Riesa – Chemnitz railway line

Riesa – Chemnitz main station
Excerpt from the route map of Saxony in 1902
Route number :	6255; sä. RC
Course book section (DB) :	520
Route length:	66.03 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Top speed:	140 km / h
Dual track :	Riesa – Chemnitz main station
Legend from Dresden-Neustadt -0.135 Riesa 106 m to Leipzig hbf 0.678 Junction Riesa Stw W4 112 m to Nossen 3.030 Block oil seat 122 m 5,694 Seerhausen 117 m 5.845 EÜ Bundesstrasse 6 (18 m) 7.490 Jahnabrücke (10 m) 7.917 Flood bridge (24 m) 9.286 EÜ Bundesstrasse 169 (13 m) 9.448 Stauchitz (formerly Bf) 129 m 9,583 EÜ Mühlweg (14 m) 12,161 EÜ Im Wiesengrund (15 m) 13,880 EÜ (14 m) 14.762 EÜ (14 m) 15.185 Ostrau 159 m 15,567 Ostrava Viaduct (157 m) 18.812 Zschaitz 180 m 19,500 EÜ (16 m) Döbeln-Gärtitz-Wilsdruff Narrow gauge railways from Oschatz and from Wilsdruff 23.158 Döbeln- Gärtitz formerly Gärtitz 178 m Bundesstrasse 175 24.503 Chub North formerly Großbauchlitz 176 m 24.773 Freiberger Mulde bridge (97 m) 24.875 Flood bridge (23 m) 25.179 EÜ Bundesstrasse 175 (13 m) 25.375 Döbeln Hbf ( wedge station ) 176 m by Coswig (Dresden) to Borsdorf (Sachs) EÜ Bundesstrasse 175 (18 m) 28.820 Limmritz (Sachs) 194 m 29,068 EÜ farm road (12 m) 29.981 Limmritz Viaduct (260 m) 30.361 Saalbach tunnel (128 m; removed in 1987) 30.522 Bach Bridge (19 m) 31,459 Viaduct Saalbach (75 m) 31.630 Steina 212 m 31,811 Steina Viaduct (225 m) 32,362 Kummersmühle Viaduct (110 m) 34.271 Viaduct Diedenmühle (172 m) from Rochlitz (Sachs) 34.931 Waldheim 236 m 35,073 EÜ Bahnhofstrasse (17 m) to Kriebethal 35.710 Pfaffenberg tunnel (170 m; removed in 1990) 36.055 Heiligenborn Viaduct (173 m) 37.990 Reinsdorf block 39.891 Neumilkau Bridge (69 m) 41.59 Schweikershain 285 m 43.095 Viaduct Crossen (155 m; filled in 1991) 45.390 Erlau (Sachs) (formerly Bf) 311 m 47.675 EÜ Leipziger Strasse (12 m) 48.030 Mittweida 296 m 48.2 Bahnhofstrasse bridge 48.5 EÜ Königshainer Weg after Drei Werden / Ringethal 48.6 EÜ Bach 49.827 EÜ farm road (10 m) 50.070 Altmittweida 297 m 50.330 Altmittweida Viaduct (92 m; filled in 1991) 51.016 EÜ farm road (10 m) 51.741 Holzbach Bridge (19 m) 53.940 Ottendorf (b Mittweida) 321 m 54,450 Viaduct Ottendorf (84 m) 57.090 Oberlichtenau 340 m 58.010 EÜ federal motorway 4 (58 m) 59.431 EÜ farm road (13 m) 59.778 Chemnitz Children's Forest Center 331 m 61.070 Farm road 324 m 61.415 dig 322 m 61.716 Farm road 320 m 62.060 passage 321 m 63.283 Chemnitz-Furth junction 313 m Freight train track to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf 63,555 Access Bw Chemnitz central station (20 m; filled) 311 m Postgleistunnel Außenbahnhof – Postbahnhof, filled 64.240 Freight train route Küchwald / Abzw C-Furth – C-Hilbersdorf from Neukieritzsch from Dresden Hbf 64.455 Emilienstraße 305 m 65.075 August-Bebel-Strasse ( Bundesstrasse 107 ) 305 m 65.890 Chemnitz central station 302 m Connecting track to the Chemnitz tram to Adorf (Vogtl) to Werdau arc triangle
Chemnitz-Furth-Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf junction
Route number (DB) :	6262; sä. RCCh
Route length:	2.657 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Dual track :	Junction C-Furth – C-Hilbersdorf (June 2, 1902–1945)
Legend from Riesa -0.013 Abzw Chemnitz-Furth 313 m to Chemnitz Hbf 0.270 Access Bw Chemnitz main station (filled) 311 m 0.610 Brook 309 m 0.840 Postgleistunnel outer station – Postbahnhof 310 m 0.928 from Küchwald 310 m Riesa – Chemnitz railway line 1.105 Railway line DWCh (workshop viaduct ) 313 m Reichsbahn repair shop Chemnitz 2,615 Frankenberger Strasse ( Bundesstrasse 169 ) 2,644 from Abzw Werdau Bgdr (end of route 6262) 324 m Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf to Dresden Hbf

