Classic route
RE 2 Liberec–Dresden
Liberec → Dresden · Czechia · Germany
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Bohemia into Saxony on the Lusatian branches: Liberec down the Neisse to Zittau, then Ebersbach and Bischofswerda, on a chain the Oberoderwitz link completed in October 1879.
Stations
- 0 kmLiberec +1
- 10 kmChrastava
- 13 kmBílý Kostel nad Nisou
- 17 kmChotyně
- 20 kmHrádek nad Nisou
- 27 kmZittau +1
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- 38 kmOberoderwitz
- 48 kmNeugersdorf
- 51 kmEbersbach (Sachsen)
- 65 kmSohland
- 71 kmWilthen
- 77 kmNeukirch (Lausitz Ost)
- 90 kmBischofswerda +1
- 105 kmArnsdorf (bei Dresden) +1
- 111 kmRadeberg +1
- 120 kmDresden-Klotzsche +1
- 127 kmDresden-Neustadt +2
- 129 kmDresden Mitte
- 131 kmDresden Hbf +4
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8375657: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE2
Questions and answers
How long is the RE 2 Liberec–Dresden?
The RE 2 Liberec–Dresden runs 131 km from Liberec to Dresden. It runs through Czechia and Germany.
How long does the RE 2 Liberec–Dresden take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 4 min for the 131 km. That is an average of 63 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the RE 2 Liberec–Dresden?
Die Länderbahn, with RE 2 trilex.
How old is the RE 2 Liberec–Dresden?
The line has been in service since 1879. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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