Borsdorf–Coswig railway

Borsdorf (Saxony)–Coswig
Overview
Locale Saxony
Line number 6386
Technical
Line length 102.649 km (63.783 mi)
No. of tracks 2: Meissen Altstadt–Coswig junction B
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 285 m (935 ft)
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (only Meissen Triebischtal–Coswig section)
Operating speed 100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.1%
Route number 241.1, 506
Route map

Legend
 Operating points and lines[1] 
 from Leipzig
 0.000 Borsdorf (Sachs) 127 m
 to Dresden
 3.55 Beucha 129 m
 to Trebsen
 A 14
 8.94 Naunhof 134 m
 13.20 Großsteinberg 140 m
 15.43 Bk Grethen 150 m
 19.25 Grimma ob (upper) 159 m
 21.86 Bk Großbardau 168 m
 from Borna
 25.84 Bundesstraße 107 (13 m)
 from Wurzen
 26.24 Großbothen 147 m
to Glauchau
 28.4 Flood bridge (320 m; filled in)
 Connecting curve from Glauchau
 28.950 Muldenbrücke junction
 29.22 Kössern Viaduct (Vereinigte Mulde; 310 m)
 34.34 Tanndorf(former station) 150 m
 36.26 Freiberger Mulde (128 m)
 40.1 Leisnig bridge (50 m)
 41.48 Leisnig 156 m
 43.01 Eulenbach (13 m)
 46.27 Klosterbuch(former station) 160 m
 46.75 (12 m)
 49.30 Westewitz-Hochweitzschen(former station) 167 m
 51.32 Freiberger Mulde (123 m)
 from Chemnitz
 54.42 Döbeln Hbf(Keilbahnhof) 176 m
 to Riesa
 55.26 B 175 (14 m)
 55.66 Friedrichstraße (13 m)
 55.92 Waldheimer Straße (13 m)
 56.40 Döbeln bridge (40 m)
 56.88
Döbeln Zentrum
formerly Döbeln Ost (former station) 182 m

 57.64 Freiberger Mulde (86 m)
 60.72 Freiberger Mulde (53 m)
 61.28 Niederstriegis(former station) 185 m
 61.94 Freiberger Mulde (60 m)
 62.01 Werkgraben (16 m)
 62.63 Freiberger Mulde (56 m)
 from Niederwiesa
 65.03 State highway 34 (17 m)
 65.17 Roßwein 199 m
 66.79 Freiberger Mulde (72 m)
 68.62 Service road (10 m)
 69.38 Gleisberg-Marbach(former station) 205 m
 70.63 Freiberger Mulde (55 m)
 from Freiberg
 from Riesa
 73.41 Nossen 220 m
 Narrow gauge railway to Freital-Potschappel
 74.18 Freiberger Mulde (115 m)
 74.85 Seminarweg (10 m)
 77.56 Deutschenbora 253 m
 A 14
 80.86 Bk Rothschönberg 225 m
 86.41 Heynitzer Bach (10 m)
 86.42 Miltitz-Roitzschen 177 m
 87.23 Triebisch (40 m)
 87.62 Triebisch (34 m)
 87.97 Triebisch (46 m)
 88.25 Triebisch (54 m)
 88.66 Staatsstraße 83 (25 m)
 Meissen-Triebischtal–Lommatzsch (narrow gauge)
 89.43 Triebisch (70 m)
 89.80 Triebisch (50 m)
 89.91 Bk Götterfelsen 143 m
 90.05 Mühlgraben (10 m)
 90.09 Triebisch (42 m)
 91.13 Triebischtal (95 m)
 91.69 Triebischbrücke (36 m)
 from Wilsdruff and Lommatzsch (narrow gauge)
 92.80 Meissen Jaspisstraße 116 m
 93.44 Meissen-Triebischtal 110 m
 94.15 State highway 177 (17 m)
 94.50 Meissen Altstadt
 95.01 Elbe (214 m)
 95.22 Staatsstraße 82 (25 m)
 95.29 Meissen 111 m
 95.87 Fabrikstraße (16 m)
 96.03 Fürstengraben (13 m)
 96.81 Steinweg (16 m)
 100.72 Neusörnewitz 107 m
 Connecting line to Leipzig
 102.25 Auerstraße (18 m)
 from Leipzig
 102.65 Coswig B junction(Bk) 113 m
(104.17) Coswig (Dresden) 110 m
 to Dresden

The Borsdorf–Coswig railway is a mainline railway in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company. It runs mostly along the Freiberger Mulde from Borsdorf via Döbeln and Meissen to Coswig near Dresden. It is part of a long distance connection from Leipzig to Dresden, but is now used for local traffic only.

