Trebnitz–Leipzig railway
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Line number | 6411 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 81.268 km (50.498 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trebnitz–Leipzig railway is a double track electrified main line in the German states of
History
Planning and Construction
The Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company (
Its trunk line ran from Berlin via
The parliament of the Duchy of Anhalt decided to build a 13 km long railway from Roßlau to
A passenger train and a locomotive collided at a Rackwitz on 21 June 1871. 19 people died and 56 others were injured.[3]
Electrification
The Magdeburg–Dessau–Leipzig–Halle axis was one of the first mainline to be electrified with low-frequency, single phase power. The
The state police approved the power supply and contact line systems on 4 January 1911 and trial operations with a voltage of 5 kV and a supply line voltage of 30 kV began on 18 January 1911 using a borrowed
At the beginning of the twenties, the electrification was initially restored between Leipzig and Dessau and soon extended over the whole line towards Magdeburg. To ensure the power supply, another substation was built in Marke.
After the Second World War
After the end of World War II, the most urgent war damage was eliminated and electric operations resumed, but it had to be abandoned in March 1946. The infrastructure was abruptly dismantled and delivered together with the locomotives to the
In 1962, the Bitterfeld–Delitzsch section was moved to allow the development of a new open pit mine at Holzweißig-West, extending its length by 1498 metres[8] and Petersroda station was rebuilt. Federal highway 184 was rebuilt parallel to the line.
From 1 January 1955 to 1 January 1977, the section north of Haideburg yard belonged to Reichsbahndirektion (
In long-distance traffic between Berlin and Leipzig, the section between Bitterfeld and Leipzig–together with the line from Bitterfeld to Halle–was the busiest in the
From 1976, the line was included in Deutsche Reichsbahn’s new Städteexpress ("city express") network.
List of Städteexpress (Ex) services on the line (as of 31 May 1991)
- Ex 100/107 Elstertal: Gera–Leipzig–Berlin
- Ex 160/167 Sachsenring: Zwickau–Berlin
- Ex 151/156 Berliner Bär: Berlin–Leipzig–Erfurt
- Ex 162/163 Thomaner: Leipzig–Berlin
- Ex 166/161 Lipsia: Leipzig–Berlin
After 1990
Following the
In 1991, upgrading of the line from Berlin to Halle and Leipzig commenced as part of the German Unity Transport Projects: rail project 8.3.[11] In the same year, work began at the section between Bitterfeld and Delitzsch, followed in 1992 by work between Zschortau and Delitzsch. The upgrading of the entire 27.5 km section for 160 km/h was estimated to cost 340 million Deutsche Marks in early 1993.[12] The development of the line between Leipzig and Bitterfeld was carried in a total of ten sections. At this time the line between Delitzsch and Zschortau was upgraded for a length of 2.2 km.[13]
In the mid-1990s, the upgrade was sufficiently advanced for speeds on a section of it to be raised to a maximum of 160 km/h. Further work was required for the raising of speeds to 200 km/h, in particular the elimination of many level crossings. Completion of this work in 1999, at a cost of 3.5 billion marks, cut the travel time between Halle/Leipzig and Berlin to under an hour.[11] Various improvements had been made to the line, including the eliminating of all crossings and the modernisation of all stations. A radio-based train protection system was installed.[14] A timetable change in May 2006 raised speeds largely to 200 km/h on the upgraded section of the line between Bitterfeld and Leipzig.
The upgrade of the Berlin–Bitterfeld–Leipzig line allowed the operation of ICE T tilting trains on IC line 8 from December 2002. In 2005 and 2006, the line from Bitterfeld to Leipzig was upgraded for operations of up to 200 km/h. A total of €1.657 billion was invested in the upgrade of line between Halle, Leipzig and Berlin up to the end of 2013.[15]
A curve directly connecting Leipzig/Halle Airport and the line to the north towards Berlin was contemplated but rejected in 2010.[16]
The Elbe floods of 2002 significantly damaged an already weakened section of the bridge over the Mulde between Roßlau and Dessau. Subsequently the embankment and all the bridges were rebuilt from 2008 to 2011 just to the east of the old line and the old works were then dismantled.
Subsequently since 2009 there has been a comprehensive renovation, including a major reconstruction of the track and overhead line equipment of the Roßlau/Dessau railway node. The first section rebuilt covered the line from Dessau to Wolfen, including work to renew and adapt the stations of Dessau-Süd, Marke, Raguhn, Jeßnitz and Wolfen. On 5 December 2010,
Between early 2010 and mid-2013, alterations were carried out between
Route
The line (6411), as defined by Deutsche Bahn, begins as the immediate continuation of the Biederitz–Trebnitz railway (6410) with the 0.0 kilometre point (at the line change) at the former Trebnitz block post, north of the village of the same name. It runs straight to Roßlau in a southeasterly direction through the fertile corridor between the Fläming Heath and the Elbe and through Zerbst, running substantially parallel to national highway 184 (B184), which it at crosses at Rodleben. On the northwestern outskirts of Roßlau there is a junction to the north with a connecting curve to Roßlau marshalling yard and the lines to Wiesenburg and Falkenberg/Elster, while this line turns south and runs to Roßlau (Elbe) station. The line passes under the B 184 before Roßlau station and the line crosses the Elbe on a truss bridge just south of the station. After about two kilometres, following a section on a long bridge, the line crosses of the Mulde and its flood plain. At Dessau Hauptbahnhof, the line again passes under the B 184, which runs north and south of the city largely parallel to the line.
