Berlin–Görlitz railway

The Berlin–Görlitz railway is a main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Berlin-Görlitz Railway Company (Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The line runs through Lusatia from Berlin via Cottbus to Görlitz. It is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened in 1866 and 1867.

Berlin–Görlitz railway
Overview
Line number6142
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 202 Berlin–Cottbus
  • 220 Cottbus–Görlitz
Technical
Line length207.9 km (129.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification
  • Berlin–Cottbus:15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
  • Berlin–Königs Wusterhausen: 750 V DC third rail
Operating speed
  • 160 kilometres (99 mi)K. Wusterhausen–ca. km 112 near Cottbus
  • 120 kilometres (75 mi)
Route map
0.0
 Görlitzer Bahnhof
(until 1952)
Landwehr Canal
former West-Berlin / East-Berlin border
from Neukölln/Treptow West freight yard
Ringbahn
from Ostkreuz
from Ostkreuz
2.7
Exposition
(Universal Exposition of Berlin of 1896)
3.5
 Plänterwald
since 1956
from Neukölln
from Neukölln
5.2
 Baumschulenweg
since 1890
Britz Canal
6.1
 Kanne
(until 1887)
7.1
 Berlin-Schöneweide
to Spindlersfeld
8.4
Berlin-Johannisthal
since 1945
10.3
 Berlin-Adlershof
to Eichgestell (outer ring)
Teltow Canal
to Schönefeld Airport
Grünau Cross (outer ring)
from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
to Schönefeld Airport
Bundesstraße 96a
 from Outer Freight Ring
13.7
 Berlin-Grünau, terminus of
15.7
to BBI Airport
17.2
from BBI Airport
Berlin–Brandenburg state border
18.8
 Eichwalde-Schmöckwitz
to 1898
19.0
 Eichwalde
since 1898
21.6
 Zeuthen
since 1897, terminus of
21.8
 Hankels Ablage
until 1897
25.1
 Wildau
since 1900
Bundesautobahn 10
Notte
from Beeskow
27.2
Königs Wusterhausen
terminus of
to Mittenwalde
31.2
 Zeesen
Bundesstraße 179
Bundesstraße 246
33.8
 Bestensee
43.8
 Groß Köris
50.4
 Halbe
Dahme
54.7
 Oderin
59.7
Brand Tropical Islands
(Brand (Niederl) until 2015)
65.6
 Schönwalde (Spreew)
70.0
 Lubolz
Bundesstraße 115
Lower Lusatian Railway
74.6
 Lübben (Spreewald)
from Beeskow
Bundesstraße 87
to Falkenberg (Elster)
80.6
 Ragow
to 1994
85.6
 Lübbenau (Spreewald)
to Kamenz
92.8
 Raddusch
97.5
 Vetschau
98.6
 Kraftwerk Vetschau
to 1993
105.0
 Kunersdorf
Papitz until 2003
109.6
 Kolkwitz
from Halle (Saale)
from Priestewitz
114.7
 Cottbus
to Frankfurt (Oder)
to Guben
to Forst
Bundesstraße 168
Spree
119.9
 Kiekebusch (bei Cottbus)
Bundesautobahn 15
industrial railway
124.6
 Neuhausen (bei Cottbus)
128.4
 Bagenz
138.42
 Spremberg
125 m
Bundesstraße 156
Brandenburg / Saxony state border
143.53
 Graustein
133 m
to Knappenrode
145.37
Graustein Ost junction
148.89
 Schleife
128 m
from Forst (Lausitz)
157.14
 Weißwasser (Oberlausitz)
145 m
Bundesstraße 156
to Bad Muskau
165.7
 Weißkeißel
173.05
 Rietschen
(former station)
145 m
Bundesstraße 115
179.45
 Hähnichen
153 m
184.22
 Uhsmannsdorf
(former station)
162 m
to Horka freight yard
187.04
 Horka
(Węgliniec–Roßlau)
164 m
from Niesky
192.24
 Kodersdorf
(former station)
182 m
198.47
 Charlottenhof (Oberlausitz)
210 m
to Ober-Neundorf (strategic railway)
Bundesautobahn 4
Bundesstraße 99
205.90
from Weißenberg (Sachs) Süd
205.89
 Svt junction
to Görlitz industrial yard
to Schlauroth freight yard
from Dresden-Neustadt
Bundesstraße 99
207.92
 Görlitz
222 m
to Węgliniec and Wałbrzych
to Hagenwerder (–Zawidów)
Source: German railway atlas

It was nationalised in 1882 and became part of Prussian state railways. In 1920, it became part of German national railways along with the rest of the Prussian state railways.

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