History

Meissen had been linked since 1 December 1860 to the Leipzig–Dresden railway by a branch line from Coswig. On 7 July 1864 the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (German: Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie submitted an application to build a second rail link between Leipzig and Dresden. It provided for a route along the Freiberger Mulde from Döbeln to Meissen to connect with the existing branch line from Coswig. On 16 January 1866 the company was granted a concession for the construction of the line. Work began on 4 August 1865 near Borsdorf. The line was opened as follows:

On 1 July 1876, the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company was nationalized and the line was then controlled by the Royal Saxon State Railways. Between 1898 and 1909, the Borsdorf–Großbothen and Döbeln–Coswig sections were duplicated. Duplication was also later started between Großbothen and Döbeln, but only the Großbothen–Tanndorf section was completed because of the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

Meissen Elbe bridge (in background)
S-Bahn in Meissen

One of the largest construction projects of the interwar period was the rebuilding of the bridge over the Elbe in Meissen. Between 1925 and 1926, the Lauchhammer-Rheinmetall company rebuilt it with a new steel truss superstructure. The bridge escaped demolition in 1945, so the original bridge is now preserved, but it has only had a single track since 1946.

After the Second World War one track of the line was dismantled to provide reparations to the Soviet Union.

In 1970, the Coswig–Meissen-Triebischtal section was electrified for Dresden suburban services. On 18 December 1970, electric train operations started. A little later—in September 1973—the section was included in the network of the newly established Dresden S-Bahn. After that all rail services were broken in Meissen, with services operating between the Leipzig and Meissen and between Meissen–Triebischtal and Dresden, requiring a change of trains. Even express trains on the line only ran between Leipzig and Meissen.

In December 1981, the second track was returned to service between Meissen and Coswig. In 1989, the short Borsdorf–Beucha section was electrified. On 30 September 1989, the electrical equipment on this section was removed.

A completely new situation emerged after the political changes in East Germany in 1989–90. For the first time in decades express trains ran between Leipzig and Dresden via Döbeln. Together with the two S-Bahn services every hour between Leipzig and Meissen there were hourly express services. The Dresden S-Bahn service — now running as line S1 (Meissen-Triebischtal–Schöna) — operated after that at continuous 30-minute intervals from Meissen through Coswig to Dresden and Schöna. Only in 2000, with the formation of the transport authorities of the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (Upper Elbe Transport Authority) and the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (Central Germany Transport Authority), was this timetable abandoned.

Passing trains in Nossen

In Spring 2013, services are a DB-operated Regionalbahn diesel service at two hour intervals between Leipzig and Meissen-Triebischtal every day. From Monday to Friday, additional peak-hour trains run between Döbeln Hauptbahnhof and Leipzig. Extra trains run during peak hours between Leipzig and Grimma. A little freight traffic runs over the line.

The section between Meisen-Triebischtal and Meissen was completely closed from the end of 2012 until December 2013 and lifted during re-building, amongst other things a new station was built at the Meissen Old town (Meissen Altstadt station) and the second track between Meissen Altstadt and Meissen was restored.

Prospects

The section of the line used by the S-Bahn Dresden is to be upgraded by 2014.[2] A new Meissen Altstadt station is to be built closer to central Meissen and the second track will be restored on the section between Meissen Altstadt and Meissen.[3]

On 8 September 2010, the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe considered a package of austerity measures in response to the proposed reduction in allocations from the state of Saxony. This included a proposal to cancel passenger services between Nossen and Meissen-Triebischtal from 2011.[4]

On 7 March 2014, Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen decided that no services would run between Döbeln and Nossen from December 2015.[5] It was also decided to establish a new station, close to the centre of Döbeln at Döbelner Körnerplatz.[6] A citizens' initiative had collected 7000 signatures on a petition against the closure plans by March 2014.[7]

Stations

Döbeln Hauptbahnhof

Döbeln Hbf entrance building of 1868
Main article: Döbeln Hauptbahnhof

The diesel-worked Borsdorf–Coswig and the electrified Riesa–Chemnitz lines cross in Döbeln Hauptbahnhof. It was opened on 2 June 1868. Sidings on the Coswig line north-east of the Hbf are electrified.

The station building of 1868, unchanged to this day, is a heritage listed building. Nowadays it has no ticket-issuing facilities and a pizza take-away occupies the ground floor on the NW frontage.

Between 1892 and 1926 the Döbelner Straßenbahn, a horse tramway, ran for two kilometres from the station to central Döbeln.

Döbeln Zentrum

Entrance building of Döbeln Zentrum station

Döbeln Zentrum station provides direct access to central Döbeln. In 1868 the station was opened as Döbeln halt (Haltepunkt) and renamed Döbeln Ost in 1905. Since 21 August 2004 the station (once again a Haltepunkt, now meaning that is it has no sets of points) has been renamed Döbeln Zentrum. The tracks originally ran at street level until 1904, when the line was tunnelled under Roßweiner Straße and the tracks were lowered around six metres. Since the (now unused) station building remained at street level, the platform is only accessible by stairs from the Roßweiner Straße bridge.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "DB informiert über S-Bahn-Ausbau: Fertigstellung Radebeul Ost-Meißen Triebischtal bis 2014 realistisch" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "DB NetzNachrichten 01/2009 (brochure)" (PDF) (in German). 2009. p. 6 (bottom left). Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe verabschiedet Sparpaket" (Press release) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Steffen Jankowski (10 March 2014). "Aus für die Bahn sorgt für Entrüstung". Freie Presse (in German).
  6. ↑ "Zweckverband entscheidet sich gegen Zugverkehr zwischen Döbeln und Nossen ab 2016". Döbelner Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 8 March 2014. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Kreis kämpft um Bahnlinie Nossen-Döbeln". Freie Presse (in German). 7 March 2014. p. 11.

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