At the southern exit of Dessau Hauptbahnhof, the
Infrastructure
As part of the re-equipment with
To test and adapt the new European standard signalling and control system, Deutsche Bahn installed European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 on part of this line for the first time in Germany. The 2418/2419 pair of Intercity trains operated on trial scheduled services equipped with ETCS at up to 200 km/h from 26 May 2006.[17] On 17 June 2006, for the first time in Europe, a scheduled service, operated under ETCS, was recorded at 200 km/h.[18]
Operations
Since 2006, there have been no long-distance trains north of Bitterfeld. In the current timetable (as of 15 December 2013) the following trains run:
Line | Route | Line section | Frequency | Remarks |
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ICE28 | Hamburg–Berlin Hauptbahnhof–Leipzig–Nuremberg–Munich | Bitterfeld–Leipzig | 60 min | Some trains continues via Halle rather than Leipzig |
X | Warnemünde–Berlin–Leipzig | Bitterfeld–Leipzig | Twice daily | InterConnex
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RE13 | Magdeburg–Dessau–Leipzig | Trebnitz–Leipzig | 120 min | |
RE15 | Magdeburg–Dessau– Lutherstadt Wittenberg |
Trebnitz–Dessau | Max. twice daily | Extra trains at peak hours |
RB42 | Magdeburg–Dessau | Dessau–Leipzig | 120 min | |
RB54 | Dessau–Bitterfeld–Leipzig | Dessau–Leipzig | 120 min | |
RB57 | Lutherstadt Wittenberg–Bitterfeld–Leipzig | Bitterfeld–Leipzig | 120 min | |
RB86 | Dessau–Bitterfeld–Halle | Dessau–Bitterfeld | 120 min | |
S2 | Bitterfeld–Delitzsch–Leipzig–Gaschwitz | Bitterfeld–Leipzig | 60 min |
Regional services RB54 and RB86 overlap between Dessau and Bitterfeld and RB54 and RB57 overlap between Bitterfeld and Leipzig to give an hour service in Bitterfeld.
The trains on line S2 of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland run hourly between Bitterfeld and Leipzig, but only between Delitzsch and Leipzig on weekends.
References
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- ISBN 3-87094-340-8.
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- ^ Christian Tietze (2011). "Elektrisch von Dessau nach Bitterfeld". Eisenbahn Magazin (in German) (5). Alba: 26ff.
- ^ EB 1935, p 4
- ^ Thomas Scherrans (18 May 2014). "Elektrifizierte Strecken der Preußischen Staatsbahn und der Reichsbahn in Mitteldeutschland" (in German). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Chainage of the line" (in German). klauserbeck.de. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helmut Kintscher. "Roßlau (Elbe)". In Erich Preuß (ed.). Das große Archiv der deutschen Bahnhöfe (in German). Munich: GeraNova. (loose-leaf collection)
- ^ "Power auf allen Gleisen Richtung Berlin". Berliner Zeitung (in German). No. 230. 2 October 1995. p. 28.
- ^ ISSN 0170-5288.
- ^ Information zu den Schienenverkehrsprojekten Deutsche Einheit im Freistaat Sachsen (Stand März 1993) (in German). Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit mbH.
- ^ Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit (ed.). Schnelle Wege zwischen Halle, Leipzig und Berlin (in German). Berlin: Sechsseitiges Leporello.
- ^ Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit. Sachstand: 1997 (German Unity Transport Projects. Assessment: 1997) (in German). Bonn: Federal Ministry of Transport. 1997. pp. 20 f.
- ^ Sachstandsbericht Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit (PDF) (in German). Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. June 2014. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF; 623 kB) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Nordkurve der ICE-Trasse Berlin-Leipzig ist vom Tisch". Leipziger Volkszeitung (Online edition) (in German). 1 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Wolfgang Feldwisch; Holger Schülke (2006). "Die Inbetriebnahme der Großprojekte der Bahn zur Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2006". Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau' (in German). 55 (5): 296.
- ^ "Progress report 2006" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Systemtechnik. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF, 1.6 MB) on 18 July 2011.
External links
- Information and photographs at Umbau des Bahnknotens Dessau/Roßlau and Muldequerung at baustellen-doku.info
- Information and photographs on the Leipzig City-Tunnel at citytunnelleipzig.info