page_title: Werdau–Mehltheuer railway
section_title: Stations
hierarchical_section_title: Werdau–Mehltheuer railway / Route description / Stations
caption_attribution_description: English: Weida train station (Greiz district, Thuringia) with train of the Elster-Saale-Bahn, a brand of Erfurter Bahn Deutsch: Bahnhof Weida mit Zug der Elster-Saale-Bahn, einer Marke der Erfurter Bahn
context_page_description: The Werdau–Mehltheuer railway is a branch line in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia, originally built and operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways. The section from Werdau to Weida via Wünschendorf is now closed. The section between Weida and Mehltheuer is part of the Gera–Hof link.
context_section_description: Werdau (50°43′39″N 12°22′02″E)
  The station, which opened with the Leipzig–Hof railway in 1845, was originally far from the centre of the town, but Werdau slowly grew towards the station over the following decades. The station was only extended piecemeal in the following decades, but the station was no longer adequate for the growth of traffic after the opening of the Werdau–Weida–Mehltheuer railway. Thus it was completely rebuilt in 1900 at a cost of about 1.5 million marks. Nevertheless, the facilities were again too small in the 1920s, since any expansion on the site was almost impossible, and, as a result, a new marshalling yard was built in Zwickau. At the end of the 1990s, the station was almost completely rebuilt and the facilities of the former locomotive depot were also completely demolished.
  After the abandonment of traffic on the Werdau–Wünschendorf (Elster) section on 30 May 1999, the Werdau bypass was built parallel with the Leipzig–Hof railway, cutting the line between Werdau and Werdau West. In addition, the flying junction with the Saxon-Bavarian Railway in Werdau was removed.
  Werdau West (50°44′15″N 12°21′52″E)
  Although the Werdau–Wünschendorf–Weida section was opened on 29 August 1876, the halt (Haltepunkt) of Werdau West was opened on 1 February 1916 with the laying of the route through the urban area of Werdau. The station was closed with the abandonment of rail traffic between Werdau and Wünschendorf (Elster) on 30 May 1999. The dilapidated wooden entrance building and the platforms are still in place, but while the station sign still existed in 2006, it has now disappeared. The halt is located in the western part of its track system. The street that leads to the halt, called Straße zum Westbahnhof (street to the West station), marks the former station. Werdau West is the starting point of the Werdauer Waldbahn, which is operated as a museum railway to Seelingstädt.
  Langenbernsdorf (50°44′05″N 12°17′45″E)
  Langenbernsdorf station was opened on 29 August 1876 as the halt of Bauernsteig on the street of the same  name south of Langenbernsdorf in the Werdau Forest. It was designated as a Bahnhof (station) in 1905 and was renamed Langenbernsdorf on 1 May 1908. It was redesignated as a halt in 1933, redesignated as a station in 1952 and redesignated as a halt in 1983. In the station area, the railway forms the southern boundary of the village of Langenbernsdorf, which is connected to the station by Bahnhofstraße. The station was closed on 24 May 1998, one year before the end of rail traffic between Werdau and Wünschendorf (Elster). The entrance building still exists.
  Teichwolframsdorf (50°43′54″N 12°16′00″E)
  Teichwolframsdorf station was opened on 29 August 1876 as a halt and redesignated as a station in 1905. In addition to the entrance building, the station was equipped with workshops which are still partly preserved. From 1953 until its closure before 1962, a railway connection from Katzendorf to Teichwolframsdorf and sächsischen Aufbereitungsbetrieben (Saxon processing operations) was used by uranium ore trains running as block trains or in groups of wagons. With the abandonment of rail traffic between Werdau and Wünschendorf (Elster), the station was closed on 30 May 1999. It is located on the outskirts of the Thuringian village of Teichwolframsdorf in the Werdau forest.
  The border with Saxony runs parallel with the railway to its east. the railway line was also the border between the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (the Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1918 to 1920) and the Kingdom of Saxony (also a Free State for a time from 1918 and again since 1990). Between 1920 and 1953, the station was on the Thuringian-Saxon border, then on the border of the districts (Bezirke) of Gera and Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990.
  Trünzig (50°45′03″N 12°15′29″E)
  The halt of Trünzig was opened on 18 May 1952. It is located between the towns of Trünzig in the west and Stöcken in the east on the road called Stöckener Straße to the west and Landsteig to the east. It was redesignated as a halt on 24 May 1998. In additi
caption: Weida station
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