Glasower Damm Ost–Bohnsdorf Süd railway

The Glasower Damm Ost – Bohnsdorf Süd railway is an electrified, predominantly double-track main line in Germany. It is mainly located in the state of Brandenburg south of Berlin, but a small part of it is in Berlin. It is mainly intended to connect Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) with the underground Berlin Brandenburg Airport station. Its eastern section replaced the Berlin-Grünau – Berlin Schönefeld Airport South railway (Bahnstrecke Berlin-Grünau – Berlin Flughafen Schönefeld Süd), which was opened in 1963. This ran parallel to the current line and was mainly used to supply the airport with fuel and building materials. From 1992 to 2010, it was also used for passenger services to the biennial ILA Berlin Air Show.

Glasower Damm Ost–Bohnsdorf Süd railway
Route west of Selchow. On the left is the long-distance line from Glasower Damm and on the right is the S-Bahn line from Schönefeld.
Overview
Native nameBahnstrecke Glasower Damm Ost–Bohnsdorf Süd
Line number
  • 6151 Glasower Damm Ost–Bohnsdorf Süd
  • 6119 B.-Grünau–Schönefeld Flughafen Süd
  • 6186 Selchow West–Selchow Süd
LocaleBerlin and Brandenburg, Germany
Technical
Line length13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi) / 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

Berlin outer ring from Saarmund
Glasower Damm West junction to Elsterwerda
28.3 00,0
Glasower Damm Ost junction from Elsterwerda
30.0 00,0
Selchow West junction to Schönefeld
30.8 00,0
Selchow Süd junction
34.5 00,0
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
6.85
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport South
37.3 5.60
Diepensee Cargo junction
38.3 4.60
Kienberg
40.7 1.80
Bohnsdorf West junction
42.1 0.00
Bohnsdorf Süd junction from Görlitz to Berlin
Source: German railway atlas

The new continuous line to the airport went into operation in October 2011. Because of the delays in opening the airport, it has only had any traffic significance since October 2020, apart from the freight traffic to Schönefeld airport.

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