Berlin-Blankenheim railway

The Berlin-Blankenheim railway or Wetzlarer Bahn ("Wetzlar Railway") is a railway line in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a section of the Kanonenbahn (Cannons Railway) between Berlin and Metz, built between 1877 and 1882. Wetzlar used to be an important rail junction on the Kanonenbahn. The Berlin-Blankenheim line originally ran from Berlin, via Bad Belzig, Güsten, Sandersleben to Blankenheim, where a remnant of it still joins the Halle–Kassel line. The Wiesenburg–Güsten section has carried no traffic since 2004 and is now closed. Only the Berlin–Wiesenburg section is electrified. The Sandersleben–Blankenheim section has only a single track, while the remainder of the still-operating parts of the line is duplicated.

Berlin–Blankenheim or Wetzlar Railway
Overview
Native nameWetzlarer Bahn
Line number
  • 6118
  • 6024 (S-Bahn)
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number200.7, 207, ex258, 335
Technical
Line length188.1 km (116.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
  • Berlin S-Bahn: 750 V third rail
  • Berlin–Wiesenburg: 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map
from Zoologischer Garten
11.2 00.0
 Berlin-Charlottenburg
to Westend (to 1944), to Halensee
12.6 00.0
 Berlin Westkreuz
Ringbahn
Ringbahn freight tracks
A 100
to Spandau
14.6 00.0
 Berlin-Grunewald
4.0
 Berlin-Grunewald Gds junction
22.5 00.0
 Nikolassee
from Zehlendorf
Wannseebahn freight tracks
A 115
24.1 12.7
 Berlin-Wannsee
B 1
to Stahnsdorf (until 1961)
 Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück
(1945 only)
Teltow Canal
 Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück
(1945 only)
Berlin–Brandenburg state border
16.5
 Griebnitzsee Ost
to Potsdam
Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg railway
crosses border twice
18.7
 Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg
Nuthe
21.7
 Rehbrücke
24.3
 Bergholz
(until 1998) outer ring
25.1
 Wilhelmshorst junction
from Potsdam
25.5
 Wilhelmshorst
B 2
from Saarmund
28.5
 Michendorf
A 10
to Jüterbog and Seddin freight yard
32.6
 Seddin
from Seddin freight yard
34.7
to Potsdam
freight bypass (until 1998)
from Potsdam
37.9
 Beelitz-Heilstätten
A 9
43.9
 Borkheide
52.1
 Brück
B 246
57.9
 Baitz
B 102
from Brandenburg
from Treuenbrietzen
65.2
 Bad Belzig (Belzig until 2011)
72.7
 Borne (Mark)
(until 1991)
77.8
 Wiesenburg
to Roßlau
Reetz (Bk)
Brandenburg–Saxony-Anhalt state border\
B 246
92.9
 Nedlitz
(until 2003)
97.6
 Deetz
(until 2003)
102.0
 Lindau (Anhalt)
(until 2003)
B 184
110.2
to Biederitz
111.5
 Güterglück
(until 2003) Biederitz–Dessau
112.6
from Dessau
Elbe
Animal feed plant siding
120.2
 Barby
(passenger trains until 2004)
124.4
 Werkleitz junction
to Magdeburg
Magdeburg–Halle
126.8
 Tornitz junction
from Calbe Ost
 Calbe (Saale) Stadt
(since 2014)
130.7
 Calbe West
to Bernburg
A 14
B 71
Bode
137.6
 Neugattersleben
(until 1994)
143.9
 Rathmannsdorf
(until 1998)
B 185
from Magdeburg and Bernburg
147.3
 Güsten
Wipper
150.6
 Giersleben junction
to Aschersleben
B 6
from Aschersleben
163.4
 Sandersleben
(Keilbahnhof)
to Halle
169.8
 Hettstedt
 Hettstedt copper and brass works
to Gerbstedt (HHE)
Mansfeld Mining Railway
173.2
 Siersleben
(until 1993)
B 180, B 242
Klostermansfeld substation siding
from Wippra
Mansfeld Mining Railway
179.0
 Klostermansfeld
(formerly Mansfeld)
Mansfeld Electric Light Railway
181.3
 Helbra
184.8
 Hergisdorf
from Halle
188.1
 Blankenheim junction station
to Sangerhausen
Source: German railway atlas
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