Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway

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.

Küchwald–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
The former railway viaduct of KCCh line across Chemnitz river in 2013, then already being unused for 14 years
Overview
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Line number6263; Saxon KCCh
Technical
Line length1.571 km
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Route map
from Grüna ob Bf
from Wechselburg
0.000 Küchwald
 301 m
 0.100
Irrbornweg
 301 m
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
 0
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Overview
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Line number6262; Saxon RCCh
Technical
Line length2.657 km
Number of tracks1 (2 June 1902 to 1945: 2)
Track gauge1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map
-0,013
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth
 313 m
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
1.105 313 m
Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Chemnitz
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Stw 5
2.615
Frankenberger Straße
 2.644 324 m

Source: Sachsenschiene.de[1]

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.

References
  1. "Sachsenschiene.de". (private Saxon railway website) (in German). Jens Herbach. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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