The Riesa – Chemnitz railway is a double-track and electrified main line in Saxony , which was originally built and operated by the Chemnitz-Riesaer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . The route runs from Riesa via Döbeln and Mittweida to Chemnitz and is part of the Berlin – Chemnitz connection .

history

Prehistory and construction

See also : Chemnitz-Riesa Railway Company

Riesa train station

As early as 1837, plans were submitted for a rail link from Riesa, an important cargo handling point on the Elbe , to Chemnitz and on to Zwickau , which was important as a coal mining area. After the Leipzig-Dresden railway was opened, connecting the industrialized city of Chemnitz to Leipzig and Dresden was given top priority, even if only through a detour via Riesa. Construction work could begin on May 8, 1845, although an exact route between Döbeln and Waldheim had not even been decided on. Construction work progressed rapidly on the northern section from Riesa to Döbeln. The official opening took place there on August 29, 1847, and the short stretch to Limmritz could also be opened on September 22, 1847. For the time being, Döbeln only got one train station in the northern district of Großbauchlitz . Today's Döbeln Hbf station was only given its position in the course of the completion of the Dresden-Döbeln-Leipzig line in 1868.

Limmritz Viaduct

The section from Limmritz to Waldheim, however, caused major problems. The construction costs of the viaducts and retaining walls in the Zschopau valley quickly put society in financial difficulties. Since no profitable rail operation was possible without continuous operation to Chemnitz and a loan did not materialize, the Chemnitz-Riesaer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft had to offer itself to the state on May 29, 1848. Due to the revolution of 1848/49 , he only took over the company on December 31, 1850 and continued construction, so that the entire line could finally be opened on September 1, 1852. In addition to King Friedrich August II , numerous high-ranking politicians also attended the opening. The Limmritz – Waldheim section is still known today as the bankruptcy mile . Overall, the line was one of the most expensive railway constructions at the time, with construction costs of over 100,000 thalers per kilometer.

business

When it began to extend the line to Zwickau (with a branch from Glauchau to Gößnitz ), the entire route was named Niedererzgebirgische Staatsbahn . After the line was opened in 1858 not only the connection to the Leipzig – Hof ( Saxon-Bavarian State Railway ) but also to the Upper Ore Mountains State Railway ( Schwarzenberg – Zwickau ) was created, the three lines were merged on January 1, 1859 to form the Western State Railway .

In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the Ostrava Viaduct was blown up by Prussian pioneers. In Großbauchlitz (since 1932 Döbeln North) was in 1905 following the mill train Großbauchlitz , it was in 1914 by a siding replaced.

The line experienced the greatest turning point in its history after the end of World War II in 1945. Reparation claims by the Soviet Union led to the complete dismantling of the second track, which in the following 45 years made for an extremely difficult operating situation on the busy main line. It was not until 1990 that the second track could be put back into operation on the entire route. In the run-up to electrification in 1991, the two “fake” tunnels near Waldheim, which were built in the early years of the route, were cut to avoid falling rocks and drifting snow.

In June 2001, the two-hour service on the Interregio line from Chemnitz to Berlin and Rostock was thinned to three pairs of trains and discontinued on June 26, 2006. Until December 9, 2006, two pairs of regional express trains ran temporarily between Chemnitz and Berlin-Zoologischer Garten . These were in December 2006 by a traffic forming in off position than Vogtland-Express designated train pair of Vogtlandbahn replaced, which has since been all set in spring 2009 for a few weeks and 1 October 2012 found. It was then replaced by bus rides and completely taken off the network in 2015.

Until 2011, on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., the hourly service between Chemnitz and Mittweida was reduced to half an hourly service. These services were canceled by the VMS as a result of funding cuts by the Free State of Saxony.

