Frose–Quedlinburg railway

The Frose–Quedlinburg railway, also called the Balkan ("Balkans") locally, was a standard gauge branch line on the northern rim of the Harz Mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The line runs from Frose via Gernrode to Quedlinburg. It was closed in 2004. The Gernrode–Quedlinburg section was subsequently converted by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway Company to metre gauge. Since 26 June 2006 the line has been re-opened as part of the Selke Valley Railway.

Frose–Quedlinburg railway
Crossing to Gernrode station looking towards Quedlinburg
Overview
Line number6862
LocaleSaxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number332 (2004)
Technical
Line length30.2 km (18.8 mi)
Track gauge
  • 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
  • 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gernrode–Quedlinburg since 2006
Route map
-0.70
Halberstadt
-0.30
 Frose
to Aschersleben
B 6n
B 6
3.27
 Reinstedt
Selke
B 185
7.84
 Ermsleben
Selke
10.56
 Meisdorf
13.51
 Ballenstedt Ost
B 185
15.38
 Ballenstedt West
19.43
 Rieder (Harz)
20.85
 Gernrode (Harz)
(standard gauge)
210 m
Selke Valley Railway from Hasselfelde
(metre gauge)
22.29
 Bad Suderode
(former Bf)
187 m
 Quarmbeck barracks siding
24.90
 Quedlinburg-Quarmbeck
152 m
from Thale (standard gauge, parallel line)
from Blankenburg
29.52
 Quedlinburg
(end of metre gauge)
122 m
to Magdeburg
Source: German railway atlas
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