Border Crossings: Czech Republic - Germany
(Plzeň -) Železná Ruda centrum ČD - Bayerisch Eisenstein DB
[D] Bayerisch Eisenstein station (Železná Ruda Alžbětín in Czech) is on the border. There had been no through services since this crossing reopened in 1991, with ČD and DB trains using opposite ends of the station - a considerable distance apart. Since 28 May 2006 some services by the German operator Waldbahn have been extended to Špicák, thus covering the gap between the ČD and DB operations.
(Plzeň -) Česká Kubice ČD - Furth im Wald DB
[D] ČD works to Furth im Wald.
Cheb ČD - Schirnding DB (- Marktredwitz)
[D] DB works to Cheb. German operator Vogtlandbahn works through trains between Cheb and Marktredwitz.
(Cheb -) Aš ČD - Selb-Plössberg DB
Line closed.
Raun ČD - Bad Brambach DB
[D] carries German trains through the Czech Republic for a distance of less than 1 km with no intermediate stations. See also the next item.
Vojtanov ČD - Bad Brambach DB
[D] this line actually crosses into the Czech Republic twice, with a station at Plesná in the Czech Republic before crossing back into Germany for a short distance north of Vojtanov - see ČD Corridor Trains. German operator Vogtlandbahn works through trains between Plauen, Cheb and Marktredwitz.
(Sokolov -) Kraslice ČD - Klingenthal DB
[D] Re-opened in May 2000, with Vogtlandbahn working all cross-border services. In the 2010/2011 timetable, the majority of trains work through between Zwickau and Sokolov or vice versa.
(Karlovy Vary -) Potůčky ČD - Johanngeorgenstadt DB
[D] ČD works to Johanngeorgenstadt. One weekend train pair works through from/to Zwickau and is currently booked for a DBAG Erzgebirgsbahn class 642 unit.
(Chomutov -) Vejprty ČD - Bärenstein DB (- Cranzahl)
[D] This route re-opened for a second time in December 2003. DB Erzgebirgsbahn works a regular service to Vejprty but onward travel to Chomutov is possible only at weekends with just two train pairs, one of which runs from/to Chemnitz.
(Děčín -) Dolní Žleb ČD - Schöna DB (- Bad Schandau)
[E*] There is a fixed voltage change near the border and through trains are mostly worked by dual-system electric locomotives, although a few local passenger trains between Decín and Bad Schandau have been known to be operated by ČD diesel railbuses. ČD locomotives work to Dresden and beyond, DB locomotives work to Praha.
Dolni Poustevna ČD - Sebnitz DB (- Bad Schandau)
This route, closed in 1945, is proposed for re-opening. Press reports early in 2010 suggested that the line would be completed in that year but although work was completed on the Czech side funding has not yet been found for the German side.
(Rumburk -) Jiříkov-Filipov ČD - Ebersbach (Sachs) DB
[D] Passenger services were withdrawn from the December 2010 timetable change.
(Dresden -) Taubenheim (Spree) DB - Neusalza-Spremberg DB (- Zittau)
[D] carries DB trains on a 1 km long section of the Bischofswerda - Zittau line through the Czech Republic with no intermediate stations.
Varnsdorf ČD - Seifhennersdorf DB (- Eibau)
[D] DB Corridor Trains on the secondary route between Eibau and Zittau ceased at the end of the Winter 2000/2001 timetable. Services restarted between Liberec/Zittau and Seifhennersdorf in June 2006, calling at Varnsdorf and operated by Sächsisch-Böhmische Eisenbahngesellschaft.
Varnsdorf ČD - Großschönau (Sachs) DB (- Zittau)
[D] carries ČD Corridor Trains between Varnsdorf and Liberec.
(Liberec -) Hrádek nad Nisou ČD - Zittau DB
[D] carrying ČD Corridor Trains between Liberec and Zittau, this line actually passes through a short stretch of Poland (without stations) before reaching Germany.
