Lausen – Markranstädt railway line
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| Course book range : | 176k (1944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 3.39 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 7.40 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 300 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lausen – Markranstädt railway line was a branch line in Saxony . The short connecting line ran from Lausen westwards to Markranstädt and connected the lines Leipzig-Plagwitz-Pörsten and Leipzig-Großkorbetha . It was shut down and dismantled in 1946.
history
The line was opened on September 1, 1897 by the Prussian-Hessian State Railways .
The 1944 timetable recorded four pairs of passenger trains that ran on weekdays from Leipzig-Plagwitz via Lausen to Markranstädt. Traffic was quiet on Sundays. The line was dismantled in 1946 as a reparation payment for the Soviet Union .
In the following years the railway area was occupied by an open-cast lignite mine until 1963, from which today's Kulkwitzer See emerged . Relics of the railway line are therefore hardly visible any more.
