Strategic railway Charlottenhof – Lasów
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| Route number : | 6597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 4.5 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Strategic Railway Charlottenhof – Lasów was a railway line built for military reasons in Upper Lusatia between the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Poland . The single-track line ran from Charlottenhof on the Berlin – Görlitz railway to the Lausitzer Neisse , where it was supposed to lead to the other bank by means of a military bridge to be built in an emergency, and on to the Węgliniec – Zgorzelec railway near Lasów .
history
The Warsaw Treaty states feared that if war broke out, the railway infrastructure would be the target of attacks by NATO states. Among other things, one expected the destruction of known railway bridges and connecting curves at junctions . In 1976, the 4.5 kilometer long strategic railway was built at the Görlitz / Horka junction . It was intended as an alternative route for the Węgliniec – Roßlau railway line . The Horka – Lodenau – Przewóz railway already served the same purpose , but the Horka railway junction was given such importance that a second bypass was created.
Railway pioneers realized the connection once as part of a maneuver by the Warsaw treaty states in 1984. The Neisse bridge was realized with ESB-16 elements. The siding to the tank depot and workshop of the NVA Ostritz in Charlottenhof also dates from this time . The last tanks of the National People's Army were scrapped here in 1993 .
On the Polish side, the line was closed on April 22, 1993, on the German side on the same day. The connecting point at kilometer 17.5 of the Węgliniec – Zgorzelec railway line was expanded in 2007. In October 2013 the line was dismantled on the German side.
Route description
The single-track line branched north of the Charlottenhof (Oberlausitz) station from the Berlin – Görlitz railway line and ran eastwards to the village of Ober-Neundorf . Here the track ended at a buffer stop shortly before passing through town . In the event of war, a makeshift stretch should lead to the west bank of the Lusatian Neisse and a military bridge should be used on the fortified bridgeheads on the east bank. On the Polish side, the route began only away from the Neißeauen and led through the village of Żarka nad Nysą (in German Sercha ). Here, too, the section of track between the Neisse bridge and Żarka should only be temporarily installed in an emergency. At Żarka, an approximately 15 meter deep cut had to be made in the steep slope at the end of the Neisse valley. East of the village, the line merged with the Węgliniec – Zgorzelec railway in the direction of Lasów ( Lissa in German ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ STREDA - Total distance directory DBAG; Status: February 1, 2003
- ↑ verkehrsrelktionen.uue.org: Far over there - or over there . Archived from the original on January 30, 2009 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 .
- ↑ sachsenschiene.net: Strategic webs . Retrieved September 14, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Wilfried Rettig: Görlitz railway junction . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1994, ISBN 3-922138-53-5 , p. 88 .
- ^ A b c Wilfried Rettig: Railway in the three-country corner. East Saxony (D) / Lower Silesia (PL) / North Bohemia (CZ). Part 1: History of the main lines, operating points, electrification and route descriptions . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2010, ISBN 978-3-88255-732-9 , p. 102 ff .
- ↑ a b c Bernd Kuhlmann: Railways across the Oder-Neisse border . Ritzau KG - Zeit und Eisenbahn Verlag, Pürgen 2004, ISBN 3-935101-06-6 , p. 172 .
- ↑ Atlas linii polski kolejowych . 1st edition. Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2011, ISBN 978-83-931006-4-4 , pp. F2 .
- ^ Wilfried Rettig: Railway in the three-country corner. East Saxony (D) / Lower Silesia (PL) / North Bohemia (CZ). Part 1: History of the main lines, operating points, electrification and route descriptions . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2010, ISBN 978-3-88255-732-9 , p. 20 .