Border Crossings: Czech Republic - Germany
(Plzeň -) Železná Ruda město ČD - Bayerisch Eisenstein DB
[D] Bayerisch Eisenstein station is on the border. There had been no through services since this crossing reopened in 1991, with ČD and DB trains connecting at different ends of the same platform. Since 28 May 2006 some services by the German operator Waldbahn have been extended to Špicák.
(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 short distance with no intermediate stations. See 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 2008/2009 timetable, all but two train pairs work through to or from Sokolov.
(Karlovy Vary -) Potůčky ČD - Johanngeorgenstadt DB
[D] ČD works to Johanngeorgenstadt.
(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 Leipzig.
(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)
Line closed. There are plans for re-opening but any funding to support the train services has yet to be agreed.
(Rumburk -) Jiříkov-Filipov ČD - Ebersbach (Sachs) DB
[D] ČD works to Ebersbach.
(Dresden -) Taubenheim (Spree) DB - Neusalza-Spremberg DB (- Zittau)
[D] carries DB trains on 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.
