Dresden–Werdau railway

Dresden Hbf–Werdau wye
Overview
Line number
  • 6258; Saxon DW
  • 6257; Saxon DWCh
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number510, 510.3
Technical
Line length136.304 km (84.695 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius213 m (699 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
with tilting: 160 km/h (99.4 mph)
Maximum incline2.6%
Route map
from Děčín
-0.048
 Dresden Hbf
117 m
to Dresden-Neustadt
1.1
 Dresden Altstadt junction (Bk)
from Dresden-Altstadt Elbe bank
1.50
 Dresden-Altstadt
120 m
2.922
 Dresden-Plauen
since 1926
135 m
3.7
 Dresden-Plauen
until 1926
139 m
Felsenkeller Tunnel,
roof removed in 1895 (56 m)
3.82
 Bk Felsenkeller
4.6
A 17
5.528
Freight line to Tharandt (see below)
5.67
 Freital Ost junction (Bk)
155 m
5.717
to Possendorf
6.844
 Freital-Potschappel
162 m
Narrow gauge line to Nossen and
Niederhermsdorf coal branch line
8.736
 Freital-Deuben
176 m
10.092
 Freital-Hainsberg
187 m
Narrow gauge line to Kurort Kipsdorf
11.550
 Freital-Hainsberg West
190 m
Freight line from Freital Ost junction
13.705
 Tharandt
208 m
15.92
 Bk Breiter Grund
18.02
 Edle Krone
281 m
18.20
Edle Krone Tunnel (122 m)
Maximum gradient 2.6% (1:37.5)
21.52
 Bk Seerenteich
25.369
 Klingenberg-Colmnitz
436 m
Narrow gauge lines to Frauenstein
and Mohorn
27.45
Colmnitz Viaduct(148 m)
30.85
 Niederbobritzsch
407 
31.25
Niederbobritzsch Viaduct (175 m)
Üst Niederbobritzsch
35.89
 Muldenhütten
395 m
36.49
Muldenhütten Viaduct (196 m)
38.51
Kunstgraben Tunnel (36 m; roof removed)
from Halsbrücke
from (Moldava–) Holzhau
40.005
 Freiberg (Sachs)
413 m
to Nossen
42.3
 Bk Hospitalwald
42.81
Nossen–Moldava
45.38
 Kleinschirma
415 m
48.72
Frankenstein Viaduct (349 m)
49.819
 Frankenstein (Sachs)
396 m
52.24
 Bk Kaltes Feld
54.38
 Bk Memmendorf
57.149
 Oederan
407 m
59.10
 Bk Breitenau
61.56
 Bk Hetzdorf
(new route 1992)
61.897
Hetzbach viaduct (344 m)
62.300
Hetzdorf Viaduct (326 m)
(Flöha Valley Railway)
62.805
Flöha viaduct (344 m)
(Flöha Valley Railway)
63.600
64.566
km change -966 m
64.75
 Falkenau (Sachs) Süd
310 m
from Neuhausen and (Reitzenhain–) Marienberg
from Annaberg-Buchholz
67.37
 Flöha
278 m
67.625
B 180 level crossing
68.079
Zschopau bridge (65 m)
70.13
Niederwiesa junction; sig box 1
70.170
B 73 LC
from Roßwein
71.28
 Niederwiesa
291 m
73.62
 Bk Ebersdorf
75.5
 Bk Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf sig box A
76.021
0.000
km change (start of line 6257)
0.49
 Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
325 m
76.52
 Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
320 m
from Küchwald and Abzw Chemnitz-Furth
3.098
78.60
km change (end of line 6257)
from Riesa
from Neukieritzsch
79.73
 Chemnitz Hbf
302 m
connection to Chemnitz tram network
81.82
 Chemnitz Süd
312 m
to Aue and Stollberg
82.63
 Bk Chemnitz Süd
82.85
 Chemnitz Mitte
307  m
83.48
 Chemnitz-Kappel
310 m
85.53
 Chemnitz-Schönau
320 m
85.90
 Bk Schönau
B 72
88.01
 Chemnitz-Siegmar
326 m
91.25
 Grüna (Sachs)
350 m
from Limbach and from Küchwald
to Neuoelsnitz
94.31
 Wüstenbrand
(former Keilbahnhof)
378 m
95.907
 Bk Oberlungwitz
98.23
 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
345 m
Interurban tramway to Oelsnitz
98.654
Hohenstein-Ernstthal–Oelsnitz tramway
99.700
Hüttengrund viaduct (150 m)
101.22
 Bk Hermsdorf
from Stollberg (Sachs)
104.91
 St. Egidien
283 m
107.762
 Bk Lobsdorf
109.50
 Bk Niederlungwitz
Glauchau–Wurzen railway
from Großbothen
112.14
 Glauchau (Sachs)
244 m
114.31
 Bk Gesau
115.99
 Glauchau-Schönbörnchen
258 m
to Gößnitz
Narrow gauge railway to Ortmannsdorf
120.54
 Mosel
257 
Industrial line to Zwickau
122.79
 Oberrothenbach
265 m
125.83
 Zwickau-Pölbitz
270 m
Industrial line from Mosel
from Schwarzenberg/Johanngeorgenstadt
128.35
 Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf
(Keilbahnhof)
130.95
 "7. Oktober" depot
to Falkenstein (Vogtl.)
131.600
 Bk Maxhütte
132.83
 Lichtentanne (Sachs)
320 m
134.502
 Bk Steinpleis
134.93
 Steinpleis
310 m
135.626
Steinpleis Viaduct
135.70
Werdau wye (Zwickau separation)
to Leipzig
136.26
Werdau wye (Neumark separation)
to Hof
Source: German railway atlas
Freital Ost junction–Tharandt (freight railway)
Overview
Line number6259
LocaleSaxony
Technical
Line length8.250 km (5.126 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed70 km/h (43.5 mph) (maximum)
Route map
from Dresden
5.558
to Tharandt (start of line)
5.68
 Freital Ost junction (Bk)
155 m
6.170
6.182
kn change -12 m
6.844
 Freital-Potschappel
162 m
narrow gauge line to Nossen and
Niederhermsdorf coal branch line
connecting line to Freital-Hainsberg
connecting line from Freital-Potschappel
10.092
 Freital-Hainsberg
187 m
Narrow gauge line to Kurort Kipsdorf
from Freital Ost
13.705
 Tharandt
208 m
13.820
(end of line)
to Werdau
Source: German railway atlas

The Dresden–Werdau railway is an electrified, double-track main line in the German state of Saxony. It runs from Dresden via Freiberg, Chemnitz and Zwickau to Werdau wye, where it joins the Leipzig-Hof railway.

The line was opened in several sections and its first section from Werdau to Zwickau was opened 1845, making it one of the oldest railways in Germany. The Dresden–Tharandt section was completed in 1855, the Chemnitz–Zwickau section followed in 1858, the line was extended from Tharandt to Freiberg in 1862 and the section from Chemnitz to Flöha was opened as part of the line to Annaberg in 1866. The entire line was not open until 1869, when the missing section from Freiberg-Flöha was opened. From then on the railway line developed into an important connection. It continues to be an important part of the so-called Saxon-Franconian trunk line (German: Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale) from Dresden to Nuremberg.

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