Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway

Küchwald–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
The former railway viaduct of KCCh line across Chemnitz river in 2013, then already being unused for 14 years
Overview
Locale	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Line number	6263; Saxon KCCh
Technical
Line length	1.571 km
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Route map from Grüna ob Bf from Wechselburg from Neukieritzsch 0.000 Küchwald 301 m 0.100 Irrbornweg 301 m to Chemnitz Hbf 0.602 Schönherrstraße 301 m 1.097 Chemnitz valley viaduct 305 m 1.485 post track tunnel 310 m 1.571 from Abzw Chemnitz-Furth (RCCh) 310 m to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Güterbahnhof 0

Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Overview
Locale	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Line number	6262; Saxon RCCh
Technical
Line length	2.657 km
Number of tracks	1 (2 June 1902 to 1945: 2)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map from Riesa -0,013 Abzw Chemnitz-Furth 313 m to Chemnitz Hbf 0.270 entrance Bw Chemnitz Hbf 311 m 0.610 creek 309 m 0.840 post track tunnel 310 m 0.928 from Küchwald (KCCh) 310 m Riesa–Chemnitz railway 1.105 Dresden–Werdau railway ("RAW-Bridge") 313 m Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Chemnitz Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Stw 5 to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Güterbahnhof 2.615 Frankenberger Straße 2.644 from C-Hilbersdorf Gbf and Abzw Werdau Bgdr 324 m to Dresden Hbf via Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Rbf0 Source: Sachsenschiene.de[1]

The Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway used to be two short freight lines on which freight trains from Geithain and Leipzig, from Wechselburg and from Obergrüna (KCCh branching off at Küchwald) as well as from Riesa and Döbeln (RCCh branching off at Chemnitz-Furth) could bypass Chemnitz main station and get directly to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf goods station.

History

Both lines were opened on 2 June 1902 along with the Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf goods station. The RCCh line was double-tracked between Abzw Chemnitz-Furth and Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Stw 5 from 1902 until 1945.

The Hilbersdorf goods station was closed on 1 January 1999, so that traffic on both lines was discontinued on 31 August 1999. The tracks were dismantled some years later (e.g. 2002 the junctions in Furth). In spring 2009, the RAW-Bridge was demolished; the Chemnitz valley viaduct does still exist today.

Route

The KCCh line left Küchwald railway station across the Chemnitz valley viaduct and united, after it crossed the post track tunnel, with the RCCh line, which came from Abzw Chemnitz-Furth on the Riesa–Chemnitz railway and did also cross the post track tunnel and some bridges before. The united line continued to the Werkstättenviadukt ("workshops viaduct", also called RAW-Bridge) and merged at Stw 5 into the Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf station.

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