Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR area
The chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR lists all routes that the Deutsche Reichsbahn electrified from 1949 until it was merged with Deutsche Bahn in 1994. There are tabular overviews under History of the Berlin S-Bahn for the S-Bahn operation in the Berlin area, which is operated with direct current and a lateral conductor rail .
Starting position
The Prussian state railways had, starting in 1910, some in central Germany situated electrified routes of the whole rail network . This mainly affected the Magdeburg - Dessau - Bitterfeld - Halle - Leipzig area . During the First World War , electrical operation was stopped, but from 1920 the facilities were restored and expanded by the Deutsche Reichsbahn , which had now been established . In 1935, a total length of 287 kilometers of electrified lines was specified for this area, with the length of the individual tracks spanned adding up to 1016.6 kilometers.
After the Second World War , after the interim resumption of electrical operations in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement (Order No. 95 of the Soviet Military Administration (SMAD)), the catenary was dismantled from March 29, 1946, thus ending electrical rail operations in Central Germany .
From 1955, electrical operation was gradually resumed, mainly on the routes mentioned, with the help of recovered, used equipment. The Deutsche Reichsbahn electrified its lines with single-phase alternating current at a voltage of 15 k V and a frequency of 16⅔ Hertz . Only the Rübelandbahn was electrified with a voltage of 25 kV and a frequency of 50 Hz because of its island location. For test purposes, the Hennigsdorf – Wustermark line northwest of Berlin was also electrified at 25 kV and 50 Hz at times. However, there was no scheduled electric train operation on this route.
1950s
After the provisional end of electric train operations in the Soviet occupation zone, the SED Politburo wanted the most heavily loaded lines to be electrified again, at least in Central Germany. In December 1950, negotiations were started with the Soviet Union in order to recover the dismantled electrical equipment that was not usable in Russia and some of which were stored outdoors, as well as the confiscated locomotives. As an exchange, 355 long-distance cars from the Ammendorf wagon construction company were delivered. The electric locomotives returned between July 1952 and January 1953, albeit in such poor condition that the repair of 40 locomotives originally planned for 1953 was initially delayed considerably.
In the same year, the electrification of the first section from Halle – Köthen began, which was opened on September 1, 1955 by Transport Minister Erwin Kramer . 14 completely overhauled E 44 series machines were available for operation on that day . Examples of the series E 04 , E 05 , E 17 , E 18 , E 21.0 , E 77 , E 94 and E 95 were also repaired . The traction power supply was done centrally as before the war on the railway power plant Muldenstein near Bitterfeld, from where a train power line was taken to the substation Köthen into operation on 27 July 1955th
On December 29, 1955, the electrification of the Halle – Köthen line was expanded to Schönebeck (Elbe) and at the turn of the year 1956/57 the remaining line to Magdeburg finally followed. Until 1959, with the exception of the Geiseltalbahn Merseburg – Mülocken, which is relevant for the lignite industry, only re-electrification was carried out, so that by the end of the decade, at least between Magdeburg and Dessau in the north and Weißenfels in the south, it was possible to drive again electrically. A total of 320.6 kilometers of route had been electrified by then.
date |
Route between the stations | Part of the overall connection |
Length (km) |
Remarks |
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June 12, 1950 | ( Falkenstein -) state border - Probstzella | Hochstadt-Marktzeuln – Probstzella | 1.7 | * Re-electrification * cf. Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Bundesbahn |
Sep 1 1955 | Halle (Saale) central station / freight yard - Köthen | Magdeburg – Leipzig | 35.8 | * Re-electrification * other information according to bvm.berlin.de : October 1, 1955 |
Dec 29, 1955 | Köthen - Schönebeck (Elbe) | Magdeburg – Leipzig | 35.1 | Re-electrification |
Jan. 12, 1957 | Schönebeck (Elbe) - Magdeburg main station | Magdeburg – Leipzig | 15.1 | * Re-electrification * other information after electricity trains : December 20, 1956 |
15th Mar 1958 | Meinsdorf (= Roßlau (Elbe) Gbf) - Dessau Hbf - Bitterfeld | Trebnitz – Leipzig | 33.2 | Re-electrification |
June 9, 1958 | Bitterfeld - Leipzig main station | Trebnitz – Leipzig | 34.2 | * Re-electrification * Entire route Dessau – Bitterfeld – Leipzig after electrified trains : July 9, 1958 |
Oct. 31, 1958 | Leipzig-Mockau - Leipzig-Schönefeld - Engelsdorf | Leipzig-Wahren-Leipzig-Engelsdorf | * Re-electrification * Part of the Leipziger Güterring |
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Dec 20, 1958 | Leipzig Hbf - Halle (Saale) Hbf | Magdeburg – Leipzig | 37.6 | * Re-electrification * three district towns connected to each other. |
Apr 6, 1959 | Leipzig-Wahren Rbf - Leipzig-Mockau | Leipzig-Wahren-Leipzig-Engelsdorf | Re-electrification of the Nord-Güterring Leipzig | |
May 15, 1959 | Leipzig MTh Gbf - Leipzig-Wahren | Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig-Wahren | * Re-electrification * the masts also carried the feed lines from the Uw Wahren to the Leipzig switch post |
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Dec 21, 1959 | Halle (Saale) Hbf - Merseburg - Weißenfels | Halle – Bebra | 32.0 | Re-electrification |
Dec 21, 1959 | Merseburg - Müuellen (Geiseltal) | Merseburg – Querfurt | 17.5 | * Coal removal route from the Geiseltal * Catenary operation ceased after the end of production on July 29, 1996 * Catenary dismantled. |
1960s
At the beginning of the decade, electrification made rapid progress in accordance with the requirements of the fifth SED party congress in 1958. Above all, the Saxon Triangle Leipzig - Zwickau - Karl-Marx-Stadt - Dresden - Leipzig was tackled. According to the plan of the socialist reconstruction of the transport system from 1960, the proportion of electric train support was to be increased from 4.9 percent to 13 percent by 1965. The Leipzig – Berlin and Dresden – Berlin connections were scheduled to be completed by 1970, and by 1980 28 percent of the route network should be electrified. In addition, a type range for new locomotives was included, from which the E 11 and E 42 series emerged .
