page_title: Berlin–Dresden railway
section_title: Further upgrading of the line
hierarchical_section_title: Berlin–Dresden railway / Further upgrading of the line
caption_attribution_description: English: Expansion of the en:Berlin–Dresden railway at en:Doberlug-Kirchhain Deutsch: Ausbau der de:Bahnstrecke Berlin–Dresden in de:Doberlug-Kirchhain Richtung Brenitz.
context_page_description: The Berlin–Dresden railway is a double track, electrified main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company. It runs from Berlin through the southern Teltow countryside and then between Lower Lusatia and Fläming Heath through Elsterwerda and the Großenhainer Pflege countryside to Dresden.
  Upgrades completed in December 2017 enabled maximum speeds of 160 km/h. By 2020 new signalling should allow speeds of 200 km/h.
context_section_description: Under an agreement signed on 7 June 1995 the Berlin–Prague–Vienna line is being upgraded, including the raising of maximum speeds to 200 km/h between Berlin and Dresden. In addition, the Böhla–Neucoswig section of the line is being upgraded as part of German Unity Transport Project No 9, which covers the upgrading of the Leipzig–Dresden line. The Weissig–Böhla connecting curve will in future link the Leipzig–Dresden line to Böhla so that long-distance passenger and fast freight trains can use the Berlin–Dresden line to and from Leipzig, allowing the better separation of traffic at the Dresden railway node.
caption: Restoration at Doberlug-Kirchhain
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