German Unity Transport Project 8

Construction of the eastern section of the line

The line construction work in the eastern section is subdivided into the following three sections:

- Line lot 4
- Line lot 5
- Southern approach to Halle

Line lot 4 starts after 251.510 kilometres at the eastern cutting leading to the Osterberg Tunnel and ends after 272.093 kilometres to the west of the Saale-Elster Viaduct. In this section the line crosses the undulating Querfurt Plateau and runs largely through cuttings to reduce its impact on the environment to an unavoidable level.

July 2010: Line construction in line lot 4 (Photo: DB AG)

In line lot 5 (from 279.923 to 286.905 kilometres on the new line), the line crosses the flat, intensively farmed land south-east of Halle in planning approval section 3.1.

August 2010: Blick Richtung Knoten Gröbers (Photo: DB AG)

August 2010: View looking towards the Gröbers junction (photograph: DB AG) The southern approach to Halle will take the new line from the Saale-Elster Viaduct in the direction of Halle (Saale) central station on two tracks. The construction measures on the southern approach to Halle (Saale) will give the city a high-speed link to the rail network in the south. This represents a decisive improvement to the rail infrastructure of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.

August 2010: Trough structure at the southern ramp/approach to Halle (Photo: DB AG)