Since the capacities of the Muldenstein rail power station were already exhausted in 1958 and the construction of another rail power station was not carried out due to the lack of a manufacturer of single-phase machines in the Council for Mutual Economic Aid, converter stations designated as central were built in Karl-Marx-Stadt and Dresden-Niedersedlitz.
On March 17, 1966, however, the GDR Council of Ministers made the momentous decision that the expansion of diesel traction should be given priority over electrification.
At this point in time, the Deutsche Reichsbahn was in an awkward position:
On the one hand, it was necessary to replace the outdated, maintenance- and labor-intensive steam locomotive inventory with modern traction devices in the foreseeable future. In addition to construction workers and materials, the GDR also lacked power plant capacities, which could not be remedied in the short term, for extensive route electrification that was already meaningful at that time. Dieselification seemed to be a viable solution.
The share of diesel traction was to be increased from 3 percent in 1965 to 72 percent in 1978. In the following years, only the routes that were already under construction or at least planned were converted to electrical operation. Apart from closing gaps in the Saxon Triangle (until 1970) and the line between Dessau and Magdeburg (1974/75), the Thuringian Railway between Halle and Erfurt was only electrified until 1967 , although this had been planned since 1942. At the end of 1969, 962.6 kilometers of route were electrified.
date |
Route between the stations | Part of the overall connection |
Length (km) |
Remarks |
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Oct 2, 1961 | Leipzig-Schönefeld Rbf / Leipzig-Engelsdorf Rbf – Abzw Anger |
Leipzig-Engelsdorf-Leipzig-Connewitz and Leipzig-Eilenburg |
Leipziger Güterring Südost | |
Oct 2, 1961 | Leipzig Bayer Bf - Bohlen | Leipzig-Hof | 14.6 | Saxon triangle |
Oct 2, 1961 | Leipzig Hbf - Leipzig-Connewitz | Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig-Connewitz | 8.6 | Saxon triangle |
Oct 2, 1961 | Böhlen - Espenhain | Böhlen – Espenhain | 6.77 | electrical operation ceased on May 23, 1993 . |
Jan 15, 1962 | Böhlen - Altenburg | Leipzig-Hof | 24.1 | Saxon triangle |
Jan 15, 1962 | Neukieritzsch - Borna | Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz | 7.1 | Saxon triangle |
June 26, 1962 | Hennigsdorf - Wustermark | Berlin outer ring | 23.0 | * 50 Hz test track * Chain mechanism dismantled again in 1973 |
May 25, 1963 | Altenburg - Werdau | Leipzig-Hof | 35.2 | |
May 25, 1963 | Werdau - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf | Dresden – Werdau | 7.3 | |
May 25, 1963 | Leipzig-Leutzsch - Leipzig-Plagwitz - Gaschwitz |
Leipzig – Probstzella and Leipzig-Plagwitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz |
Part of the Leipzig freight ring | |
28 Sep 1963 | Halle (Saale) Hbf - Bitterfeld - Muldenstein | Berlin hall | 35.4 | Other information: May 25, 1963 |
Dec 20, 1963 | Werdau arch triangle - Reichenbach (Vogtl) above Bf | Leipzig-Hof | 17.1 | Saxon triangle |
Jan. 5, 1964 | Leipzig Hbf - Großkorbetha | Leipzig – Großkorbetha | 31.9 | |
May 26, 1965 | Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf - Karl-Marx-Stadt Hbf | Dresden – Werdau | 48.5 | * Saxon triangle * four district towns connected to each other * other information: May 30, 1965 |
26 Sep 1965 | Karl-Marx-Stadt Hbf - Freiberg (Sachs) | Dresden – Werdau | 40.2 | Saxon triangle |
Aug 1, 1966 | Blankenburg (Harz) - Königshütte (Harz) |
Blankenburg – Tanne (Rübelandbahn) |
23.2 | * Island operation with 25 kV at 50 Hz * Other information according to trains under power : December 10, 1965. |
23 Sep 1966 | Freiberg (Sachs) - Dresden Hbf / Dresden-Friedrichstadt | Dresden – Werdau | 42.6 | * Saxon Triangle * five district towns connected to each other. |
May 26, 1967 | Weißenfels - Großheringen - Bad Sulza | Halle – Bebra | 28.7 | * Re-electrification between Weißenfels and Abzw Saaleck * other information: May 28, 1967 |
May 26, 1967 | Camburg - large herring | Großheringen – Saalfeld | 10.0 | other information: May 28, 1967 |
July 15, 1967 | Bad Sulza - Apolda | Halle – Bebra | 11.1 | |
22 Sep 1967 | Apolda - Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf | Halle – Bebra | 49.3 | * six district towns connected with each other * other information: entire route Großheringen – Erfurt – Neudietendorf on September 28, 1967 |
28 Sep 1969 | Dresden-Friedrichstadt –Radebeul-Naundorf– Coswig | Berlin – Dresden | 12.6 | Saxon triangle |
28 Sep 1969 | Dresden Hbf - Dresden-Neustadt | Děčín – Dresden-Neustadt | 3.8 | Saxon triangle |
