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
Line number6263; Saxon KCCh
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length1.578 km
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Route map
from Grüna ob Bf
from Wechselburg
0.000 Küchwald
(until 2018 freight traffic only)
 301 m
 0.100
Irrbornweg
0.602
Schönherrstraße
 0.700
Werkgraben
 1.097
Chemnitz valley viaduct
 1.485
post track tunnel Außenbahnhof–Postbahnhof
 1.578
from Abzw Chemnitz-Furth (RCCh); end of line
 310 m
to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
 0
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Overview
Line number6262; Saxon RCCh
LocaleChemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length2.6 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
-0,130
Abzw Chemnitz-Furth
 313 m
0.140
entrance Bw Chemnitz Hbf
 0.480
creek
 0.710
post track tunnel Außenbahnhof–Postbahnhof
 0.822
from Küchwald (KCCh)
 310 m
0.980
Dresden–Werdau railway (DWCh) ("Werkstättenviadukt")
Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Chemnitz
 1.800
connection to Raw „Wilhelm Pieck“ and railway power plant
 2.440
Frankenberger Straße
2.472 325 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 Stellwerk 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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