Halle–Cottbus railway

The Halle–Cottbus railway is a 176 km long double-track electrified main line in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Brandenburg. It was opened in 1871 and 1872. It formed the central section of the network of the Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company. Today it is part of a connection between the Central Germany and Poland.

Halle–Cottbus–(Guben) railway
Overview
Line number6345
LocaleSaxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Brandenburg
Service
Route number
  • 209.43 (Falkenberg–Cottbus)
  • 215 (Eilenburg–Cottbus)
  • 219 (Halle–Eilenburg)
  • 228 (Eilenburg–Falkenberg)
Technical
Line length176.0 km (109.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed120 km/h (max)
Route map

From and to Leipzig
-0.3
Halle (Saale) Hbf
To Magdeburg
6.6
Peißen
7.9
Peißen Queis siding
Halle-Queis industrial railway
11.8
Reußen
14.4
Landsberg (b Halle/Saale) Süd
Saxony-Anhalt / Saxony state border
18.4
Klitschmar
18.4
ARS Altmann siding
21.0
Kyhna
Delitzsch Light Railway
To Delitzsch Light Railway
25.5
Delitzsch freight yard
To Leipzig and Bitterfeld
26.8
Delitzsch oberer Bahnhof
Leipzig–Bitterfeld
32.7
Hohenroda
35.6
Krensitz
To Rackwitz
BayWa AG siding
41.4
Kämmereiforst
44.8
Siding to Schanzberg
From Leipzig
Mühlgrabenbrücke
49.3
Eilenburg
To Pretzsch
Mulde bridge
To Wurzen
51.7
Eilenburg Ost
58.1
Doberschütz
Bundeswehr depot siding
From Gneisenaustadt Schildau
63.5
Mockrehna
69.7
Bk Klitzschen
From Belgern
77.0
Torgau
To Pratau
78.4
Elbe bridge
82.3
Beilrode
Saxony / Brandenburg state border
88.5
Rehfeld (b Falkenberg/Elster)
95.0
Falkenberg (Elster)
Jüterbog–Röderau
To Horka
98.5
Uebigau
103.0
Beutersitz
108.5
Tröbitz
110.5
Schönborn (b Doberlug)
114.4
Bk Schönbornforst
Commercial zone
(formerly Lausitz barracks)
117.6
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Berlin–Dresden railway
120.6
Hennersdorf West junction
from Berlin
122.2
Hennersdorf
From Luckau
128.0
Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz)
To Senftenberg
135.0
Lindthal junction
to Großräschen
138.4
Bk Rehain
142.2
Gollmitz (Niederlausitz)
147.9
Cabel
From Kamenz (Sachs)
150.0
Calau (Niederlausitz)
To Lübbenau (Spreew)
155.1
Bk Jehschen
160.4
Eichow
165.4
Bk Glinzig
168.3
Kolkwitz Süd
173.9
Cottbus
To Forst (Lausitz), to Frankfurt (Oder)
and to Guben
Source: German railway atlas

Before German reunification, the line was also served by express trains, but it is now mainly used by regional and international freight traffic.

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