28 Sep 1969 | Dresden-Neustadt - Riesa | Leipzig – Dresden | 50.0 | Saxon triangle |
28 Sep 1969 | Leipzig Hbf - Wurzen | Leipzig – Dresden | 25.7 | Saxon triangle |
Oct 28, 1969 | Halle (Saale) central station - Angersdorf | Halle – Hann. Münden | 9.1 | * S-Bahn Halle * The Angersdorf station was also eclectic in order to relieve freight trains to relieve the node Halle (S). |
Oct 28, 1969 | Angersdorf Abzw Awo– Halle-Nietleben | Merseburg – Halle-Nietleben | 10.1 | S-Bahn hall |
1970s
The resolution of the Council of Ministers of 1966, which was received with incomprehension by many railway workers, led at the beginning of the 1970s to almost only S-Bahn lines being converted to electrical operation. In 1980 the Deutsche Reichsbahn used 800,000 tons of diesel fuel, which corresponded to a quarter of the total consumption in the GDR.
However, when the Soviet Union raised its oil prices to world market level in 1978, even compared to the GDR, in order to be able to generate more foreign currency, the government of the GDR had to make another turnaround towards electrical operation. Already in 1976 the SED changed on its IX. The party congress set the priorities in favor of accelerated electrification and confirmed this path at the 10th party congress in 1981. Thus, the Leipzig – Berlin and Dresden – Berlin routes were gradually tackled by the end of the decade. In addition, a new development was the 250 series , a heavy electric freight locomotive that was put into service from 1977.
At the end of 1979, 1,285.9 kilometers of line were electrified, and the share of electric train transport in the total transport output was 17.8 percent, while it was 83.1 percent for the Deutsche Bundesbahn .
date |
Route between the stations | Part of the overall connection |
Length (km) |
Remarks |
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May 31, 1970 | Wurzen - Riesa | Leipzig – Dresden | 40.1 | Completion of the direct connection between Leipzig and Dresden and thus the Saxon Triangle . |
Oct 15, 1970 | Halle-Nietleben - Halle-Dölau | Hall Klaustor – Hettstedt | 3.5 | S-Bahn hall |
Dec 11, 1970 | Merseburg - Buna - Angersdorf - Halle-Neustadt | Merseburg – Halle-Nietleben | 17.8 | S-Bahn hall |
Dec 18, 1970 | Coswig - Meißen-Triebischtal | Borsdorf – Coswig | 10.7 | S-Bahn Dresden |
Jan. 1, 1972 | Angersdorf - Holleben | Merseburg – Halle-Nietleben | 1.3 | S-Bahn hall |
21 Sep 1972 | Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle-Trotha | Halle – Vienenburg | 7.3 | * Completion of the electrification of the S-Bahn hall * other information: September 29, 1972 |
29 Sep 1974 | Magdeburg main station - Magdeburg Neustadt - Zielitz | Magdeburg – Wittenberge | 19.9 | * S-Bahn Magdeburg * Re-electrification except for the Magdeburg-Rothensee-Zielitz section |
29 Sep 1974 | Schönebeck (Elbe) - Schönebeck-Salzelmen | Schönebeck – Güsten | 3.0 | * S-Bahn Magdeburg * Re-electrification except for the Magdeburg-Rothensee-Zielitz section |
Apr 15, 1975 | Zerbst –Trebnitz | Trebnitz – Leipzig | 4.9 | * Re-electrification * Closure of the Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig ring |
Apr 15, 1975 | Trebnitz – Biederitz | Biederitz – Trebnitz | 30.3 | * Re-electrification * Closure of the Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig ring |
Apr 15, 1975 | Biederitz– Magdeburg Neustadt | Berlin – Magdeburg | 5.9 | * Re-electrification * Closure of the Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig ring |
June 20, 1976 | Dresden Hbf - Schöna | Děčín – Dresden-Neustadt | 48.6 | * Schoena state border and system separation point to the Czech network only in 1986 * Other information: May 29, 1976 |
Sep 15 1976 | Leipzig-Plagwitz - Grünauer Allee | Leipzig-Plagwitz-Leipzig Miltitzer Allee | 1.5 | S-Bahn Leipzig |
Sep 24 1976 | Muldenstein - Burgkemnitz | Berlin hall | 4.8 | |
Dec 15, 1977 | Abzw Glindenberg– Barleben | Oebisfelde – Magdeburg | 2.0 | S-Bahn Magdeburg |
May 25, 1978 | Burgkemnitz - Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Berlin hall | 26.7 | |
Feb. 15, 1979 | Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Zahna | Berlin hall | 10.7 | |
May 27, 1979 | Zahna - Jueterbog | Berlin hall | 21.2 | |
May 27, 1979 | Radebeul-West / Radebeul-Naundorf– Weinböhla | Berlin – Dresden | 9.4 | |
Sep 30 1979 | Weinböhla - Elsterwerda | Berlin – Dresden | 34.8 |
1980s
The resolution of the 10th party congress of the SED in 1981 provided for the electrification of the most important north-south routes. The electrification was declared a central FDJ youth object and handed over in 1982 at the 3rd meeting of the Central Council of the Free German Youth . In 1984, 1200 young people were involved in electrification, which corresponded to more than half of the work done.