With a few exceptions, the RB 45 has been operating as an express train between Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof and Mittweida since the 2016 timetable year . The operation of the intermediate stations was taken over by the City-Bahn Chemnitz , which since October 2016 as line C14 which is part of the Chemnitz model and runs to the city center of Chemnitz without changing trains. Meanwhile the trains between Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof, Riesa and Elsterwerda are run by the Central German Regiobahn.

In freight transport, three trains, ten services per week, will be running on this route in the 2017 timetable year, after the 2015 timetable year, as scheduled, there were no more trains. Furthermore, freight traffic will be rerouted via this route if the route between Werdau and Gaschwitz is closed .

In 2015, the 150-year-old sandstone viaduct in Ottendorf was demolished and replaced by a 900-ton arched bridge.

Route description

course

At Riesa station , the line branches off from the Leipzig-Dresden Railway in a slight left-hand curve, together with the route of the branch line to Nossen . The Nossen route then separates in a left curve to the south, while the Chemnitz route continues in a south-westerly direction and follows the federal highway 169 . The northern stretch to Döbeln runs through a relatively flat area; the only noteworthy engineering structures on this section are the 130 m long viaduct near Ostrau and the 80 m long Muldenbrücke in front of Döbeln station. From 1884, a three-rail track lay on the Gärtitz – Döbeln section. The narrow-gauge railway from Oschatz received its own subgrade next to the main line with the construction of the Gärtitz station in 1909. In the vicinity of the Döbeln-Nord motorway junction , the BAB 14 is crossed and after crossing the Freiberg Mulde , the line meets the now single-track and non-electrified main line from Coswig to Borsdorf near Leipzig . The main station in Döbeln is a wedge station . The station building is located between the tracks from Riesa and Coswig.

To the south of Döbeln station, the Borsdorf – Coswig railway branches off to the west, after which the federal highways 169 and  175 are crossed. The railway enters the Zschopau valley near Limmritz . The section from Limmritz to Waldheim is the section of the entire route with the most engineering structures. Since the Chemnitz-Riesaer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft failed financially in the construction of this section and had to be taken over by the state, it is still popularly referred to as the bankruptcy mile . Immediately behind the 128 m long Saalbach tunnel , which was slit open as part of the preparatory work for electrification in 1991 , the Zschopau valley is crossed on the 32 m high, 270 m long Zschopau bridge consisting of 14 arches. The railway then follows the left bank of the river on a steep and rocky slope and, with the help of the 49 m high and 210 m long Dietenmühlentalbrücke, crosses the Steinaer Bach, which flows into the Zschopau from a deeply cut side valley. At Waldheim station, which the line then reaches, the Rochlitz line, which was closed in 1998 , joins from the west .

To the south of the Waldheim train station, the route leads through the area of ​​the Pfaffenberg tunnel, which was also slashed in advance of electrification and was formerly 170 m long . Then the 41 m high and 211 m long Heiligenborntalbrücke crosses another Zschopau side valley. To the east of the viaduct is the 28 m high and 165 m long steel lattice bridge of the disused freight track to Kriebethal near Kriebstein , which crosses the same side valley at this point. The Chemnitz Railway turns slightly to the southwest, thus moving further away from the Zschopau, which was dammed up south of Kriebstein, and reaching its westernmost point shortly before Erlau . Then it leads fairly straight to the south via Mittweida and Altmittweida to Oberlichtenau, where the BAB 4 is crossed. In the course of the extension of the A4 to six strips at the end of the 1990s , this bridge had to be completely replaced. The line begins and ends in the south of Chemnitz main station , where it joins the Dresden – Werdau line with the Leipzig line to the west .

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  Steina Viaduct

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  Viaduct Kummersmühle

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  Viaduct Diedenmühle

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  Riesa – Chemnitz railway line shortly before the Chemnitz main station (2016)

Operating points

Riesa ⊙

→ Main article : Riesa train station

The Riesa station there since the opening of the section Oschatz Riesa the Leipzig-Dresden Railway in November 1838. The Chemnitz-Riesaer railway built in Riesa first its own train station, which was in operation until the 1879th Since then, the Riesa – Chemnitz line has flowed directly into the station, which has since been expanded several times.

Seerhausen ⊙

The Seerhausen stop was opened on August 29, 1847. Between 1924 and 2014 it was run as a train station.

Stauchitz ⊙

Stauchitz station was opened on August 29, 1847. It has been used as a breakpoint since 1979.

Ostrau ⊙

Ostrau train station was opened on August 29, 1847.

