List of railway routes in Saxony

The List of railway routes in Saxony provides a list of all railway routes in Saxony, eastern Germany. This includes Intercity-Express, Intercity, Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services. In the route tables, the major stations are shown in bold text. Where intermediate stations are not given, these are replaced by three dots "...".

Intercity services[]

The following Deutsche Bahn operated Intercity-Express (ICE), EuroCity (EC) and Intercity (IC) services run through Saxony.

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency
EC 27	Hamburg-Altona ... Hamburg Hbf ... Berlin Hbf ... Elsterwerda - Dresden Hbf - Bad Schandau - Děčín hl.n. - Ústí nad Labem hl.n. - Praha-Holešovice - Praha hl.n. ... Brno hl.n. ... Wien Meidling ... Villach Hbf branch line: Ostseebad Binz ... Stralsund Hbf ... Angermünde ... Berlin Hbf branch line: Westerland (Sylt) ... Husum ... Hamburg Hbf branch line: Brno hl.n. ... Bratislava hl.st. ... Budapest Keleti	240, 241.3	1x per day Berlin–Budapest, 1x per day Hamburg–Villach, 1x per day Hamburg–Budapest, 1x per day Berlin–Vienna, 1x per day Stralsund–Brno, with extension Binz–Stralsund in summer, 1x per day Westerland–Dresden
ICE 28	Hamburg-Altona ... Hamburg Hbf ... Berlin Hbf ... Wittenberg ... Leipzig Hbf - Naumburg (Saale) Hbf ... Saalfeld ... Nürnberg Hbf ... München Hbf branch line: Rostock Hbf ... Neustrelitz - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - Berlin Hbf	250, 560	3x per day Hamburg–Munich, 6x per day Hamburg–Leipzig, 1x per day Rostock–Munich, 2x per day Berlin–Munich, 1x per day Berlin–Leipzig
ICE 50	Wiesbaden Hbf ... Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ... Fulda ... Eisenach ... Erfurt Hbf ... Naumburg (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig Hbf - Riesa - Dresden-Neustadt - Dresden Hbf branch line: Saarbrücken Hbf ... Mannheim Hbf ... Frankfurt (Main) Hbf branch line: Oldenburg Hbf ... Hannover Hbf ... Magdeburg Hbf ... Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf branch line: Düsseldorf Hbf ... Dortmund Hbf ... Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ... Eisenach branch line: München Hbf ... Nürnberg Hbf ... Bamberg ... Jena Paradies ... Naumburg (Saale) Hbf	580, 500	6x per day Wiesbaden–Dresden, 1x per day Saarbrücken–Dresden, 1x per day Oldenburg–Dresden, 1x per day Hanover–Dresden, 1x per day Düsseldorf–Dresden
IC 50	Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen ... Fulda ... Eisenach ... Erfurt Hbf ... Naumburg (Saale) Hbf ... Leipzig Hbf - Riesa - Dresden-Neustadt - Dresden Hbf branch line: Düsseldorf Hbf ... Dortmund Hbf ... Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ... Eisenach	580, 500	1x per day Frankfurt Airport–Dresden, 1x per day Düsseldorf–Dresden
IC 55	Köln Hbf ... Dortmund Hbf... Bielefeld Hbf... Hannover Hbf... Magdeburg Hbf ... Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf	504	1x per 2 hours
IC 56	Oldenburg Hbf ... Hannover Hbf... Magdeburg Hbf ... Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf - Riesa - Dresden Hbf branch line: Warnemünde - Rostock Hbf ... Schwerin Hbf ... Wittenberge ... Magdeburg Hbf	504, 500	1x per 2 hours, 2 trains per day extended to Norddeich Mole, Warnemünde–Dresden 1x per day (in summer, 1x per week in winter)

Regional services[]

The following Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services run through Saxony. They are grouped by operator.

DB Regio[]

