List of railway routes in Saxony explained

The List of railway routes in Saxony provides a list of regional railway routes in Saxony, eastern Germany.

Regional services

In 2023, the following regional services were operated by several operators:^[1]

Line	Route	Frequency (min)	Rolling stock	Operator
	Dresden – Dresden-Neustadt – Arnsdorf – Bischofswerda – Bautzen – Löbau – Görlitz (–)	120	Siemens Desiro Classic (class 642)	Trilex, 11 train pairs to Zgorzelec under contract.
(Thuringia)	Göttingen – Mühlhausen – Erfurt – Gera –Gößnitz – Glauchau	120	Class 612
	Zwickau Zentrum – Zwickau – Falkenstein – Klingenthal – Kraslice	60	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS 1 (class 650)	Vogtlandbahn
	Dresden – Dresden-Neustadt – Arnsdorf – Bischofswerda – Ebersbach – Zittau (– Liberec)	120; Mon–Fri: 2 train pairs to Liberec Sat and Sun: 7 pairs to Liberec	Siemens Desiro Classic	Trilex
	Zwickau Zentrum – Zwickau – – Reichenbach – Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf – Weischlitz – Adorf – Bad Brambach (–)	60 Zwickau Zentrum–Adorf 120 Adorf–Bad Brambach 5 train pairs to Cheb	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Vogtlandbahn
	Dresden – Freiberg – Chemnitz – Zwickau – Reichenbach – Plauen ob Bf – Hof	60	Alstom Coradia Continental (class 1440)	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
	Gera – – – Plauen Mitte – (– Adorf)	120 + some trainsGreiz–Weischlitz (Mon–Fri) and Weischlitz–Adorf (Sat–Sun)	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Vogtlandbahn
	Mehltheuer – Plauen ob Bf – Herlasgrün – Auerbach – Falkenstein – Zwotental – Klingenthal – Kraslice – Sokolov	60 Plauen–Falkenstein 120 Mehltheuer–Plauen and Falkenstein–Sokolov
	Leipzig – Bad Lausick – – Burgstädt – Chemnitz	60	Eurorunner (class 223) + corridor coaches	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
	Leipzig – – Torgau – Falkenberg – – Cottbus – –	120	Siemens Mireo (class BR 463)	DB Regio Nordost
	Leipzig – Eilenburg – Torgau – Falkenberg – –	120
	Leipzig – – Gera – Saalfeld	120	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Erfurter Bahn
	Gera – Zeulenroda – Mehltheuer – Hof	120
	Leipzig – Delitzsch – – Dessau – Magdeburg	60	Bombardier Talent 2 / Bombardier Traxx + 3 double-deck coaches	DB Regio Südost
	Dresden – – Großenhain – Ruhland – Hoyerswerda	120	Class 112 + double-deck coaches / Bombardier Talent 2	DB Regio Nordost
	Dresden – Coswig – Großenhain – Ruhland – Cottbus	120
	Dresden – Heidenau – Kurort Altenberg	1 train pair runs on weekends and public holidays only	Siemens Desiro Classic	DB Regio Südost
	Dresden – – Bad Schandau – Děčín – Ústí nad Labem – Litoměřice	2 train pairs on weekends and public holidays in the summer	Siemens Desiro Classic, ČD class 371 + corridor coaches
	Leipzig – Markranstädt – – Naumburg – – – Erfurt – –	60	Bombardier Talent 2	Abellio
	Leipzig – Zeitz – Gera – Saalfeld	120	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Erfurter Bahn
	Dresden – Freiberg – Chemnitz – Glauchau – Zwickau		30 (peak) Chemnitz–Zwickau 60 Dresden–Zwickau	Alstom Coradia Continental	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
	Dresden – – Coswig – Großenhain –	60 Dresden–Coswig 120 Coswig–Elsterwerda-Biehla	Class 112 + double-deck coaches / Bombardier Talent 2	DB Regio Nordost
	Dresden-Neustadt – Ottendorf-Okrilla – Königsbrück	60	Siemens Desiro Classic	DB Regio Südost
RB 34	(Dresden – Radeberg – Pulsnitz –) Kamenz – Straßgräbchen-Bernsdorf – Wiednitz –  –	1 train pair during Saxon summer holidays;connecting to
	Glauchau – Meerane – Gößnitz	120	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	City-Bahn Chemnitz
	Chemnitz – Mittweida – Döbeln – –	Mon–Fri: 60 Chemnitz–Riesa 120 Riesa–Elsterwerda Sat–Sun: 120 Chemnitz–Riesa	Alstom Coradia Continental	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
	Dresden – Coswig – Riesa – Oschatz – – Leipzig	60	Bombardier Talent 2 / Bombardier Traxx + double-deck coaches	DB Regio Südost
	Dresden – Bischofswerda – Bautzen – Löbau – Görlitz	120 Dresden–Bischofswerda 60 Bischofswerda–Görlitz (only Mon–Fri)	Siemens Desiro Classic, Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Trilex
	Dresden – Bischofswerda – Ebersbach – Zittau	120
	Hoyerswerda – Görlitz	120	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	ODEG
	Cottbus – Weißwasser – Görlitz – Zittau	60	Siemens Desiro Classic
	Pirna – Dürrröhrsdorf – Neustadt (Sachs) – Sebnitz	60 Pirna–Neustadt 120 Neustadt–Sebnitz		DB Regio Südost