The newly developed 243 series was built in large numbers in order to meet the newly created need for additional electric locomotives . When the network was expanded to the north, the energy supply was organized on a decentralized basis, i.e. converter plants with mobile converters were built around every 60 kilometers , which took the energy directly from the 50 Hz overland network. The electrical energy was converted to 16⅔ Hz and transformed to 15 kV. As a result, many kilometers of 110 kV traction power lines could be saved.
The number of kilometers electrified annually increased steadily until the mid-1980s: 85.9 km were electrified in 1981, 139.1 km in 1982, 155.8 km in 1983, 252.9 km in 1984 and 295 km in 1985. Nonetheless, there was still a clear lag even compared to other railway administrations in Comecon: At the end of 1985, 37 percent of all train transport services in the DR on 15.8 percent of the network were operated electrically, while in the ČSSR 42 percent to 24 percent, in Poland 56 percent 30 percent and in the Federal Republic of 75 percent of the power on 40 percent of the entire network were driven electrically.
After reaching Berlin-Schöneweide on June 2, 1984 and Rostock on May 18, 1985 , the DR devoted itself increasingly to the other two north-south arteries in the north of the country, to the Baltic Sea ports with the industrial centers in the GDR, which are extremely important for the GDR connecting southern part of the republic more efficiently. Large amounts of potash were exported to the West via Wismar to bring foreign currency, and the strategically important ferry port Mukran on the island of Rügen increasingly represented the most important connection to the Soviet Union, because this way the politically unreliable Poland could be bypassed. In April 1986, the 1000th electrified kilometer since the 10th SED Party Congress in 1981 was celebrated at Bad Kleinen train station , and in September 1987 the connection from Magdeburg via Stendal and Schwerin to Wismar and Rostock was completed. In December 1987, the Stendell marshalling yard at the Schwedt petrolchemical combine was reached from Berlin via Eberswalde and Angermünde , and finally Mukran in the early summer of 1989. At the same time, at the end of the 1980s, a large part of the routes in this area were converted to electric train operation in order to remove the extremely important lignite from the Lower Lusatian area , so that on September 30, 1989 the first electric locomotive reached Cottbus .
date |
Route between the stations | Part of the overall connection |
Length (km) |
Remarks |
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June 1, 1980 | Jüterbog - Luckenwalde | Berlin hall | 13.0 | |
Dec 18, 1980 | Grünauer Allee - Wilhelm-Pieck-Allee | Leipzig-Plagwitz-Leipzig Miltitzer Allee | 0.7 | S-Bahn Leipzig |
May 31, 1981 | Elsterwerda –Doberlug-Kirchhain– Brenitz-Sonnewalde | Berlin – Dresden | 29.0 | |
27 Sep 1981 | Brenitz-Sonnewalde - Uckro | Berlin – Dresden | 17.6 | |
27 Sep 1981 | Luckenwalde - Ludwigsfelde | Berlin hall | 25.0 | |
Dec 16, 1981 | Uckro - Golßen | Berlin – Dresden | 14.2 | |
1st Mar 1982 | Golßen- Baruth | Berlin – Dresden | 10.4 | |
May 23, 1982 | Ludwigsfelde –Genshagener Heide Ost | Berlin hall | 15.3 | |
May 23, 1982 | Baruth – Abzw Glasower Damm (BAR) | Berlin – Dresden | 32.4 | |
May 23, 1982 | Glasower Damm (BAR) - Michendorf - Seddin | Berlin outer ring | 34.6 | |
July 31, 1982 | Birkengrund / Genshagener Heide - Teltow | Berlin hall | 8.2 | The Halle – Berlin and Dresden – Berlin routes connected for the first time via the Berlin outer ring. |
Dec 15, 1982 | Saarmund / Michendorf - Potsdam main station - Priort | Berlin outer ring | 34.2 | seven district towns connected to each other. |
Dec 22, 1982 | Delitzsch unt Bf - Delitzsch upper station | Connection route Leipzig – Dessau / Halle – Cottbus | 4.0 | |
May 29, 1983 | Abzw Glasower Damm West - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport | Berlin outer ring | 8.7 | |
May 29, 1983 | Priort - Wustermark | Berlin outer ring | 4.7 | |
May 29, 1983 | Priort - Wustermark Rbf | Berlin outer ring | 4.8 | |
