Leipzig–Großkorbetha railway

(Redirected from Leipzig–Grosskorbetha railway) Railway line in Germany

Leipzig Hbf–Großkorbetha

Overview

Line number

6367

Locale

Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, Germany

Service

Route number

582

Technical

Line length

32.21 km (20.01 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Minimum radius

450 m (1,476 ft)

Operating speed

160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)

Maximum incline

0.7%

Route map

Legend

-0.29	Leipzig Hbf	123 m
	to Dresden
	to Dessau
	to Gröbers
	to Leipzig-Wahren
1.7	Gohlis I viaduct (50 m)
1.95	Gohlis II viaduct (330 m)
2.07	Leipzig-Gohlis	120 m
	Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf
2.8	Leipzig Coppiplatz	118 m
3.39	Leipzig-Möckern	114 m
4.95	Weiße Elster bridge (60 m)
5.5	Luppe bridge (105 m)
6.0	Nahle bridge (46 m)
	Leipzig freight ring from Leipzig-Wahren
6.69	Leipzig-Leutzsch	110 m
	to Gera
	to Merseburg
9.05	Elster-Saale Canal bridge (50 m)
9.47	Leipzig-Rückmarsdorf (former station)	114 m
12.13	Leipzig-Miltitz (former station)	117 m
	from Lausen
15.04	Markranstädt	125 m
19.00	Großlehna	113 m
	Saxony–Saxony-Anhalt state border
20.3	A9
22.14	Kötzschau (former station)	105 m
25.82	Bad Dürrenberg (former station)	100 m
27.30	Saale bridge (250 m)
	Thuringian Railway from Halle
32.00	Großkorbetha	110 m
	Thuringian Railway to Erfurt

Source: German railway atlas

The Leipzig–Großkorbetha railway is a double track electrified in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, which connects the city of Leipzig and the Thuringian Railway. It runs from Leipzig via Markranstädt and Bad Dürrenberg to Großkorbetha.

History

The line was opened on 22 March 1856 by the Thuringian Railway Company (German: Thüringische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. At that time it started in the Thüringer Bahnhof (Thuringian station) in Leipzig, which was on the eastern edge of the site of the Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (central station), which opened in 1913. The line quickly developed into one of the busiest lines in central Germany.

The line was electrified on 2 November 1942, but four years later in 1946 the electrical equipment was taken down and moved to the Soviet Union as reparations for World War II. In 1964 it was re-electrified.

Services

Currently it is served by Intercity-Express trains between Berlin and Munich and between Dresden and Frankfurt am Main. On the section to Leutzsch, regional services operate to Gera. From 1969 to 2013 there were operated as part of the Leipzig S-Bahn network. They have been operated as part of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland since December 2013. Regionalbahn RB-125 services also operate hourly between Leipzig, Großkorbetha and Weißenfels.

Notes

Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

References

"Beschreibung sächsischer Eisenbahnstrecken" (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
"Eisenbahnfreunde Kötzschau e.V." (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2013.

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