Jüterbog–Röderau railway

Jüterbog–Zeithain Bogendreieck junction railway
Overview
Locale	Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, Germany
Line number	6133
Technical
Line length	80 km (50 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph) (maximum)
Route number	204 Jüterbog–Falkenberg (Elster) 216 Falkenberg (Elster)–Riesa
Route map from Berlin 62.8 Jüterbog (Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof - km 0.0) B 102 to Potsdam to Lutherstadt Wittenberg 70.8 Oehna 75.8 Zellendorf closed 1995 Brandenburg–Saxony-Anhalt state border 79.0 Linda (Elster) Holzdorf Air Base siding 84.0 Holzdorf (Elster) Schwarze Elster Saxony-Anhalt-Brandenburg state border 101.1 Herzberg (Elster) B 87 Connecting curve to Uckro Connecting curve to Dessau from Roßlau from Uckro 111.9 Falkenberg (Elster) Halle–Cottbus to Węgliniec 121.7 Saxdorf closed 1995 from Mühlberg 125.7 Neuburxdorf (passenger services until 2004) Brandenburg–Saxony state border 135.7 Jacobsthal closed 2004 Zeithain military training base siding Strategic railway from Oschatz (gravel siding) 140.9 Röderau (passenger services until 2004) from Leipzig 142.04 Zeithain Bogendreieck junction to Dresden and to Elsterwerda Source: German railway atlas

The Jüterbog–Röderau railway is an electrified main line in the German states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. It runs from Jüterbog via Falkenberg (Elster) to Röderau, near Riesa. There it ends in a triangular junction with the Leipzig–Dresden railway, connecting to Riesa and Dresden. The Jüterbog–Falkenberg section consists of a single track; the Falkenberg–Riesa section has two tracks. It was opened in 1848 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany.

The Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company (German: Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BAE) was one of the major railway companies in Germany for more than four decades during the 19th century. One of its major objects was to connect Berlin and Dresden. The first section of the Anhalt trunk line was opened on 1 July 1841 from Berlin to Jüterbog. After several delays, the Jüterbog–Röderau line opened in two stages in 1848. On 2 July, the line from Jüterbog to Herzberg was opened and on 1 October it was extended to Röderau, where it connected with the Leipzig-Dresden main line.

In 1871, the Halle–Cottbus line of the Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway (Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn) was opened over the Jüterbog–Röderau line in Falkenberg. A two-level station was built at the junction.

The line was used mainly for transport between Berlin and Dresden. In 1875, the competing direct Berlin–Dresden line of the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company (Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) was opened between the two cities. This line, which ran via Elsterwerda, was about twelve kilometres shorter. At the end of the World War II long-distance traffic was shared between both routes. Most trains running via Röderau divided at Falkenberg, with one section continuing to Chemnitz and the other to Dresden.

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