Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway

The Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway (also known as the Elstertalbahn—"Elster Valley Railway") is a main railway line in the German federal states of Thuringia and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company (Sächsisch-Thüringische Eisenbahngesellschaft). It runs in the valley of the White Elster (Weiße Elster) from Gera via Greiz and Plauen to Weischlitz.

Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway
Section of the 1902 route map of Saxony
Overview
Native nameElstertalbahn
Line number6269
LocaleSaxony and Thuringia, Germany
Service
Route number541
Technical
Line length60.38 km (37.52 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius275 m (902 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline0.9%
Route map
from Leipzig-Leutzsch
-0.120
Gera Süd
formerly Gera (Reuß) Sächs Stb
197 m
0.979
 Gera-Debschwitz junction
to Probstzella
to Gößnitz
(1892 realignment; abandoned 2016)
1.800
 Gera Süd goods yard
200 m
connecting curve from Gößnitz
2.578
Gera Ost
formerly Zwötzen Sächs Stb
203 m
4.084
 Gera-Liebschwitz
206 m
4.605
Liebschwitz Viaduct (226 m)
Leipzig-Leutzsch
5,272
 Wolfsgefärth junction
to Probstzella
6.424
 Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord
6.633
Meilitz Viaduct (130 m)
Werdau–Weida–Mehltheuer
from Weida
Wünschendorf Lime Works siding
9.397
 Wünschendorf/Elster
9.740
factory road overpass (10 m)
to Werdau
10.200
White Elster (120 m)
12.100
Lochgut Tunnel (53 m)
12.200
White Elster (70 m)
18.248
Berga (Elster)
21.913
White Elster (60 m)
22.100
Rüßdorf Tunnel (264 m)
24.074
 Neumühle (Elster)
25.276
White Elster (100 m)
25.945
White Elster (50 m)
26.130
Neumühle Tunnel (118 m)
26.288
White Elster (75 m)
30.086
Schloßberg Tunnel (270 m)
30.300
(20 m)
30.317
White Elster (70 m)
30.664
 Greiz
 to Neumark
31.900
White Elster (110 m)
32.346
Bundesstraße 92 overpass (10 m)
32.200
Greiz paper factory siding
32.596
White Elster (60 m)
32.700
Dölau Tunnel (139 m)
32.929
White Elster (70 m)
33.558
 Greiz-Dölau
36.740
ANFC Greiz-Dölau siding
Saxony–Thuringia state border
35.878
 Elsterberg
36.100
White Elster (60 m)
36.449
Elsterberg Tunnel (358 m)
Enka Elsterberg siding
37.011
 Elsterberg Kunstseidenwerk
39.577
White Elster (43 m)
39.792
Rentzschmühle Tunnel (88 m)
39.923
White Elster (43 m)
40.277
White Elster (43 m)
40.524
White Elster (40 m)
Rentzschmühle Quarry siding
40.710
 Rentzschmühle
42.169
White Elster (55 m)
42.928
 Barthmühle
Leipzig–Hof (Elster Viaduct)
43.707
Trieb (30 m)
45.100
Barthmühle Tunnel (206 m)
45.230
White Elster (40 m)
45.796
White Elster (49 m)
47.471
White Elster (32 m)
48.641
White Elster (65 m)
from Lottengrün
49.651
 Plauen (Vogtl) Chrieschwitz
50.180
Stahltechnologie Plauen,
Fernheizwerk Plauen siding
51.133
 Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte
51.831
Bundesstraße 173 overpass (21 m)
52.062
Bundesstraße 92 overpass (15 m)
52.677
 Plauen (Vogtl) unt Bf
53.386
Vomag siding
54.371
 Plauen (Vogtl) Zellwolle
Köstner Stahlzentrum siding
57.819
White Elster (38 m)
58.130
 Kürbitz
352 m
from Plauen ob Bf
58.1
 Kürbitz
59.904
 Weischlitz
to Cheb
Source: German railway atlas
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