Regional routes[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
RE 1 (Thuringia)	Göttingen ... Mühlhausen ... Erfurt Hbf ... Gera Hbf ... Gößnitz ... Glauchau	540	1x per 2 hours	Mitte-Deutschland-Express
RE 10	Leipzig Hbf ... Eilenburg ... ... Falkenberg (Elster) ... Doberlug-Kirchhain ... Cottbus	215	1x per 2 hours
RE 13	Magdeburg Hbf ... ... Dessau Hbf ... Bitterfeld ... Leipzig Hbf	254, 251	1x per 2 hours
RE 15	Hoyerswerda ... Ruhland ... Großenhain ... Coswig (Dresden) ... Cossebaude ... Dresden Hbf	225	1x per 2 hours
RE 18	Cottbus ... Senftenberg - Ruhland ... Großenhain ... Coswig (Dresden) ... Dresden Hbf	208	1x per 2 hours	Lausitz
RE 19	Dresden Hbf ... Heidenau ... ... Kurort Altenberg	246	2x per day in winter weekends	Wintersport Express
RE 20	Dresden Hbf ... Heidenau - Pirna - Bad Schandau - Schöna ... Děčín hl.n. ... Ústí nad Labem hl.n. ...	241.4	Dresden–Litoměřice 1x per day in summer weekends, Dresden–Ústí 1x per day in December weekends	Wanderexpress Bohemica
RE 50	Leipzig Hbf ... Wurzen ... Riesa ... Coswig (Dresden) ... Dresden-Neustadt ... Dresden Hbf	500	1x per hour	Saxonia
RB 31	Elsterwerda-Biehla - Elsterwerda - - - - Großenhain - Priestewitz - Niederau - - Coswig (Dresden) - Radebeul-Naundorf - Niederwartha - Cossebaude - Dresden-Stetzsch - Dresden-Kemnitz - Dresden-Cotta - Dresden-Friedrichstadt - Dresden Hbf	225	1x per 2 hours
RB 37	Gößnitz - Meerane - - Glauchau (Sachs)	540	1x per 2 hours	operated by DB Erzgebirgsbahn
RB 33	Dresden-Neustadt ... ... Königsbrück	226	1x per hour
RB 34	Dresden Hbf ... Arnsdorf ... Kamenz	227	1x per hour
RB 71	Pirna ... Neustadt (Sachs) ... Sebnitz ... Bad Schandau	248	Pirna–Sebnitz 1x per 2 hours (daily), Pirna–Neustadt (Sachs) 1x per hour (weekdays), Sebnitz-Bad Schandau 1x per weekday
RB 72	Heidenau ... ... Kurort Altenberg	246	1x per hour	Müglitztalbahn
RB 80	Chemnitz Hbf ... ... ... Cranzahl ...	517	Chemnitz–Cranzahl 1x per 2 hours, continues to Vejprty 2x per day in weekends	operated by DB Erzgebirgsbahn
RB 81	Chemnitz Hbf ... ...	519	Chemnitz–Olbernhau-Grünthal 1x per hour, Chemnitz–Marienberg 1x per day	operated by DB Erzgebirgsbahn
RB 95	Zwickau Hbf ... ... ... ...	535	Zwickau–Johanngeorgenstadt 1x per hour, continues to Potůčky 5x per day, and further to Karlovy Vary 2x per day	operated by DB Erzgebirgsbahn
RB 113	Leipzig Hbf ... ... Geithain	525	Leipzig–Geithain 1x per 2 hours, Leipzig–Bad Lausick 1x per 2 hours
U 28	... Dolní Poustevna ... Sebnitz ... Bad Schandau ... Schöna ... ... Děčín hl.n.	241.4	1x per 2 hours Rumburk – Bad Schandau – Děčín additional trains Rumburk – Dolní Poustevna and Dolní Žleb – Děčín hl.n.	National Park Railway (referring to both Saxon Switzerland National Park and Bohemian Switzerland National Park) This line is operated by České dráhy in cooperation with DB Regio; České dráhy is contractor for the route's parts in the Czech Republic (by order of Ústí nad Labem Region), DB Regio for the sections in Germany (by order of Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe)

Dresden S-Bahn[]

The Dresden S-Bahn is the local railway network of the Dresden agglomeration. It has 3 lines, all passing through Dresden Hauptbahnhof. The S-Bahn network reaches as far as Meissen in the northwest, Dresden Airport in the east, Freiberg in the southwest and Schöna in the southeast.

S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland[]

The S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland is the local railway network of the Leipzig-Halle agglomeration. Of its seven lines, six pass through Saxony.

City-Bahn Chemnitz[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
C11	Chemnitz Hbf ... Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle ...	522	2x per hour	formerly CB 522, between Hauptbahnhof, Zentralhaltestelle and Altchemnitz running on Chemnitz urban tram network
C13	Aue (Sachs) ... Chemnitz Hbf ...	525	1x per hour	between Technopark, Zentralhaltestelle and Hauptbahnhof running on Chemnitz urban tram network
C14	Thalheim (Erzgeb) ... Chemnitz Hbf ...	520	1x per hour	between Technopark, Zentralhaltestelle and Hauptbahnhof running on Chemnitz urban tram network
C15	Chemnitz Technopark ... Chemnitz Hbf ...	516	1x per hour	formerly CB 516, between Technopark, Zentralhaltestelle and Hauptbahnhof running on Chemnitz urban tram network
CB 523	Glauchau (Sachs) - Sankt Egidien ...	523	Sankt Egidien–Stollberg 1x per hour, extended to Glauchau 4x per day

