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Leipzig-Wahren–Engelsdorf railway

Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig-Engelsdorf
Overview
Locale Saxony, Germany
Line number 6369
Technical
Line length 17.828 km (11.078 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 325 m (1,066 ft)
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Maximum incline 13.9
Route map
0.000
Leipzig-Wahren Gbf
formerly Wahren
4.830
Wiederitzsch
125 m
to Leipzig Messe and
Leipzig Messe Süd junction
7.990
Leipzig-Mockau
125 m
10.070
Leipzig-Thekla
125 m
13.390
Leipzig-Schönefeld
formerly Schönefeld Pr.Stb.
125 m
former infrastructure border
Pr.Stb.K.S.Stb. (until 1920)
16.700
Leipzig-Engelsdorf
17.828
Engelsdorf Ost
Source: German railway atlas

The Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig-Engelsdorf railway is a two-track, electrified main line in the German state of Saxony, which forms the northern part of the Leipzig Freight Ring. It is mainly used by east-west freight traffic passing through the Leipzig railway node. The only parts in use are the section from Wiederitzsch to Leipzig-Engelsdorf and the section between the Leipzig-Wahren marshalling yard and junction L, which was established in 2004 as a result of the recommissioning of the Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf railway for passenger traffic. With the transfer of freight traffic to this link and the opening of the Gröbers–Leipzig/Halle Airport–Leipzig Hbf section, it was possible to connect the former Wiederitzsch–Wahren rail tracks and the Wiederitzsch–Leutzsch freight tracks for freight operations.

The line was built by the Prussian state railways and the Royal Saxon State Railways during the reconstruction of the Leipzig railway node after the turn of the twentieth century. The section from Leipzig-Wahren to Schönefeld was built for the Prussian state railways and the remaining section to Engelsdorf was built by the Royal Saxon State Railways. The whole line was opened on 1 May 1906.

Shortly before the First World War, the line was electrified as far as Leipzig-Schönefeld. Electric operations started on 1 May 1914. Due to the war, electrical operations were soon abandoned and the catenary was dismantled.

Ownership of the whole line was transferred to Deutsche Reichsbahn on 1 April 1920. The former Prussian part was managed by Reichsbahndirektion (RBD; Reichsbahn railway division) of Halle and the Saxon section by Reichsbahndirektion Dresden. After a change in railway division borders in 1934, the whole line came under the administration of the Reichsbahndirektion Halle.

The line was re-electrified shortly after the First World War. Electric train operations commenced as far as Schönefeld on 25 January 1921. Electrical operation on the entire line to Engelsdorf commenced on 8 October 1922. This was the first former Saxon railway line to be electrified.


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