Cottbus–Guben railway

The Cottbus–Guben railway is a two-track electrified main line in the Southeast of the German state of Brandenburg. It connects the city of Cottbus with the town of Guben, which is on the German–Polish border and the Lusatian Neisse. The line is served every hour by Regional-Express service RE 11, which connects Cottbus, Guben and continues towards Eisenhüttenstadt and Frankfurt (Oder). Starting in 2002, parts of the line were rerouted in the Cottbus area to allow the expansion of the Cottbus-Nord lignite mine.

Cottbus–Guben railway
Trains at Cottbus station in 2014
Overview
Line number211
LocaleBrandenburg
Service
Route number
  • Original line: 6345
  • Merzdorf–Peitz Ost: 6220
Technical
Line length37.7 km (23.4 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Operating speed
  • Cottbus–Peitz Ost: 140 km/h (87 mph)
  • Peitz Ost–Guben: 120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

From Zbąszynek
211.5
Guben
(island station)
208.5
Guben Süd
From Forst
B 112
202.6
Kerkwitz
197.8
Grabko
195.7
Jänschwalde Ost
192.6
Jänschwalde
Malxe
188.2
Peitz Ost
186.7
11.4
end of new course
9.4
Teichland
6.1
Cottbus-Willmersdorf Nord
183.9
Neuendorf (Niederlausitz)
Willmersdorf
179.0
Merzdorf (b Cottbus)
1.2
Cottbus-Merzdorf
B 168
0.0
176.7
Merzdorf siding
beginning of new course
176.0
Cottbus-Sandow
Spree
From Forst and Görlitz
173.9
Cottbus
Source: German railway atlas
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