May 29, 1983 | Wustermark Rbf –Wustermark Gz-Gleis | Berlin outer ring | 3.2 | |
May 29, 1983 | Wustermark Rbf - Wustermark Pz track | Berlin outer ring | 3.2 | |
June 13, 1983 | Wilhelm-Pieck-Allee - Ho Chi Minh Street | Leipzig-Plagwitz-Leipzig Miltitzer Allee | 1.0 | S-Bahn Leipzig |
25 Sep 1983 | Junction Golm– Werder (Havel) | Connection route Berlin outer ring / Berlin – Magdeburg | 8.6 | |
25 Sep 1983 | Berlin-Schönefeld Airport - Grünauer Kreuz - Berlin-Grünau | Connection route between the Berlin outer ring and the Bln-Grünau | 7.8 | |
25 Sep 1983 | Doberlug-Kirchhain Nord-Abzw Hennersdorf-Hennersdorf | Connection route Dresden – Berlin / Halle – Cottbus | 8.0 | |
28 Sep 1983 | Albrechtshof - Nauen | Berlin – Hamburg | 17.9 | |
28 Sep 1983 | Wustermark / Priort - Falkenhagen - Hennigsdorf - Birkenwerder | Berlin outer ring | 48.0 | 50 Hz test section Hennigsdorf – Wustermark from 1962 electrified again using usable masts |
Oct 7, 1983 | Hennigsdorf - Velten (Mark) | Berlin-Schönholz-Kremmen | 9.0 | |
Dec. 19, 1983 | Ho Chi Minh Street - Miltitzer Allee | Leipzig-Plagwitz-Leipzig Miltitzer Allee | 0.8 | S-Bahn Leipzig |
Dec 25, 1983 | Birkenwerder - Löwenberg (Mark) | Berlin-Neustrelitz – Stralsund railway line | 25.0 | |
Apr 11, 1984 | Löwenberg (Mark) - Gransee | Berlin-Neustrelitz – Stralsund railway line | 12.0 | |
May 15, 1984 | Neudietendorf - Arnstadt | Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen | 10.1 | Relief of the Erfurt Hbf and Neudietendorf substation, catenary dismantled in 1996 |
May 21, 1984 | Gransee - Fürstenberg (Havel) | Berlin-Neustrelitz – Stralsund railway line | 21.8 | |
May 28, 1984 | Halle (Saale) Hbf - Delitzsch upper station | Halle – Cottbus | 26.0 | |
June 1, 1984 | Glauchau - Gößnitz | Glauchau – Gößnitz | 12.4 | |
2nd June 1984 | Fürstenberg (Havel) - Adamsdorf | Berlin – Neustrelitz , Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 28.0 | |
2nd June 1984 | Berlin Grünau - Berlin-Schöneweide | Berlin-Grünau-Berlin-Lichtenberg | 8.8 | With Schöneweide connection of the first of three Berlin long-distance train stations. |
25 Sep 1984 | Zielitz - Borstel (b Stendal) | Magdeburg – Wittenberge | 43.3 | |
Sep 30 1984 | Delitzsch southwest curve | Connection route Leipzig – Dessau / Halle – Cottbus | 1.8 | |
Sep 30 1984 | Berlin-Schöneweide - Frankfurter Allee - Berlin-Lichtenberg | Berlin-Grünau-Berlin-Lichtenberg | 13.9 | Connection of Lichtenberg as the second Berlin long-distance train station |
Oct. 27, 1984 | Adamsdorf - Kargow | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 22.8 | |
Dec 15, 1984 | Berlin-Lichtenberg - Birkenwerder | Berlin outer ring | 36.7 | Berlin outer ring closed except for Grünauer Kreuz – Eichgestell – Berlin-Lichtenberg, initially diversion of long-distance trains via Schöneweide. |
Dec 15, 1984 | Kargow - Waren (Müritz) | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 6.4 | |
Apr 30, 1985 | Waren (Müritz) - Langhagen | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 25.5 | |
May 18, 1985 | Langhagen –Güstrow– Rostock main station | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 51.7 | * Electrification for the time being via Güstrow and Schwaan * eight district cities plus Berlin connected to each other. |
June 1, 1985 | Grünauer Kreuz – Eichgestell– Berlin-Lichtenberg | Berlin outer ring | 21st | Direct connection from Lichtenberg, replaces the previous south approach via Schöneweide and Ostkreuz. |
3rd July 1985 | Calibration frame - Rummelsburg Rbf | Connection route from the Berlin outer ring | 11 | |
Oct. 1, 1985 | Roßlau - Coswig (Anhalt) | Rosslau – Falkenberg / Elster | 16.9 | |
Nov 23, 1985 | Rostock Hbf –Gbf – Seehafen / Rostock-Bramow | (Berlin–) Neustrelitz – Warnemünde / North Seaport | 20th | |
Dec 14, 1985 | Rostock-Bramow - Warnemünde | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 13.3 | Completion of the entire Berlin – Rostock – Warnemünde connection. |
Dec 14, 1985 | Karower Kreuz -Rbf Berlin-Pankow | Connection route from the Berlin outer ring | 7th | |
Dec 14, 1985 | Abzw Ostendgestell– Berlin-Köpenick | Wuhlheide marshalling yard | 7th | |
