In the mid-1990s Deutsche Bahn AG started to renew the line. To this end, rail traffic between Pockau-Lengefeld and Marienberg was stopped beginning on 23 July 1998. Work on this section had nearly finished at an expense of nearly 24 million Euro, when flooding in July 1999 destroyed much of the line. It took until spring 2002 to decide to rebuild the section. Further delays were caused by destructions on the line between Olbernhau and Flöha by severe flooding in August 2002.