Jüterbog–Röderau railway

The Jüterbog–Röderau railway is an electrified main line in the German states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. It runs from Jüterbog via Falkenberg (Elster) to Röderau, near Riesa. There it ends in a triangular junction with the Leipzig–Dresden railway, connecting to Riesa and Dresden. The Jüterbog–Falkenberg section consists of a single track; the Falkenberg–Riesa section has two tracks. It was opened in 1848 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany.

Jüterbog–Zeithain Bogendreieck junction railway
Overview
Line number6133
LocaleBrandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 204 Jüterbog–Falkenberg (Elster)
  • 216 Falkenberg (Elster)–Riesa
Technical
Line length80 km (50 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph) (maximum)
Route map
from Berlin
62.8
 Jüterbog
(Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof - km 0.0)
B 102
to Potsdam
to Lutherstadt Wittenberg
70.8
 Oehna
75.2
 Zellendorf
(reopened 2013)
75.8
 Zellendorf
(closed 1995)
Brandenburg–Saxony-Anhalt state border
79.0
 Linda (Elster)
Holzdorf Air Base siding
84.0
 Holzdorf (Elster)
Schwarze Elster
Saxony-Anhalt–Brandenburg state border
101.1
 Herzberg (Elster)
B 87
Connecting curve to Uckro
Connecting curve to Dessau
from Roßlau
from Uckro
111.9
 Falkenberg (Elster)
Halle–Cottbus
to Węgliniec
121.7
 Saxdorf
closed 1995
from Mühlberg
125.7
 Neuburxdorf
(passenger services until 2004)
Brandenburg–Saxony state border
135.7
 Jacobsthal
closed 2004
Zeithain military training base siding
Strategic railway from Oschatz (gravel siding)
140.9
 Röderau
(passenger services until 2004)
from Leipzig
142.04
 Zeithain Bogendreieck junction
to Dresden and to Elsterwerda
Source: German railway atlas
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