Dec 14, 1985 | Coswig (Anhalt) - Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Rosslau – Falkenberg / Elster | 14.7 | |
Dec 15, 1985 | Lalendorf - Kavelsdorf | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 32.5 | |
Dec 15, 1985 | Kavelsdorf– Rostock main station | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | 9.2 | |
Dec 15, 1985 | Rostock Hbf –Gbf-Seehafen | Rostock – Rostock North Seaport | 15.2 | |
Jan. 10, 1986 | Borstel (b Stendal) - Geestgottberg | Magdeburg – Wittenberge | 39.3 | |
Apr 12, 1986 | Bad Kleinen - Bützow | Bad Kleinen – Rostock | 40.6 | |
Apr 12, 1986 | Bützow -Güstrow | Bützow – Szczecin | 13.5 | |
Apr 12, 1986 | Guestrow - Schwaan | Guestrow – Schwaan | 17.4 | |
Apr 12, 1986 | Riekdahl - Bentwisch | Connection to the Poppendorf fertilizer plant | 7th | Part of the overall Rostock – Stralsund connection, which was only completed in 1991 |
May 30, 1986 | Bentwisch - Poppendorf | Connection to the Poppendorf fertilizer plant | 5 | |
27 Sep 1986 | Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Falkenberg (Elster) | Roßlau – Falkenberg / Elster | 54.1 | |
Nov 30, 1986 | Falkenberg (Elster) –Zeithain Bogendreieck (- Riesa ) | Jüterbog-Röderau | 30.0 | |
Dec 13, 1986 | Schöna state border (ČSSR) | Dresden – Děčín | 2.1 | |
Dec 13, 1986 | Riesa - Elsterwerda - Elsterwerda-Biehla | Riesa-Elsterwerda | 22nd | |
Dec 13, 1986 | Delitzsch - Eilenburg | Halle – Cottbus | 22.5 | |
May 30, 1987 | Berlin-Rummelsburg / Berlin-Wuhlheide - Berlin Hbf | Connecting curves from the Berlin outer ring , Berlin – Guben | 14th | |
May 30, 1987 | Wismar - Bad Kleinen - Schwerin main station | Ludwigslust – Wismar | 32.0 | |
May 30, 1987 | Schwerin Central Station - Ludwigslust | Ludwigslust – Wismar | 36.0 | * Nine district cities plus Berlin interconnected * Connection of the third Berlin long-distance train station. |
May 30, 1987 | Ludwigslust - Klein Warnow | Berlin – Hamburg | 14.4 | |
Aug 28, 1987 | Klein Warnow - Wittenberge | Berlin – Hamburg | 28.0 | |
26 Sep 1987 | Wittenberge - Geestgottberg | Magdeburg – Wittenberge | 5.8 | Ring closure in the north of the GDR |
Oct 3, 1987 | Berlin-Blankenburg - Karower Kreuz - Bernau - Eberswalde Hbf | Berlin – Szczecin | 36.9 | |
Oct 16, 1987 | Berlin Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen | Berlin – Görlitz | 13.5 | |
Oct. 31, 1987 | Falkenberg (Elster) - Ruhland | Węgliniec – Roßlau | 49.5 | |
Oct. 31, 1987 | Ruhland - Senftenberg | Grossenhain-Cottbus | 12.4 | |
Nov 7, 1987 | Königs Wusterhausen - half | Berlin – Görlitz | 23.2 | |
Dec. 19, 1987 | Ruhland - Hohenbocka | Węgliniec – Falkenberg / Elster | 10.4 | |
Dec. 20, 1987 | Eberswalde Hbf - Angermünde | Berlin – Szczecin | 25.2 | with a connection to the Schwedt oil processing plant |
6th Mar 1988 | Angermünde - Prenzlau | Angermünde – Stralsund | 36.6 | |
31 Mar 1988 | Hohenbocka - Knappenrode | Węgliniec – Falkenberg / Elster | 22.3 | |
May 25, 1988 | Prenzlau - Pasewalk / Charlottenhof | Angermünde – Stralsund | 24.0 | |
May 28, 1988 | State border (VRP) - Oder bridge | Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań | 0.7 | Electrification with 3000 V DC voltage from Poland |
23 Sep 1988 | Leipzig main station - Eilenburg | Leipzig – Eilenburg | 24.1 | |
23 Sep 1988 | Pasewalk - Anklam - Züssow | Angermünde – Stralsund | 59.6 | |
Dec 9, 1988 | Züssow - Greifswald | Angermünde – Stralsund | 17.7 | |
Dec 17, 1988 | Greifswald - Stralsund | Angermünde – Stralsund | 31.2 | |
Dec 17, 1988 | Stralsund - Stralsund Rügen dam | Stralsund – Saßnitz | 3.9 | |
Dec 17, 1988 | Senftenberg - Spreewitz | Senftenberg – Spreewitz | ||
Dec 17, 1988 | Spreewitz - Knappenrode | Knappenrode – Sornoer stalls | 12.2 | |
Dec 17, 1988 | Halbe - Lübbenau | Berlin – Görlitz | 35.2 | |
Dec 17, 1988 | Lübbenau - Senftenberg | Lübbenau – Kamenz | 39.1 | |
7th Mar 1989 | Eilenburg - Mockrehna | Halle – Cottbus | 14.2 | The same source gives 27 May 1988 as the opening date for the 4 km long subsection Eilenburg Ost – Sprotta. |
15th Mar 1989 | Züssow - Wolgast | Züssow – Wolgast harbor | 19.0 | Catenary dismantled by 2004 in connection with the closing of the gap between Wolgast Hafen and Wolgast ferry |