	Heidenau – Dohna – Glashütte – Altenberg	60
	Chemnitz – – Annaberg-Buchholz –	60		Erzgebirgsbahn
	Chemnitz – Flöha – – Olbernhau-Grünthal	60
RB 83	Freiberg – Mulda – Holzhau	60	Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Freiberger Eisenbahn
	Glauchau – St. Egidien – Oelsnitz – Stollberg	60 Mon–Fri 120 Sat+Sun		City-Bahn Chemnitz
	Zwickau – Aue – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt	60	Siemens Desiro Classic	Erzgebirgsbahn
	Leipzig – Grimma – Döbeln	Mon–Fri 30 Leipzig–Grimma 60 Grimma–Döbeln Sat–Sun 60 Leipzig–Grimma 120 Grimma–Döbeln	Bombardier Talent / Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
	Leipzig – Bad Lausick – Geithain	60	Alstom Coradia A TER (class 641)	DB Regio Südost
(Dresden)	Meißen-Triebischtal – Coswig – Radebeul – Dresden – Heidenau – Pirna – Bad Schandau – Schöna	10/20 (peak) Meißen-Triebischtal–Pirna 30 Meißen-Triebischtal–Bad Schandau 60 Bad Schandau–Schöna	Bombardier Traxx + 4 or 5 double-deck coachesextra peak services: class 143 + 2 double-deck coaches	Dresden S-Bahn / DB Regio Südost
(Dresden)	Pirna – Heidenau – Dresden Hbf – Dresden Flughafen	30	class 143 + 2 double-deck coaches
(Dresden)	Dresden Hbf – Freital – Tharandt (– Freiberg)	10/50 (peak) 60 Dresden – Tharandt Tharandt–Freiberg only in the peak
(Dresden)		Dresden Hbf – Dresden-Neustadt – Radeberg – Pulsnitz – Kamenz	30 (peak) 60 (peak)		Siemens Desiro Classic
(Mitteldeutschland)	Leipzig-Stötteritz – City-Tunnel – Leipzig-Plagwitz – Leipzig Miltitzer Allee	30	Bombardier Talent 2	S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland / DB Regio Südost
(Mitteldeutschland)	Leipzig-Stötteritz – City-Tunnel – Leipzig Messe – Delitzsch – Bitterfeld – Dessau/ – Wittenberg (– Jüterbog)	30 Leipzig-Stötteritz–Bitterfeld 120 Bitterfeld–Dessau/Wittenberg
(Mitteldeutschland)	Halle-Nietleben – Halle Hbf – Schkeuditz – City-Tunnel – Leipzig-Stötteritz – Borsdorf – Wurzen (– Oschatz)	30 Halle-Nietleben–Wurzen extra peak services (Mon–Fri): Schkeuditz–Leipzig Hbf some trains: Wurzen–Oschatz
(Mitteldeutschland)	Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz – Leipzig-Connewitz – City-Tunnel – Taucha – Eilenburg – Torgau – Falkenberg	30 Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz–Taucha 30/30/60 Taucha–Torgau 120 Torgau–Falkenberg
(Mitteldeutschland)	Halle Hbf – Leipzig/Halle Flughafen – City-Tunnel – Markkleeberg – Altenburg – Gößnitz – Crimmitschau – Werdau – Zwickau Hbf	60 Halle Hbf–Altenburg 120 Altenburg–Zwickau
(Mitteldeutschland)	Halle Hbf – Leipzig/Halle Flughafen – City-Tunnel – Markkleeberg – Altenburg – Gößnitz – Crimmitschau – Werdau – Zwickau Hbf	60
(Mitteldeutschland)	Geithain – Borna – Markkleeberg – City-Tunnel – Leipzig Messe	30 Leipzig Messe–Borna 60 Borna–Geithain
(Mitteldeutschland)	Eilenburg – Delitzsch ob Bf – Halle Hbf	60 (Mon–Fri peak) 120 (Mon–Fri off-peak and Sat+Sun)	Class 143 + double-deck coaches
(Mitteldeutschland)	Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig-Plagwitz – Leipzig Miltitzer Allee	30	Bombardier Talent 2
	Liberec – Zittau – Mittelherwigsdorf – Varnsdorf – Seifhennersdorf	60 Liberec–Varnsdorf (30 min between Liberec and Hrádek nad Nisou at times) 120 Varnsdorf–Seifhennersdorf	Siemens Desiro Classic, Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1	Trilex
	Rumburk – Sebnitz – Bad Schandau – Schöna – Děčín	120 (60 min between Rumburk and Dolní Poustevna and between Schöna and Děčín at times)	Siemens Desiro Classic	DB Regio Südost in cooperation with ČD
	Chemnitz Hbf – Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle – Altchemnitz – Stollberg	30	Variobahn	City-Bahn Chemnitz
	Aue (Sachs) – Thalheim (Erzgeb) – Chemnitz Technopark – Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle – Chemnitz Hbf – Burgstädt	60	Citylink (class 690)
	Thalheim (Erzgeb) – Chemnitz Technopark – Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle – Chemnitz Hbf – Mittweida	60 (Thalheim–Technopark only Mon–Sat)
	Chemnitz Technopark – Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle – Chemnitz Hbf – Hainichen	60

Line	Route	KBS	Frequency	Notes
	Cranzahl ... Kurort Oberwiesenthal	518	6x per day	Fichtelberg Railway, narrow gauge
	Radebeul Ost ... Radeburg	509	7x per day	Lößnitzgrundbahn, narrow gauge
	Freital-Hainsberg ... Dippoldiswalde	513	6x per day	Weisseritz Valley Railway, narrow gauge

See also

• List of scheduled railway routes in Germany

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regional Timetables. Deutsche Bahn. de. 4 July 2023.