Görlitz–Dresden railway

Görlitz–Dresden-Neustadt
Overview
Line number6212
LocaleSaxony
Service
Route number230
Technical
Line length102.100 km (63.442 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius429 m (1,407 ft)
ElectrificationDD-Klotzsche–DD-Neustadt:
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.9%
Route map

from (Wrocław–) Węgliniec and from Wałbrzych
from (Zawidów–) Hagenwerder
0.000
Görlitz
221 m
to Schlauroth yard–Schlauroth junction
0.60
Bundesstraße 99 bridge (30 m)
1.20
Rauschwalder Straße bridge (40 m)
3.15
Görlitz-Rauschwalde
since 1999
225 m
3.904
Schlauroth Hp
1907–1999
234 m
4.185
Schlauroth
until 1907
234 m
from Görlitz–Schlauroth yard
4.260
Schlauroth junction
4.285
Görlitzer Straße LC (12 m) state road 125
6.90
Markersdorf (Bk)
245 m
8.35
Friedersdorfer Wasser bridge (15 m)
9.85
Gersdorf b Görlitz
9.943
Gersdorf bridge (20 m)
14.04
Reichenbach (OL)
250 m
14.85
former Prussia–Saxony national border
15.550
Sohland bridge (32 m)
17.67
Zoblitz
243 m
19.9
Rosenhainer Wasser bridge (30 m)
20.48
Bk Rosenhain
245 m
23.6
Löbau (Sachs) Ost
1945 only
260 m
23.809
Löbau viaduct (190 m), Löbauer Wasser
24.230
Löbau (Sachs)
263 m
to Ebersbach (Sachs) and to Zittau
to Großpostwitz
to Radibor (Sachs)
27.26
Laucha (Bk)
30.443
Breitendorf
259 m
33.762
Kupritz Viaduct (96 m; Niethener Viaduct)
34.562
Pommritz
237 m
39.477
Kubschütz
225 m
43.05
Falkenberg (Bk)
45.912
Bautzen
203 m
46.661
Spree viaduct (225 m)
47.870
Stiebitz junction (Bk)
210 m
47.905
to Hoyerswerda
51.00
Grubschütz junction (Bk)
224 m
53.996
Seitschen
241 m
56.68
Zockau (Bk)
Demitz-Thumitz granite works siding
Naundorfer Wasser bridge
238 m
59.856
Demitz viaduct (220 m), Schwarzwasser
60.323
Demitz-Thumitz
264 m
from Kamenz (Sachs)
from Neukirch (Lausitz) West
64.932
Bischofswerda
288 m
67.85
Weickersdorf (Sachs)
280 m
70.69
Kleindrebnitz (Bk)
71.370
Wesenitz bridge (34 m)
72.48
Großharthau
281 m
75.71
Seeligstadt (Bk)
78.41
Fischbach
until 1877
257 m
78.47
Fischbach (Bk)
from Pirna
80.196
Arnsdorf (Dresden)
since 1875
250 m
to Kamenz
83.089
Rödertal bridge (67 m)
83.220
Rödertal bridge (57 m)
83.28
Kleinwolmsdorf
83.884
Rödertal bridge (32 m)
85.566
Radeberg
243 m
87.65
Lotzdorf (Bk)
90.82
Langebrück (Sachs)
222 m
92.81
Heide (Bk)
from Straßgräbchen-Bernsdorf
94.0
Dresden-Klotzsche Bbf W4
94.6
Dresden-Klotzsche Bbf
95.400
Dresden-Klotzsche
191 m
95.480
Nesselgrund bridge (60 m)
98.12
Hellerau (Bk)
99.23
Dresden Industriegelände
152 m
from Dresden-Albertstadt
100.425
Albertstadt (Bk)
to Dresden-Neustadt freight yard
102.100
Dresden-Neustadt
118 m
Source: German railway atlas

The Görlitz–Dresden railway is a two-track main line railway in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the Saxon-Silesian Railway Company. It runs through Upper Lusatia from Dresden via Bischofswerda, Bautzen and Löbau to Görlitz. The line is part of the route from Dresden to Wrocław and Pan-European Transport Corridor III. The first section of the line opened in 1845 and it is one of the oldest lines in Germany.