May 26, 1989 | Mockrehna - Falkenberg (Elster) | Halle – Cottbus | 31.5 | |
May 27, 1989 | Stralsund - Lietzow - Saßnitz | Stralsund – Saßnitz | 51.2 | |
May 27, 1989 | Lietzow - Binz | Lietzow – Binz | 12.1 | |
May 27, 1989 | Lietzow - Mukran | Stralsund – Saßnitz | 2.8 | Connection of the ferry ports on Rügen |
23 Sep 1989 | Borsdorf - Beucha | Borsdorf – Coswig | 3.6 | Catenary dismantled in 2011. |
23 Sep 1989 | Jüterbog - Falkenberg (Elster) | Jüterbog-Röderau | 49.1 | |
Sep 30 1989 | Lübbenau - Cottbus | Berlin – Görlitz | 29.1 | Ten district cities plus Berlin connected to each other |
Nov. 30, 1989 | Falkenberg (Elster) –abzw Lindthal –abzw Altdöbern south | Halle – Cottbus , Lindthal – Altdöbern south | 40.0 | |
Dec 16, 1989 | Junction Lindthal - Cottbus | Halle – Cottbus | 39.0 |
1990s
Regardless of the political events in connection with German reunification , most of the projects started in the late 1980s were completed. These include the last routes in Lower Lusatia and the connections between Berlin and the Polish border, from Rostock to Stralsund, from Riesa to Chemnitz, which has since been renamed, from the Seddin marshalling yard near Potsdam to Dessau, from Nauen to Wittenberge and the railway line south of the Harz Mountains Halle – Hann. Münden , which started as a connection between Halle and the cement works in Deuna.
However, due to the massive decline in freight traffic in the DR area, various plans from GDR times were delayed, as was the case with the Oberröblingen – Sömmerda section, which was only completed in 1997, or rejected entirely, such as the Leipzig – Zeitz– Gera , Cottbus– Görlitz , Dresden – Görlitz, Weimar –Gera – Gößnitz and Leipzig – Chemnitz. On the other hand, priority now was given to closing the gap to the network of the German Federal Railroad, which was carried under the catchphrase traffic projects German unity . However, most of these were not completed until 1994 and thus under the direction of Deutsche Bahn AG .
date |
Route between the stations | Part of the overall connection |
Length (km) |
Remarks |
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May 1, 1990 | Oranienbaum | Works railway Graefenhainichen – Vockerode | ||
May 26, 1990 | Cottbus - Senftenberg | Grossenhain-Cottbus | 34.3 | |
16 Sep 1990 | Berlin Frankfurter Allee –Pankow Rbf / Berlin-Blankenburg | Link between Berlin-Lichtenberg and Karower Kreuz | This means electrical operation from Lichtenberg in the direction of Stralsund without driving over the Berlin outer ring. | |
Sep 30 1990 | Berlin-Köpenick - Fürstenwalde (Spree) | Berlin – Guben | 35.6 | |
Dec 15, 1990 | Fürstenwalde (Spree) - Frankfurt (Oder) | Berlin – Guben | 33.9 | |
Dec 15, 1990 | Frankfurt (Oder) - Eisenhüttenstadt - Guben | Berlin – Guben | 48.5 | |
Dec 15, 1990 | Guben - Cottbus | Cottbus-Guben | 37.0 | |
Dec 15, 1990 | Frankfurt (Oder) Rbf - Frankfurt (Oder) Pbf - Frankfurt (Oder) Oderbrücke | Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań | 3.4 | |
Dec 15, 1990 | Frankfurt (Oder) -Rosengarten –Frankfurt (Oder) Rbf | Freight railway | ||
June 1, 1991 | Angersdorf - Lutherstadt Eisleben | Halle – Hann. Münden | 27.8 | Integration into the VDE project no.6 |
June 2, 1991 | Stralsund - Velgast - Bentwisch | Stralsund – Rostock | 64.8 | |
June 2, 1991 | Riesa - Döbeln Hbf | Riesa-Chemnitz | 26.0 | |
June 2, 1991 | Velgast - Barth | Velgast – Prerow | 11.4 | Dismantling of the contact line in 2005 |
26 Sep 1991 | Neustadt (b Coburg) - Sonneberg main station | Coburg-Sonneberg | 4.3 | of which 1.9 km in Bavaria |
Dec 8, 1991 | Döbeln Hbf - Chemnitz Hbf | Riesa-Chemnitz | 40.5 | Direct connection between Berlin and Chemnitz |
May 30, 1992 | Nauen - Wittenberge | Berlin – Hamburg | 91.4 | |
May 31, 1992 | Ruhland - Großenhain Cottb Bf | Grossenhain-Cottbus | 32.9 | Direct connection Cottbus – Dresden |
May 31, 1992 | Grossenhain Cottb Bf - Priestewitz | Grossenhain-Priestewitz | 5.0 | Direct connection Cottbus – Dresden |
May 31, 1992 | Großenhain Cottb train station - Großenhain Berlin train station | Connecting track | Direct connection Cottbus – Dresden | |
