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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. | 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. | ||
===Sandersleben connection between lines 330 and 335=== | |||
[330/335] (ERA''101B2'' not shown) DE15/204 | |||
Line 330 ( Goslar - Aschersleben - Halle ) and 335 ( Magdeburg - Gusten - Sangerhausen) meet at Sandersleben, but use different platforms and normally operate independently. There are connections between the two lines north and south of the station. The southern connection is used by two trains in the current timetable. | |||
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| SSuX | |||
| ''RE17791'' | |||
| Aschersleben - 05:47 Sandersleben - Erfurt | |||
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| ''RE17796'' | |||
| Sangerhausen - 14:08 Hettstedt - Halberstadt | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 19:15, 19 May 2015
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 14 December 2014 until 12 December 2015, 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
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
[205, 216, 250] (29A1, 46C3) DE15/201
The Berlin – Bitterfeld and Falkenberg – Roßlau lines run parallel through Lutherstadt Wittenberg before the latter line passes under the former at the south end of the station. The following train uses the connection between the two north of the station:
FSO | RE18523 | Berlin Hbf – 01:23 SSuO Jüterbog – Halle (Saale) Hbf |
Köthen avoiding line: Frenz (Stw Köthen B4) – Arensdorf (Stw Köthen W7)
[330] (28B1, 45B4) DE15/202
This curve links the Bernburg and Halle lines south of Köthen.
SSuX | HEX80275 | Bernburg – 10:28 Baalberge – Halle(Saale) Hbf |
Stiege Loop (HSB)
[333] (41B3 not shown, 56B1) DE15/203
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.
Sandersleben connection between lines 330 and 335
[330/335] (ERA101B2 not shown) DE15/204
Line 330 ( Goslar - Aschersleben - Halle ) and 335 ( Magdeburg - Gusten - Sangerhausen) meet at Sandersleben, but use different platforms and normally operate independently. There are connections between the two lines north and south of the station. The southern connection is used by two trains in the current timetable.
SSuX | RE17791 | Aschersleben - 05:47 Sandersleben - Erfurt | |
SSuX | RE17796 | Sangerhausen - 14:08 Hettstedt - Halberstadt |