Berlin-Blankenheim railway

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Berlin–Blankenheim or Wetzlar Railway
Overview
Native name	Wetzlarer Bahn
Line number	6118 6024 (S-Bahn)
Locale	Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number	200.7, 207, ex258, 335
Technical
Line length	188.1 km (116.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Berlin S-Bahn: 750 V third rail Berlin–Wiesenburg: 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend from Zoologischer Garten 11.2 00.0 Berlin-Charlottenburg to Westend (to 1944), to Halensee 12.6 00.0 Berlin Westkreuz Ringbahn Ringbahn freight tracks A 100 to Spandau 14.6 00.0 Berlin-Grunewald 4.0 Berlin-Grunewald Gds junction 22.5 00.0 Nikolassee from Zehlendorf Wannseebahn freight tracks A 115 24.1 12.7 Berlin-Wannsee B 1 to Stahnsdorf (until 1961) Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück (1945 only) Teltow Canal Berlin-Kohlhasenbrück (1945 only) Berlin–Brandenburg state border 16.5 Griebnitzsee Ost to Potsdam Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg railway crosses border twice 18.7 Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg Nuthe 21.7 Rehbrücke 24.3 Bergholz (until 1998) outer ring 25.1 Wilhelmshorst junction from Potsdam 25.5 Wilhelmshorst B 2 from Saarmund 28.5 Michendorf A 10 to Jüterbog and Seddin freight yard 32.6 Seddin from Seddin freight yard 34.7 to Potsdam freight bypass (until 1998) from Potsdam 37.9 Beelitz-Heilstätten A 9 43.9 Borkheide 52.1 Brück B 246 57.9 Baitz B 102 from Brandenburg from Treuenbrietzen 65.2 Bad Belzig (Belzig until 2011) 72.7 Borne (Mark) (until 1991) 77.8 Wiesenburg to Roßlau Reetz (Bk) Brandenburg–Saxony-Anhalt state border\ B 246 92.9 Nedlitz (until 2003) 97.6 Deetz (until 2003) 102.0 Lindau (Anhalt) (until 2003) B 184 110.2 to Biederitz 111.5 Güterglück (until 2003) Biederitz–Dessau 112.6 from Dessau Elbe Animal feed plant siding 120.2 Barby (passenger trains until 2004) 124.4 Werkleitz junction to Magdeburg Magdeburg–Halle 126.8 Tornitz junction from Calbe Ost Calbe (Saale) Stadt (since 2014) 130.7 Calbe West to Bernburg A 14 B 71 Bode 137.6 Neugattersleben (until 1994) 143.9 Rathmannsdorf (until 1998) B 185 from Magdeburg and Bernburg 147.3 Güsten Wipper 150.6 Giersleben junction to Aschersleben B 6 from Aschersleben 163.4 Sandersleben (Keilbahnhof) to Halle 169.8 Hettstedt Hettstedt copper and brass works to Gerbstedt (HHE) Mansfeld Mining Railway 173.2 Siersleben (until 1993) B 180, B 242 Klostermansfeld substation siding from Wippra Mansfeld Mining Railway 179.0 Klostermansfeld (formerly Mansfeld) Mansfeld Electric Light Railway 181.3 Helbra 184.8 Hergisdorf from Halle 188.1 Blankenheim junction station to Sangerhausen 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 Wiesenburg–Güsten 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.