May 31, 1992 | Seddin - Wiesenburg (Mark) –Meinsdorf – Rosslau (Elbe) Rbf | Berlin – Wiesenburg –Dessau | Direct connection between Berlin and Dessau. | |
Aug 31, 1992 | Wustermark –Nauen | Jueterbog – Nauen | 9.0 | |
Dec 10, 1992 | Lutherstadt Eisleben - Sangerhausen | Halle – Hann. Münden | 21.5 | integrated into the VDE project no.6 |
May 5, 1993 | Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Sollstedt | Halle – Hann. Münden | 64.7 | integrated into the VDE project no.6 |
May 18, 1993 | Neustrelitz Hbf - Neubrandenburg | Berlin-Neustrelitz-Stralsund | 35.2 | |
May 20, 1993 | Junction Wilhelmshorst– Bergholz (near Potsdam) | (Helmstedt – Magdeburg–) Güterglück – Berlin | Anticipation of the VDE project no.5 | |
May 22, 1993 | Güterglück - Wiesenburg (Mark) | Berlin – Blankenheim | 33.7 | Anticipation of the VDE project no.5 |
May 23, 1993 | Helmstedt– Magdeburg main station | Braunschweig – Magdeburg | 47.6 |
VDE project No. 5 1.8 km in Lower Saxony |
3rd July 1993 | Bergholz (b Potsdam) - Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin – Blankenheim | 24.3 | VDE project no.5 |
3rd July 1993 | Berlin-Charlottenburg - Berlin Zoological Garden | Berlin light rail | 2.2 | VDE project no.5 |
swell
- Route electrification from 1950 to 1982 on Elektro-bahnen.de . The source does not explain how the kilometer data came about. Presumably the shunting tracks were included, most of which are electrified a few hundred meters beyond the terminus. The accumulated electrification data are also shown.
- Peter Gärtner: GDR: Rosy times for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In: Die Zeit , No. 31/1986. It reports on the progress made in electrification at the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the 1980s.
See also
- Chronological list of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (until 1945)
- Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (until 1993)
- Chronicle of route electrification in Germany since 1994
Individual evidence
- ↑ EB 1935/1, p. 7
- ↑ a b c d Erich Preuss: The Reichsbahn Report . 1st edition. Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-344-70789-2 , pp. 14, 44-48 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Erich Preuß: Trains under power. The history of electric train operations in Germany . 1st edition. Munich 1998, ISBN 3-932785-30-4 , pp. 38-48, 77-88, 96-98 .
- ↑ a b c Thomas Scherrans: Electrical lines of the German State Railroad. In: Electric Railways. July 9, 2005, accessed on April 8, 2012 (source: Nachlass Doz. Dr.-Ing.habil Peter Schmidt, Dresden (†), author's collection).
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↑ a b c d e f g total period: Erich Preuß: Trains under power. The history of electric train operations in Germany, 1st edition Munich 1998, ISBN 3-932785-30-4 , pp. 165–173. For October 1, 1955– July 5, 1985: bvm-berlin.de .
For February 15, 1979 to December 15, 1984: Fred Hafner: Electric from north to south. In: Modellisenbahner. 35th year, No. 9/85, ISSN 0026-7422 , p. 15.
For April 30, 1985 to May 27, 1989 : Fred Hafner: Advances in electrification. In: Modellisenbahner. Volume 38, No. 10/89, ISSN 0026-7422 , p. 5. - ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Georg Schwach: Overhead lines for high-voltage single-phase alternating current in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . Bern 1989, 17.1. Appendix A: Electrification Data, p. 469-519 ( PDF ).
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↑ a b c d e For October 1, 1955 to July 5, 1985: bvm-berlin.de .
For February 15, 1979 to December 15, 1984: Fred Hafner: Electric from north to south. In: Modellisenbahner. 35th year, No. 9/85, ISSN 0026-7422 , p. 15.
For April 30, 1985 to May 27, 1989 : Fred Hafner: Advances in electrification. In: Modellisenbahner. Volume 38, No. 10/89, ISSN 0026-7422 , p. 5. - ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Information deviating from the standard sources according to electrical-bahnen.de
- ↑ The Federal Railroad. 10/1991, p. 1031 ff.
- ↑ a b c Fred Hafner: Electrically from north to south. In: Modellisenbahner. 35th year, No. 9/85, ISSN 0026-7422 , pp. 14-15.