page_title: Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway
section_title: Operating points
hierarchical_section_title: Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway / Route description / Operating points
caption_attribution_description: Der Bahnhof von Greiz (Thüringen).
context_page_description: The Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway is a main railway line in the German federal states of Thuringia and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company. It runs in the valley of the White Elster from Gera via Greiz and Plauen to Weischlitz.
context_section_description: Gera Süd (50°52′16″N 12°04′35″E) 
  Gera Süd (south) station was opened on 1 June 1886 as Gera-Pforten freight yard at the junction of the Leipzig–Probstzella and Gößnitz–Gera railways. On 1 December 1892, Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) opened the Gera Süd–Wünschendorf section as an independent route for the Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway.
  The station in the Gera district of Pforten thus became the first station of the Royal Saxon State Railways in Gera. With the dedication to the station in 1893, the station received an entrance building made of red brick. The station had the following names:
  until 1896: Gera–Pforten (in 1901 this name was given to the newly opened station of the narrow gauge Gera-Pforten–Wuitz-Mumsdorf railway)
  until 1911: Gera (Reuß) S. St. E.
  until 1920: Gera (Reuß) Sächs Stb
  until 1923: Gera (Reuß) Süd
  since 1923: Gera Süd
  Since the numerous level crossings were a hindrance to road traffic, the tracks were raised between 1906 and 1911. The current station building was built on Sachsenplatz in Gera in 1911. In 1922, the station was transferred from the Eisenbahndirektion (railway division) of Dresden to the Eisenbahndirektion Erfurt. The signal boxes were gradually abandoned and demolished from 2005. Today, the station has only the functions of a halt (Haltepunkt). Since 24 October 2016, trains run towards Weischlitz via Wolfsgefärth over the Leipzig–Probstzella railway from Gera.
  Gera Süd Gbf (freight yard, 50°52′11″N 12°04′42″E)
  Directly south of the station is the closed Gera Süd Gbf freight yard. It was opened on 1 July 1897. Its tracks were raised between 1906 and 1911. Gera Süd Gbf went out of operations on 1 June 1992. It was subsequently dismantled.
  Gera Ost (50°50′58″N 12°05′34″E)
  The halt of Gera Ost (east) was opened on 1 December 1892 as Zwötzen and was reclassified as a station (Bahnhof) in 1905. The station had the following names:
  until 1900: Zwötzen
  until 1911: Zwötzen S. St. E.
  until 1920: Zwötzen Sächs Stb
  until 1931: Zwötzen Ost
  since 1931: Gera Ost
  The station has a red brick entrance building, as well as freight sheds, workshops and a Bahnmeisterei (track supervisor’s office). It was reclassified as a halt in 1972. With the relocation of the rail operations on the Gera Süd–Wolfsgefärth section to the parallel Leipzig–Probstzella railway, Gera Ost halt was closed on 24 October 2016.
  Gera-Liebschwitz (50°50′19″N 12°04′51″E)
  Gera-Liebschwitz  station was opened on 1 December 1892 as a halt and reclassified as a station in 1905. The entrance building and the work shops are made of red brick. The station had the following names:
  until 1918: Liebschwitz
  until 1953: Liebschwitz (Elster)
  since 1953: Gera-Liebschwitz
  With the relocation of the rail operations on the Gera Süd–Wolfsgefärth section to the parallel Leipzig–Probstzella railway, Bahnhof Gera-Liebschwitz was closed on 24 October 2016.
  Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord (50°49′03″N 12°04′41″E)
  The halt of Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord (north)  was opened on 1 June 1909 as the halt of Meilitz. After the incorporation of the town into Wünschendorf/Elster, it was renamed Wünschendorf (Elster) Nord in 1953.
  Wünschendorf (Elster) (50°47′51″N 12°05′52″E)
  The halt of Wünschendorf was opened on 17 July 1875 with the Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway. With the opening of the Werdau–Wünschendorf–Weida section of the Werdau–Mehltheuer railway on 29 August 1876, it reclassified as a station on 1 August 1884. It has had the following names:
  until 1908: Wünschendorf
  until 1911: Wünschendorf a.d. Elster
  since 1911: Wünschendorf (Elster)
  The present entrance building dates back to 1916. Other buildings are freight and locomotive sheds, workshops and two signal boxes.
  Since the Wünschendorf (Elster)–Weida section was closed on 1 May 1997 and the Werdau–Wünschendorf (Elster) section was closed on 15 November 2000, Wünschendorf station has only been a stop on the Gera Süd–Weischlitz railway.
  Berga (Elster) (50°44′50″N 12°09′32″E)
  Berga (Elster) station was opened as a halt on 17 July 1875 and it was reclassified as a station in 1905.
caption: Entrance building of Greiz station
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