Zschaitz ⊙

The Zschaitz stop was opened on August 29, 1847. At times it was run as a train station.

Döbeln Gärtitz ⊙

The former Döbeln-Gärtitz train station.

Gärtitz station was opened on December 1, 1909. After the trains of the narrow-gauge Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln also stopped in addition to the trains on the normal-gauge line , it was also the end point of the Wilsdruff – Gärtitz narrow-gauge railway since 1911 . When it was incorporated into Döbeln in 1950, the station was named Döbeln Gärtitz on May 17, 1953 . After the section Mügeln-Döbeln of the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz-Mügeln-Döbeln was closed in 1968, passenger and freight traffic followed on May 31, 1969 on the Kleinmockritz-Döbeln-Gärtitz section of the narrow-gauge railway Wilsdruff-Gärtitz. The station was closed on June 1, 1969, which means that trains on the standard-gauge Riesa – Chemnitz line no longer stop.

Chub North ⊙

Former Döbeln Nord station, reception building (2017)

With the inauguration of the Riesa-Döbeln section in 1847, Döbeln initially only had a train station in Großbauchlitz , north of the city , which was given the name Döbeln . Only when the town of Döbeln received its own station with the opening of the Döbeln – Leisnig section of the Borsdorf – Coswig railway with Döbeln Hbf , the Großbauchlitz station was renamed Großbauchlitz on June 2, 1868 . Between 1905 and 1914, the Großbauchlitz mill railway operated from Großbauchlitz station in overhead line truck operation (freight transport) to Günther'schen Mühle on the southern outskirts. It was replaced by a siding in 1914.

When it was incorporated into Döbeln in 1932, the station was named Döbeln Nord on October 8, 1933 . Between 1884 and 1964, Döbeln Nord was also a station on the Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln narrow-gauge railway. Just one year later, Döbeln Nord station was shut down on May 29, 1965.

Döbeln Hbf ⊙

→ Main article : Döbeln Hauptbahnhof

Döbeln Hbf station building from 1868

The Riesa – Chemnitz and Borsdorf – Coswig lines intersect at the Döbelner Hauptbahnhof . It opened on June 2, 1868 with temporary buildings. The reception building from 1870 has been preserved in its original form and is a listed building. The Döbelner horse tram ran between the train station and the city center, two kilometers away, from 1892 to 1926 .

Limmritz (Saxony) ⊙

Limmritz (Sachs) stop, reception building (2017)

The Limmritz stop was opened on September 22, 1847. In 1905 it was upgraded to a station. It had the following names:

• until 1925: Limmritz
• until 1933: Limmritz (Sa)
• since 1933: Limmritz (Sachs)

The station has been a stopping point since 1997. It is located in the village of Limmritz on the right bank of the Zschopau.

Steina ⊙

Steina stop with regional train of the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (2017)

The Steina stop was opened on September 1, 1852. In 1905 it was upgraded to a station. Steina has been a stop again since 1933 and a stop since 1990. It is remote from the village to the west on the left bank of the Zschopau.

Waldheim ⊙

→ Main article : Waldheim train station

Waldheim station was opened in 1852 with the Limmritz - Chemnitz section , the last section of the Riesa - Chemnitz railway line. Although two branch lines began here with the lines Waldheim – Rochlitz (opened in 1893) and Waldheim – Kriebethal (opened in 1896) , the track systems of the separation station for these branching lines were quite simple. For the trains to Rochlitz there was only one track that could be moved. This was on the island platform, which is now the only platform ever (a second platform without a roof existed until the second track of the main line was rebuilt and electrified), opposite is the platform track of the Riesa – Chemnitz main line. In the meantime, the Rochlitz side of the island platform has also been integrated into the main line, and the track has now been abandoned. InterRegios to Chemnitz, Berlin and Binz also stopped here until 2006. The station building stood empty and was falling into disrepair. It was partially demolished in May 2014. Now only the front part of the building is standing, so it was optically restored. The long goods shed is also no longer used, as is the boiler house , connected via a turntable , in which locomotives were previously stationed for the shunting service and transfers to the paper mills in the Zschopau valley. The turntable and the no longer used freight tracks were demolished in summer 2014. The two track diagram interlockings B1 and W2 went out of operation on October 16, 2010, since then the Waldheim station has been remote-controlled from Mittweida, but the Hl signals are still in operation. The routes to Rochlitz and Kriebethal are closed.

