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===Stiege Loop (HSB)=== | ===Stiege Loop (HSB)=== | ||
[333] (41B3 not shown, ''56B1'') | [333] (41B3 not shown, ''56B1'') DE14/204 | ||
A balloon loop at Stiege enables trains to run between the Alexisbad and Eisfelder Talmühle lines without reversing. Passenger trains sometimes traverse this loop but there have been regular | A balloon loop at Stiege enables trains to run between the Alexisbad and Eisfelder Talmühle lines without reversing. Passenger trains sometimes traverse this loop but there have been regular occurrences of locomotives running round the loop 'light engine' and of railcar drivers changing ends. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 16 January 2014
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 15 December 2013 until 13 December 2014, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
In the heading to each entry the map reference for the line in the Schweers+Wall Eisenbahn Atlas (2007/2008 edition) is shown, in italic, in addition to the reference to M.G. Ball's European Railway Atlas.
Obscure services
Magdeburg-Buckau – Magdeburg Sudenburg
[310, 340] (28A2, 123C3) DE14/201
This south to west curve connects the Halle and Helmstedt lines, avoiding reversal at Magdeburg. The only passenger train to use this line is:
| D1 | FO | IC1933 | Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – 14:48 Braunschweig Hbf – Leipzig Hbf |
D1: 17, 25, 30 April and 9, 16, 23, 28 May 2014
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
[205, 216, 250] (29A1, 46C3) DE14/202
The Berlin – Bitterfeld and Falkenberg – Roßlau lines run parallel through Lutherstadt Wittenberg. The following uses the connection between the two north of the station:
| FSO | RE18523 | Berlin Hbf – 01:21 SSuO Jüterbog – Halle (Saale) Hbf |
Köthen avoiding line: Frenz (Stw Köthen B4) – Arensdorf (Stw Köthen W7)
[330] (28B1, 45B4) DE14/203
This curve links the Bernburg and Halle lines south of Köthen.
| SSuX | HEX80275 | Bernburg – 10:29 Baalberge – Halle(Saale) Hbf |
Stiege Loop (HSB)
[333] (41B3 not shown, 56B1) DE14/204
A balloon loop at Stiege enables trains to run between the Alexisbad and Eisfelder Talmühle lines without reversing. Passenger trains sometimes traverse this loop but there have been regular occurrences of locomotives running round the loop 'light engine' and of railcar drivers changing ends.
