Berlin-Blankenheim railway

Berlin–Blankenheim or Wetzlar Railway
Overview
Native nameWetzlarer Bahn
Line number
  • 6118
  • 6024 (S-Bahn)
LocaleBerlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number200.7, 207, ex258, 335
Technical
Line length188.1 km (116.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification
Route map

11.2 00.0
Berlin-Charlottenburg
to Westend (to 1944), to Halensee
12.6 00.0
Berlin Westkreuz
Ringbahn freight tracks
14.6 00.0
Berlin-Grunewald
4.0
Berlin-Grunewald Gds junction
22.5 00.0
Nikolassee
Wannseebahn freight tracks
24.1 12.7
Berlin-Wannsee
to Stahnsdorf (until 1961)
Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück
(1945 only)
Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück
(1945 only)
BerlinBrandenburg state border
16.5
Griebnitzsee Ost
to Potsdam S1S7
crosses border twice
18.7
Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg
21.7
Rehbrücke
24.3
Bergholz
(until 1998) outer ring
25.1
Wilhelmshorst junction
from Potsdam
25.5
Wilhelmshorst
28.5
Michendorf
to Jüterbog and Seddin freight yard
32.6
Seddin
from Seddin freight yard
34.7
freight bypass (until 1998)
37.9
Beelitz-Heilstätten
43.9
Borkheide
52.1
Brück
57.9
Baitz
65.2
Bad Belzig (Belzig until 2011)
72.7
Borne (Mark)
(until 1991)
77.8
Wiesenburg
Reetz (Bk)
BrandenburgSaxony-Anhalt state border\
B 246
92.9
Nedlitz
(until 2003)
97.6
Deetz
(until 2003)
102.0
Lindau (Anhalt)
(until 2003)
110.2
to Biederitz
111.5
Güterglück
(until 2003) Biederitz–Dessau
112.6
from Dessau
Animal feed plant siding
120.2
Barby
(passenger trains until 2004)
124.4
Werkleitz junction
to Magdeburg
126.8
Tornitz junction
Calbe (Saale) Stadt
(since 2014)
130.7
Calbe West
137.6
Neugattersleben
(until 1994)
143.9
Rathmannsdorf
(until 1998)
147.3
Güsten
150.6
Giersleben junction
163.4
Sandersleben
169.8
Hettstedt
Hettstedt copper and brass works
173.2
Siersleben
(until 1993)
Klostermansfeld substation siding
179.0
Klostermansfeld
(formerly Mansfeld)
181.3
Helbra
184.8
Hergisdorf
188.1
Blankenheim junction station
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Berlin-Blankenheim railway or Wetzlarer Bahn ("Wetzlar Railway") is a railway line in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a section of the Kanonenbahn (Cannons Railway) between Berlin and Metz, built between 1877 and 1882. Wetzlar used to be an important rail junction on the Kanonenbahn. The Berlin-Blankenheim line originally ran from Berlin, via Bad Belzig, Güsten, Sandersleben to Blankenheim, where a remnant of it still joins the Halle–Kassel line. The WiesenburgGüsten section has carried no traffic since 2004 and is now closed. Only the Berlin–Wiesenburg section is electrified. The Sandersleben–Blankenheim section has only a single track, while the remainder of the still-operating parts of the line is duplicated.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 35–6, 44–7, 57, 126, 128. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.