Die Länderbahn[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
RE 1	Dresden Hbf ... Dresden-Neustadt ... Arnsdorf ... Bischofswerda ... Bautzen ... Löbau ... Görlitz (... Wrocław Główny)	230	1x per 2 hours Dresden – Görlitz, 3x per day continuous to Wrocław Gł.	Trilex
RE 2	Dresden Hbf ... Dresden-Neustadt ... Arnsdorf ... Bischofswerda ... ... Zittau (... Liberec)	235	1x per 2 hours, 5 trains per day continue to Liberec	Trilex
RB 60	Dresden Hbf ... Dresden-Neustadt ... Arnsdorf ... Bischofswerda ... Bautzen ... Löbau ... Görlitz	230	1x per 2 hours	Trilex
RB 61	Dresden Hbf ... Dresden-Neustadt ... Arnsdorf ... Bischofswerda ... ... Zittau	235	1x per 2 hours	Trilex
L 7	... ... Zittau ... Liberec branch line: -	236	1x per 2 hours Rybniště–Liberec, 1x per 4 hours Seifhennersdorf–Liberec, 1x per 4 hours Seifhennersdorf–Zittau	Trilex
VB 1	... Zwickau Hbf ... ... ... ...	539	1x per hour
VB 2	Zwickau Hbf ... Plauen ob. Bf ... ... ... Cheb ...	544	1x per 2 hours Zwickau–Cheb, 2x per day extended to Mariánské Lázně, 1x per 2 hours Zwickau–Adorf
VB 4	Gera Hbf ... ... ... Weischlitz	541	1x per 2 hours Gera–Weischlitz, 1x per 2 hours Gera–Greiz
VB 5	Hof Hbf ... Plauen ob. Bf ... ...	539	1x per 2 hours Hof–Falkenstein, 1x per 2 hours Plauen–Falkenstein

Döllnitzbahn[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
Döllnitzbahn	... ...	502	4x per day	Döllnitzbahn, narrow gauge

Erfurter Bahn[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
EB 22	Leipzig Hbf ... Zeitz ... Gera Hbf ... Saalfeld	550 / 555	1x per 2 hours
EBx 12	Leipzig Hbf ... Zeitz ... Gera Hbf ... Saalfeld	550 / 555	1x per 2 hours

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Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
FEG	Freiberg ...	514?	1x per 2 hours

Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency
RE 3	Hof Hbf ... Plauen ob. Bf ... Zwickau Hbf ... Chemnitz Hbf ... Freiberg ... Dresden Hbf	510, 530	1x per hour
RE 6	Leipzig Hbf ... - Geithain ... ... Chemnitz Hbf	525	1x per hour
RB 30	Zwickau Hbf ... Chemnitz Hbf ... Freiberg ... Dresden Hbf	510	1x per hour
RB 45	Elsterwerda - - - - - - - Riesa - - - - - Döbeln Hbf - - - - - - - - - - - Chemnitz Hbf	520	1x per 2 hours Elsterwerda – Riesa, 1x per hour Riesa–Chemnitz
RB 110	Leipzig Hbf ... ... Döbeln Hbf	506	1x per 2 hours, additional trains Leipzig–Grimma

Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency
OE 60 V	Bischofswerda ... Bautzen ... Löbau ... Görlitz	230	Monday-Friday 1x per 2 hours
OE 64	Hoyerswerda ... Klitten ... Niesky ... Görlitz	229	1x per 2 hours (Hoyerswerda–Klitten temporarily replaced by buses)
OE 65	Cottbus ... ... Görlitz ... Zittau	220	1x per hour

Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft[]

Line	Route	KBS^[1]	Frequency	Notes
Fichtelbergbahn	Cranzahl ...	518	6x per day	Fichtelberg Railway, narrow gauge
Lößnitzgrundbahn	Radebeul Ost ...	509	7x per day	Lößnitzgrundbahn, narrow gauge
Weißeritztalbahn	...	513	6x per day	Weisseritz Valley Railway, narrow gauge

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kursbuchstreckennummer = timetable number, see kursbuch.bahn.de for more information and actual timetables.

External links[]

kursbuch.bahn.de Timetables for all railway routes in Germany

[KBS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kursbuchstreckennummer = timetable number, see kursbuch.bahn.de for more information and actual timetables.

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