Chemnitz Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway

Chemnitz Küchwald–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
The former railway viaduct of KCCh line across Chemnitz river in 2013, then already being unused for 14 years
Overview
Line number	6263; Saxon KCCh
Locale	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length	1.578 km
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Route map from Grüna ob Bf from Wechselburg from Neukieritzsch 0.000 Chemnitz Küchwald (until 2018 freight traffic only) 301 m 0.100 Irrbornweg to Chemnitz Hbf 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 number	6262; Saxon RCCh
Locale	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length	2.6 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 −0.130 Abzw Chemnitz-Furth 313 m to Chemnitz Hbf 0.140 entrance Bw Chemnitz Hbf 0.480 creek 0.710 post track tunnel Außenbahnhof–Postbahnhof 0.822 from Chemnitz Küchwald (KCCh) 310 m Riesa–Chemnitz railway (RC) 0.980 Dresden–Werdau railway (DWCh) ("Werkstättenviadukt") Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Chemnitz 1.800 connection to Raw „Wilhelm Pieck“ and railway power plant 2.440 Frankenberger Straße from Abzw Werdau Bgdr 2.472 Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf 325 m to Dresden Hbf Source: Sachsenschiene.de

The Chemnitz 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 Chemnitz 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 Chemnitz Küchwald railway station (until December 2018 Küchwald freight yard) across the Chemnitz valley viaduct and united, after it crossed the disused tunnel to the formerly planned mail station, 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 signal box 5 into the Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf station.