Railway line Leipzig-Plagwitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz

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Leipzig-Plagwitz-Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
Line of the Leipzig-Plagwitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz railway line
Route number : 6379; sä. PG
Course book section (DB) : 501.2 (2002)
Route length: 8.716 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : D4
Power system : 15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :
Minimum radius : 300 m
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from Leipzig-Leutzsch
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from Leipzig-Connewitz
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(0.000) Leipzig-Plagwitz industrial plant
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-0.150 Leipzig-Plagwitz
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(Connecting tracks)
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to Lindenau Ldst
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to Leipzig-Miltitzer Allee
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to Pörsten
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(new connecting line from 1907)
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1.100 Leipzig-Schwartzestrasse
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1.252 (Start of the line at the Leipzig-Plagwitz train station since 2011)
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according to Probstzella
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2.080 Leipzig- Kleinzschocher
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Dieskaustraße
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White magpie
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Magpie flood bed
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Elsterfloßgraben
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5,585 Markkleeberg West
(formerly Personenbf, formerly Gautzsch)
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6.180 Markkleeberg middle
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6.160 Tram line 9
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8.600 Markkleeberg- Großstädteln
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from Leipzig Bayer Bf
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9,968 Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
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to court

The Leipzig-Plagwitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz railway , also known as the Waldbahn , is an electrified main line in Saxony that is part of the Leipziger Güterring . It runs from Leipzig-Plagwitz train station via Leipzig- Kleinzschocher to Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz train station . Today, the line is mainly used for rerouting traffic in the event of line bottlenecks on the double-track freight lines in Leipzig.

history

Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz train station

The line, opened in 1879, was originally the first railway line to be built as a secondary line in Saxony. With it, the then still independent places Plagwitz and Lindenau on the western outskirts of Leipzig were to be connected to the network of the Saxon State Railways, bypassing Prussian sections.

In 1907 the line was converted into the main line and re-integrated into the Prussian Plagwitz-Lindenau Pr. Stb. (Today: Leipzig-Plagwitz) station. The old direct route to the Saxon train station Plagwitz-Lindenau Sächs. Stb. (Today: Leipzig-Plagwitz Industriebf) was later completely given up. Electrical operation began on May 25, 1963.

From 1969 the line was part of the first Leipzig S-Bahn line A, from 1984 line C. Due to overloading at Gaschwitz station, around half of the trains ended in Markkleeberg West in the first years of S-Bahn operation. Because the connections there were very unfavorable (the walk from Markkleeberg West train station to the Markkleeberg stop on the Leipzig – Hof route is 1.2 km long), the Markkleeberg Mitte stop on Rathausstrasse was rebuilt in the early 1970s. An additional stub track, which started at Markkleeberg West station, made it possible for the ending trains to also run there. With the decline in mining activities in the south of Leipzig at the beginning of the 1990s, it became possible to run all trains to Gaschwitz. The stump track was then taken out of service again.

The political developments in the 1990s caused the number of passengers on this route to drop sharply. Markkleeberg successfully fought against incorporation into Leipzig, which made journeys via this city from Plagwitz or Grünau to Connewitz or Stötteritz more expensive than the longer route via Leipzig main station. In addition, the connections in Plagwitz were oriented towards connections to and from Leipzig-Grünau. The transition time from line S1 to S3 in Plagwitz was an unreasonable 19 minutes. After this line had been shortened to a shuttle service from Leipzig-Plagwitz-Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz at the end of the 1990s and was ultimately only used with individual diesel multiple units, scheduled passenger traffic was discontinued on December 15, 2002, although an additional stop was set up was planned at the Cospudener See . Local freight traffic has not been served since December 31, 2004.

Markkleeberg Mitte stop (May 2009)

After the cessation of the scheduled passenger traffic, there were mind games about the closure of the railway line, which the city of Markkleeberg even actively demanded. Due to frequent bottlenecks at the Leipzig railway junction, maintenance is now ensured. A citizens' initiative had formed against reactivation for freight traffic.

After the regular local rail transport was discontinued, the line was used during construction work in the Leipzig area, e.g. B. in connection with the network-supplementing measures of the City-Tunnel Leipzig project , also used as an occasional diversion route for regional trains. From November 25, 2012 to December 14, 2013, it was the only connection between Leipzig Central Station and the destinations to the south, as the eastern railway ring between the Leipzig-Stötteritz and Gaschwitz stations on the Leipzig – Hof line was completely closed due to construction. Therefore, all train traffic between Leipzig and Altenburg as well as Borna was rerouted on the Leipzig-Plagwitz-Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz route (if not provided as a replacement rail service).

In 2018, the Markkleeberg West train station was converted to electronic interlocking technology . In addition, the bridges over Dieskaustraße and Küchenholzallee were renewed in 2019 and the platform and transformer building of the former Kleinzschocher stop were also dismantled.

Route description

The single-track line branches off in the station Leipzig-Plagwitz from the railway line Leipzig-Gera from. Before the reconstruction of the station, the separation was at the signal box W5 north of Schwartzestrasse, since then at the level of the former Prussian railway depot Leipzig-Plagwitz, today the Bavarian Railway Museum in Leipzig . The Leipzig-Plagwitz train station extended to Dieskaustraße. The B7 signal box was located here, which secured the entrances to the freight train entry tracks in front of the discharge hill at the level of Schwartzestrasse. The Leipzig-Kleinzschocher platform, which has been unused since 2002, is located at the level of the now expanded entry point. The route goes through the district of Leipzig Kleinzschocher , the southern floodplain forest and the Lauer and through the city Markkleeberg with the station Markkleeberg West, which offers the only crossing opportunity to the station Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz where it to the Leipzig-Hof railway strikes to whose route it runs parallel from the Markkleeberg Mitte stop. Since its route mostly leads through the riparian forest of the White Elster , it is popularly known as the forest railway . The Markkleeberg Mitte stop will be kept operational for diversions.

At the Rathausstrasse level crossing in Markkleeberg (Post 1), there was the last road and rail intersection in operation in Leipzig until December 4, 2015 . Both lines are electrified, the catenary could be switched at the intersection, but in recent years it has been continuously supplied with direct voltage from the tram. There were therefore system separation points for the long-distance railway on both sides , the crossing area was driven with the main switch turned off, but ironed on. The tram route to Markkleeberg West was used by line 9 until November 27, 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Leipzig-Plagwitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Stop Waldbahn. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 7, 2011 ; Retrieved July 25, 2012 .
  2. ^ Deutsche Bahn renews bridges between Leipzig-Plagwitz and Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz. Deutsche Bahn, April 6, 2018, accessed on August 21, 2018 .