Altenburg/Metropolitan Region Central Germany (Saxony/Thuringia):

ABS Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Nürnberg – Leipzig/Dresden (Sachsen-Magistrale) Bf Altenburg PA Strecke 6362 km 33,400 – km 43,337

Description

In the course of the line extension Böhlen (a) to Altenburg (e) as part of the ABS Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Nuremberg - Leipzig/Dresden, several stops and stations will be reconstructed TSI-compliant. The line will be upgraded for long-distance and suburban rail traffic. At km 38.6, the passenger facilities of Altenburg station are located. 

Altenburg station with its extensive is currently being modernised. New construction and reconstruction work is being carried out across all trades and the respective facilities are being adapted to the current state of the art. The modernised ESTW in Altenburg has been in operation since 11.06.2022. Utilising the final condition of tracks 5 and 7, an interim bypass was created by means of two auxiliary bridges, an interim platform and an alignment during construction.

This has three decisive advantages, which were also recognised by DB Netz AG:

1. the creation of a large, unrestricted construction area
2. the two railway overpasses can be built efficiently one after the other, independent of software changes, thus reducing the restrictions for road traffic to a minimum
3. the construction time could be shortened by 1.5 years due to the wide construction area and the few software changes

Expansion of the track systems with civil engineering and earthworks for a line speed of 160 km/h for long-distance and suburban railway. Reconstruction of the railway station.
Renewal of the existing engineering structures and equipment technology.

Construction technology:
Due to the construction under rolling wheels, a temporary platform was planned for the station in an external position so that the construction area can be bypassed as far as possible.