| Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway |
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Section of the 1902 route map of Saxony |
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| Native name | Elstertalbahn |
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| Line number | 6269 |
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| Locale | Saxony and Thuringia, Germany |
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| Route number | 541 |
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| Line length | 60.38 km (37.52 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 275 m (902 ft) |
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| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum) |
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| Maximum incline | 0.9% |
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-0.120
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| Gera Süd | | formerly Gera (Reuß) Sächs Stb |
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197 m
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0.979
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Gera-Debschwitz junction
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(1892 realignment; abandoned 2016)
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1.800
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Gera Süd goods yard
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200 m
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2.578
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| Gera Ost | | formerly Zwötzen Sächs Stb |
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203 m
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4.084
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Gera-Liebschwitz
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206 m
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4.605
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Liebschwitz Viaduct (226 m)
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5,272
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Wolfsgefärth junction
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6.424
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Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord
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6.633
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Meilitz Viaduct (130 m)
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Wünschendorf Lime Works siding
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9.397
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Wünschendorf/Elster
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9.740
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factory road overpass (10 m)
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10.200
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White Elster (120 m)
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12.100
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Lochgut Tunnel (53 m)
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12.200
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White Elster (70 m)
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18.248
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21.913
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White Elster (60 m)
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22.100
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Rüßdorf Tunnel (264 m)
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24.074
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Neumühle (Elster)
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25.276
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White Elster (100 m)
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25.945
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White Elster (50 m)
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26.130
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Neumühle Tunnel (118 m)
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26.288
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White Elster (75 m)
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30.086
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Schloßberg Tunnel (270 m)
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30.300
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(20 m)
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30.317
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White Elster (70 m)
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30.664
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Greiz
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to Neumark
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31.900
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White Elster (110 m)
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32.346
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32.200
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Greiz paper factory siding
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32.596
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White Elster (60 m)
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32.700
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Dölau Tunnel (139 m)
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32.929
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White Elster (70 m)
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33.558
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Greiz-Dölau
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36.740
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ANFC Greiz-Dölau siding
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35.878
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Elsterberg
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36.100
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White Elster (60 m)
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36.449
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Elsterberg Tunnel (358 m)
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Enka Elsterberg siding
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37.011
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Elsterberg Kunstseidenwerk
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39.577
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White Elster (43 m)
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39.792
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Rentzschmühle Tunnel (88 m)
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39.923
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White Elster (43 m)
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40.277
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White Elster (43 m)
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40.524
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White Elster (40 m)
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Rentzschmühle Quarry siding
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40.710
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Rentzschmühle
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42.169
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White Elster (55 m)
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42.928
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Barthmühle
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43.707
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Trieb (30 m)
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45.100
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Barthmühle Tunnel (206 m)
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45.230
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White Elster (40 m)
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45.796
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White Elster (49 m)
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47.471
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White Elster (32 m)
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48.641
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White Elster (65 m)
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from Lottengrün
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49.651
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Plauen (Vogtl) Chrieschwitz
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50.180
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| Stahltechnologie Plauen, | | Fernheizwerk Plauen siding |
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51.133
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Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte
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51.831
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Bundesstraße 173 overpass (21 m)
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52.062
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52.677
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Plauen (Vogtl) unt Bf
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53.386
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Vomag siding
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54.371
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Plauen (Vogtl) Zellwolle
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Köstner Stahlzentrum siding
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57.819
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White Elster (38 m)
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58.130
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Kürbitz
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352 m
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58.1
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Kürbitz
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59.904
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Weischlitz
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway (also known as the Elstertalbahn—"Elster Valley Railway") is a main railway line in the German federal states of Thuringia and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company (Sächsisch-Thüringische Eisenbahngesellschaft). It runs in the valley of the White Elster (Weiße Elster) from Gera via Greiz and Plauen to Weischlitz.