| Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway |
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Section of the 1902 route map of Saxony |
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| Native name | Elstertalbahn |
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| Line number | 6269 |
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| Locale | Saxony and Thuringia, Germany |
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| Route number | 541 |
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| Line length | 60.38 km (37.52 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 275 m (902 ft) |
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| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum) |
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| Maximum incline | 0.9% |
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-0.120 |
| Gera Süd | | formerly Gera (Reuß) Sächs Stb |
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197 m |
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0.979 |
Gera-Debschwitz junction |
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(1892 realignment; abandoned 2016) |
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1.800 |
Gera Süd goods yard |
200 m |
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2.578 |
| Gera Ost | | formerly Zwötzen Sächs Stb |
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203 m |
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4.084 |
Gera-Liebschwitz |
206 m |
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4.605 |
Liebschwitz Viaduct (226 m) |
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5,272 |
Wolfsgefärth junction |
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6.424 |
Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord |
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6.633 |
Meilitz Viaduct (130 m) |
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Wünschendorf Lime Works siding |
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9.397 |
Wünschendorf/Elster |
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9.740 |
factory road overpass (10 m) |
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10.200 |
White Elster (120 m) |
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12.100 |
Lochgut Tunnel (53 m) |
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12.200 |
White Elster (70 m) |
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18.248 |
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21.913 |
White Elster (60 m) |
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22.100 |
Rüßdorf Tunnel (264 m) |
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24.074 |
Neumühle (Elster) |
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25.276 |
White Elster (100 m) |
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25.945 |
White Elster (50 m) |
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26.130 |
Neumühle Tunnel (118 m) |
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26.288 |
White Elster (75 m) |
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30.086 |
Schloßberg Tunnel (270 m) |
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30.300 |
(20 m) |
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30.317 |
White Elster (70 m) |
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30.664 |
Greiz |
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to Neumark |
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31.900 |
White Elster (110 m) |
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32.346 |
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32.200 |
Greiz paper factory siding |
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32.596 |
White Elster (60 m) |
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32.700 |
Dölau Tunnel (139 m) |
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32.929 |
White Elster (70 m) |
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33.558 |
Greiz-Dölau |
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36.740 |
ANFC Greiz-Dölau siding |
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35.878 |
Elsterberg |
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36.100 |
White Elster (60 m) |
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36.449 |
Elsterberg Tunnel (358 m) |
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Enka Elsterberg siding |
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37.011 |
Elsterberg Kunstseidenwerk |
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39.577 |
White Elster (43 m) |
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39.792 |
Rentzschmühle Tunnel (88 m) |
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39.923 |
White Elster (43 m) |
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40.277 |
White Elster (43 m) |
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40.524 |
White Elster (40 m) |
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Rentzschmühle Quarry siding |
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40.710 |
Rentzschmühle |
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42.169 |
White Elster (55 m) |
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42.928 |
Barthmühle |
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43.707 |
Trieb (30 m) |
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45.100 |
Barthmühle Tunnel (206 m) |
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45.230 |
White Elster (40 m) |
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45.796 |
White Elster (49 m) |
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47.471 |
White Elster (32 m) |
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48.641 |
White Elster (65 m) |
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from Lottengrün |
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49.651 |
Plauen (Vogtl) Chrieschwitz |
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50.180 |
| Stahltechnologie Plauen, | | Fernheizwerk Plauen siding |
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51.133 |
Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte |
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51.831 |
Bundesstraße 173 overpass (21 m) |
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52.062 |
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52.677 |
Plauen (Vogtl) unt Bf |
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53.386 |
Vomag siding |
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54.371 |
Plauen (Vogtl) Zellwolle |
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Köstner Stahlzentrum siding |
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57.819 |
White Elster (38 m) |
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58.130 |
Kürbitz |
352 m |
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58.1 |
Kürbitz |
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59.904 |
Weischlitz |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway (also known as the Elstertalbahn—"Elster Valley Railway") is a main railway line in the German federal states of Thuringia and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company (Sächsisch-Thüringische Eisenbahngesellschaft). It runs in the valley of the White Elster (Weiße Elster) from Gera via Greiz and Plauen to Weischlitz.
