Rail network

Backbone of goods traffic

  • Around 2,000 km of DB tracks
  • 1,115 km of railway tracks which are not state-owned, of which approximately 800 km are exclusively used for goods traffic and 226 km are publicly accessible
  • Railway yards/train assembly yards
    • Magdeburg-Rothensee
    • Halle (Saale)
    • Großkorbetha
    • more than 90 goods traffic points (extensive coverage)