Berlin–Magdeburg railway

The first section of the Berlin–Magdeburg Railway was opened in 1838 as the Berlin-Potsdam Railway and was the first railway line in Prussia. In 1846 it was extended to Magdeburg.

Berlin–Magdeburg railway
A section of the line in 2015
Overview
Line number
  • 6110, 6125, 6177
  • 6024 S-Bahn Wannsee–Potsdam
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number201
Technical
Line length141.9 km (88.2 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification
  • Berlin S-Bahn: 800 V third rail
  • Griebnitzsee–Magdeburg: 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Potsdamer Bahnhof
0,0
Berlin Wannseebahnhof
Berlin Potsdamer goods yard
Großgörschenstraße
Berlin Großgörschenstraße
(until 1939)
Berlin Julius-Leber-Brücke
3.5
Schöneberg
from the Ringbahn (freight track)
3.9
Berlin Schöneberg operations station
Friedenau
A 103, B 1
Feuerbachstraße
6.3
Berlin-Steglitz freight yard
Rathaus Steglitz
Botanischer Garten
9.4
Lichterfelde West
Zehlendorfer Railway
Sundgauer Straße
12.1
Zehlendorf
to Wannsee
13.2
Berlin-Zehlendorf Süd
14.6
Berlin-Düppel
Berlin–Brandenburg state border
current route of the A 115
Cemetery Railway
former route of the A 115
Brandenburg–Berlin state border
Teltow Canal
Brandenburg–Berlin state border
20.9
from Wannsee
21.9
Griebnitzsee
Babelsberg
Nuthe
26.1
Potsdam Hauptbahnhof,
terminus of
Potsdam Kiewitt
28.2
Potsdam Charlottenhof
B 1
29.7
Potsdam Park Sanssouci
36.0
Werder (Havel)
46.8
Groß Kreutz
to Lehnin
50.2
Götz
B 102, B 1
61.3
Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof
to Rathenow and Bad Belzig
Brandenburg Towns Railway
72.0
Gränert
73.1
Kirchmöser
76.5
Wusterwitz
to Ziesar
Brandenburg–Saxony-Anhalt state border
83.1
Kade
from Schönhausen and from Milow
91.5
Genthin
B 107, B 1
98.8
Bergzow-Parchen
from Jerichow and Ziesar
106.2
Güsen (b Genthin)
117.6
Burg (b Magdeburg)
123.9
Niegripp
125.0
Möser
128.1
Hohenwarthe
131.7
Lostau
134.5
Gerwisch
(old station)
130.5
Gerwisch
former route to Magdeburg
from Loburg
133.7
Biederitz
Elbe overflow canal, Ehle
136.2
Magdeburg-Herrenkrug
Herrenkrug rail bridge, Elbe
from and to Oebisfelde and Stendal
139.6
Magdeburg-Neustadt
B 1
141.9
Magdeburg Hbf
to Halberstadt and Halle
Source: German railway atlas
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