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  Waldheim station

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  Waldheim station, platforms (2016)

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  Waldheim station with train (2016)

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  Waldheim, freight yard (2016)

Schweikershain ⊙

The Schweikershain stop was opened on September 1, 1852. It is located south of the village.

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  Schweikershain stop (2016)

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  Schweikershain stop, station building (2016)

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  Schweikershain stop, entrance to the underpass (2016)

Erlau (Sachs) ⊙

Stop Erlau (Sachs) (2016)

The Erlau (Sachs) station was opened on September 1, 1852. He is in the east of the place. The former train station and today's breakpoint (since 1990) had the following names:

• until 1913: Erlau
• until 1933: Erlau (Sa)
• since 1933: Erlau (Sachs)

The former, previously empty, reception building in Erlau was converted into a multi- generation train station by July 2017 with funding . It offers space for a citizens' meeting point, a doctor's office and a day care facility.

Mittweida ⊙

→ Main article : Mittweida train station

The Mittweida station was opened on 1 September. 1852 Between 1906 and 1997, the Mittweida – Drei Werden / Ringethal line, mainly used as an industrial line, branched off from the station . Since June 10, 2007, rail operations have been controlled by the B2 interlocking, a GS II DR track diagram interlocking, and Waldheim station has also been remote-controlled from here since October 18, 2010. The station has three platform tracks, of which track 1 is a stump track, and a freight track. Since 2016, Mittweida station has also been the end point of the Chemnitz-Bahn line C14 Chemnitz – Mittweida of the Chemnitz City Railway.

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  Mittweida station

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  Mittweida station, track side (2016)

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  Mittweida station with City-Bahn (2016)

Altmittweida ⊙

Altmittweida stop (2016)

The Altmittweida stop was opened on September 1, 1852. It is located in the center of the village. With the introduction of the Chemnitz model, only the Chemnitz City Railway trains on the Chemnitz – Mittweida line stop at the stop. The reception building is no longer in operation.

Ottendorf (b Mittweida) ⊙

Ottendorf train station (b Mittweida) was opened on May 15, 1880. It is located north of the village a few meters behind the Ottendorfer Viaduct. It had the following names:

• until 1911: Ottendorf near Mittweida
• until 1933: Ottendorf b Mittweida
• since 1933: Ottendorf (b Mittweida) / Ottendorf (Mittweida)

With the introduction of the Chemnitz model, only the Chemnitz City Railway trains on the Chemnitz – Mittweida line stop at the stop. The two platforms each have a waiting room.

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  Ottendorf b Mittweida stop (2016)

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  Hp. Ottendorf b Mittweida with railway bridge (2016)

Oberlichtenau ⊙

Oberlichtenau station (2016)

Oberlichtenau station was opened on September 1, 1852. It is located on the border between Auerswalde and Oberlichtenau, northwest of the A4 . With the introduction of the Chemnitz model, only the trains of the Chemnitz City Railway on the Chemnitz-Mittweida line stop at what is now Oberlichtenau. The reception building is no longer in operation. The platforms can be reached via an overpass.

The municipality of Lichtenau bought the empty reception building at the end of 2016 and is planning to demolish it. New, 55 centimeter high platforms with barrier-free access are to be built by 2021.

Chemnitz Children's Forest Center ⊙

The stopping point Chemnitz-Kinderwaldstätte was opened on October 1st, 1911 with the name "Kinderwaldstätte Chemnitz". In 1934 the Deutsche Reichsbahn changed the name to Chemnitz Kinderwaldstätte .

Chemnitz central station ⊙

→ Main article : Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof

Today's Chemnitz main station was built in 1852 as the end point of the Riesa – Chemnitz line. With the construction of the Chemnitz – Zwickau (1858), Chemnitz – Annaberg (1866), Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz (1872) and Chemnitz – Adorf (1875) routes , it became one of the most important Saxon railway nodes. In the eastern track apron there is a track connection to the right of the Chemnitz tram network , which was built as part of the successive implementation of the Chemnitz model and enables the C14 trains coming from Mittweida to transition into the tram network. These trains serve platforms 3 and 4 in the main station.

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  Hp. Chemnitz-Kinderwaldstätte with RB to Riesa, still operated by DB Regio in spring 2016

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  Hall of the main station Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1976

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  Reception building and forecourt of Chemnitz main station (2015)

Vehicle use

MEG 804 in Döbelner Hbf. Left the tracks from Nossen

City-Bahn to Mittweida (2016)

Since the local mechanical engineering industry had little experience with steam locomotives at the time, the first six tender locomotives were imported from England by Stephenson . The six vehicles delivered in 1846 cost a total of 9,600 thalers. Hartmann also delivered three vehicles in 1852. In the early years, the types IIIb and VIb V were also used, which were replaced by the types VIII V 1 and VIII V 2 before 1900 . These in turn were replaced by the genus XII H2 after 1910 .

