.000
 Zossen Lager
39.100
 Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
50 m
42.100
 Neuhof (b Zossen)
51.500
 Baruth/Mark
55 m
56.100
 Klasdorf
61.800
 Golßen (Niederl)
62 m
68.600
 Drahnsdorf
65 m
from Dahme
76.000
 Luckau-Uckro
84 m
Falkenberg (Elster)–Beeskow
81.100
 Gehren (Kr Luckau)
85.500
 Walddrehna
115 m
93.700
 Brenitz-Sonnewalde
99 m
100.000
 Doberlug-Kirchhain Nord junction
to Cottbus
to Falkenberg
102.900
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Halle–Cottbus line
108.900
 Rückersdorf (Niederl)
116.500
 Hohenleipisch
121.700
 Biehla
Węgliniec–Roßlau
from Elsterwerda-Biehla
122.800
 Elsterwerda
93 m
Schwarze Elster
Pulsnitz
to Riesa
124.600
50.400
Route no. change 6135 / 6248
48.120
 Prösen Ost
93 m
Brandenburg–Saxony state border
43.450
 Frauenhain
110 m
39.530
 Zabeltitz
113 m
Connecting line to Großenhain Cottbuser station
33.520
Großenhain Berlin station
(passenger station to 2002) 118 m
Große Röder
27.900
Großenhain–Priestewitz line
Röder new cut
0
Weißig–Böhla curve
 Kottewitz junction
 Böhla
(passenger station until 2002)
144 m
17.480
 Weinböhla
(passenger station until 2002)
143 m
13.310
 Neucoswig
(until 2002)
123 m
11.800
 Az junction (Bk)
11.946
to Dresden-Neustadt
Leipzig–Dresden
from Coswig
10.950
 Radebeul-Naundorf junction (Bk)
10.800
 Radebeul-Naundorf
111 m
Elbe bridge, Niederwartha (354 m)
8.970
 Niederwartha
112 m
Niederwartha pumped-storage plant siding
6.784
 Cossebaude
110 m
5.350
 Dresden-Stetzsch
110 m
3.890
 Dresden-Kemnitz
108 m
2.220
 Dresden-Cotta
116 m
from Dresden port (freight line)
0.230
Dresden-Friedrichstadt
marshalling yard
114 m
0.000
(start of line)
to Dresden-Neustadt
to Werdau Bogendreieck
to Dresden Hbf–Děčín
Source: German railway atlas

Upgrades completed in December 2017 enabled maximum speeds of 160 km/h (99 mph). By 2020 new signalling should allow speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph).

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