Dresden-Klotzsche–Dresden Flughafen railway
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| Locale | Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dresden-Klotzsche Dresden Airport |
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| Line number | 6607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 4.12 km (2.56 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating speed | 60 km/h (37.3 mph) (maximum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route number | 241.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dresden-Klotzsche–Dresden Airport railway is a single-track, electrified main line in Saxony, Germany. It runs from Dresden-Klotzsche station on the Görlitz–Dresden railway to Dresden Airport and today it is served exclusively by the Dresden S-Bahn.
The railway to Dresden Airport developed from a siding to the Air War School Klotzsche, which was finished in 1936. Its construction was started after the opening of the airport in Dresden in July 1935. A three kilometre-long railway siding, which had its terminus near the current Dresden-Nord interchange between the Autobahn 4 and the Autobahn 13, was built in 1934 to supply the area.
The former railway siding was rebuilt as a railway with the establishment of the aviation industry in Dresden from 1955. A station was opened at Grenzstraße for the peak hour services to the Aircraft Works (Flugzeugwerke). The passenger trains running to meet the works’ shift changes could also be used by the public from 1966.
From 1972, double-deck push-pull trains operated to Dresden Grenzstraße to cope with the extensive commuter traffic for the first time. These trains mostly ran to and from Pirna, but some also ran to Altenberg.
After the reunification of Germany in 1990, passenger numbers at Grenzstraße decreased greatly during the peak. At the same time, the redevelopment of Dresden Airport as a major regional airport started. This meant that the issue of an efficient transport connection to it was considered. In September 1997, planning began for the extension of the railway line to the new terminal, which was to be established in a former aircraft assembly plant north of the old terminal. The last passenger trains on the old line ran on 22 May 1998.
Construction began on connecting the airport to the S-Bahn network on 30 July 1998. The precast concrete tunnel was completed in the summer of 1999. A 200 m-long flying junction for traffic approaching the airport via the Dresden-Görlitz railway was built at Dresden-Klotzsche station and a junction with two new electrified tracks was built for traffic to and from the airport. The total projected cost amounted to 84.3 million Deutsche Marks and was funded by the Free State of Saxony On 25 March 2001, the new line was opened simultaneously with new Terminal 1 at the airport. Until the completion of the Leipzig City Tunnel the Dresden Airport station was the only underground station in Saxony.
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