Weißenfels–Zeitz railway

The railway line Weissenfels - Zeitz is a single-track main line in the south of Saxony- Anhalt. It runs from Weissenfels on Teuchern to Zeitz and is one of the trunk lines of the Burgenlandbahn.

History

The White Rock - Zeitz railway was opened between White Rock, Zeitz and Gera in 1859 by the Thuringian Railway Company. 1882 the management was taken over by the Prussian state railways. In its early days, the route was mainly used to transport industrial goods from Zeitz towards Halle and Erfurt. Today it connects the railway Halle- Bebra and the railway line Leipzig -Gera together.

After the Second World War, the second track was dismantled. In GDR times, among other things, sugar beet from the Thuringian Basin, cement and coal from Karsdorf were departed from the mining area to Profen. The track also served as Umleiterstrecke for the Thuringian Railway. So drove in the 1980s, associated with the expansion of the Thuringian Railway between Naumburg and Weissenfels, numerous scheduled freight trains and international express trains between white rock and Teuchern.

Since 1999, the passenger with LVT / S Burgenlandbahn is performed. Initially, each second coming of Weissenfels railcar was combined with the coming of Naumburg and separated again in the opposite direction. The schedule of 1999 accordingly leads yet on a consistent hour with two hourly direct services to and from Naumburg. In December 2010, the passenger traffic on the road Naumburg was adjusted. Today, the trains still with a base clock of two hours, which is compressed on working days. In freight transport, as required, tank car trains of Großkorbetha towards Gera / Leather pants are still driven by donor or private.

Route description

West of the White Rock station branches off the route of the direction in Naumburg ( Saale) main route leading to the Thuringian railway to the south and crosses in separate, parallel leading bridges the two arms Saale. The route then travels around in a full arc (diameter approximately 1000 meters) the Weißenfelser district Beuditz west. The route then turns south, happened Langendorf and reaches the north Prittitz lying breakpoint same name. From there, the route runs to the southeast, crosses under the Federal Highway 9 and reached Teuchern, where the south-west of the railway line coming Naumburg - Teuchern opens. Between Teuchern and Deuben the partially disused railway line Großkorbetha - Pörsten - Hohenmolsen - Deuben led a. There are branch lines to the lignite industry ( briquette, power plant) MIBRAG In Deuben. The route then travels around the historic mine Louise at Theißen. The local railway junction with the main road 91 still caused in the 1990s frequently jams. In a right-hander, the railway turns to the south, is double track and opens into the railway line Leipzig -Gera, which runs in the valley of the White Elster. Until Zeitz station traverse route branches marshalling Zeitz Aylsdorf where the railway line Altenburg- Meuselwitz - Zeitz opens.