The traction change was implemented in the 1960s. From then on, travel was handled with the V 100 and V 180 series, while the V 200 series dominated freight transport . From the 1970s, the 130/131/132 series was also used in both freight and passenger transport.

Until May 27, 2006, the InterRegio Chemnitz-Berlin-Binz also ran on this route, hauled by locomotives of the 101, 112, 120 and 143 series.

Until the small timetable change on 11/12. June 2016 the regional railways were formed by locomotives of the class 143 and two double-decker cars. Until 2014, the regional railways operated with more modern double-decker coaches, but since around the end of 2014 almost all sets consisted of a DBuza double-decker coach from 1996 and a DABbuzfa 760 control coach from 1992; thus, complete “post-turnaround sets” drove again, which are particularly popular with railway photographers.

Since the timetable change mentioned above, trains of the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen, operated by the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn , have been in use. These are brand new Coradia Continental trains from the manufacturer Alstom. Three-car trains are scheduled to run, five-car trains being the exception.

The Vogtlandbahn used Siemens Desiro diesel multiple units .

The 143, 145, 152, 155 and 185 series are primarily used in freight transport.

A few military trains a year to and from Marienberg also use this route, mostly hauled by class 143, 145, 155, 185, 232 or 233 locomotives.

literature

• Manfred Berger : The Chemnitz-Riesa Railway . In: Historic station buildings I . transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 3rd unaltered edition 1991. pp. 83–90.
• Thomas Berger u. a .: 150 years of the Riesa - Chemnitz railway line. Railway in Chemnitz. Association of Saxon Railway Friends V., Dresden 2002.
• Werner Nüse, Wolfgang Neubauer, Reiner Scheffler, Rainer Müller, Günter Scheiblich, Dieter Weidl, Ramona Geißler, Heike Berthold: The Riesa railway junction . Ed .: Museumsverein Riesa e. V. 2nd edition. Riesa 2007, p. 15-21 .

Web links

Commons : Riesa – Chemnitz railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route as well as some signals and permissible speeds on the OpenRailwayMap .
• KBS 520 Riesa-Chemnitz
• Pictures of the former tunnel portals
• Historical information on the Chemnitz section of the route on altes-chemnitz.de
• Pictures, timetables, train stations and information about KBS 520 on Bahnland-Sachsen.de.tl
• Freight train timetables on cargonautus.de
• Historical views of the Diedenhainer Viaduct and the Heiligenborn Viaduct

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Route data on www.sachsenschiene.de
2. ↑ Kurt Kaiß, Matthias Hengst: Railway node Chemnitz - rail network of an industrial region , Alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-231-2 , p. 61
3. ↑ Kurt Kaiß, Matthias Hengst: Eisenbahnknoten Chemnitz - Rail network of an industrial region , Alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-231-2 , p. 62
4. ↑ Vogtland Express as a bus ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Vogtland long-distance bus has a direct connection to Berlin. (No longer available online.) September 29, 2014, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; Retrieved October 5, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Ottendorfer have "their" new bridge . In: DB World Region Southeast . No. 10 , 2015, p. 17 .
7. ↑ Gärtitz in the Historical Directory of Saxony
8. ↑ Großbauchlitz in the Historical Directory of Saxony
9. ↑ Photos from Döbeln Nord station on www.sachsenschiene.net
10. ↑ Data on Waldheim train station at www.sachsenschiene.de (accessed on June 1, 2015)
11. ↑ Waldheim on www.eisenbahnrelikte.de (accessed on 10 April 2013)
12. ↑ Tracks in service facilities - as of April 1, 2010 (PDF, accessed April 10, 2013; 192 kB)
13. ↑ New shine for the old train station. Retrieved August 21, 2017 . 
14. ^ Benjamin Lummer and Michael Brandenburg: community wants to tear down old station. In: Free Press. August 24, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Kurt Kaiß, Matthias Hengst: Railway node Chemnitz - rail network of an industrial region, Alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-231-2 , p. 63
16. ↑ ^{a b} Kurt Kaiß, Matthias Hengst: Eisenbahnknoten Chemnitz - Rail network of an industrial region , Alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-231-2 , p. 69