page_title: Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway
section_title: Royal Saxon State Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway / History / Royal Saxon State Railways
caption_attribution_description: English: The city Königstein in Saxony (Germany) taken from the Königstein Fortress, with view over the Saxon Switzerland and the upstream river Elbe. Deutsch: Die Stadt Königstein (Sachsen) von der Festung Königstein aus fotofrafiert, mit Ausblick auf die Sächsische Schweiz und die Elbe stromaufwärts. Русский: Река Эльба в Саксонской Швейцарии
context_page_description: The Děčín–Dresden railway, also called the Elbe Valley Railway is an electrified main line in Saxony and the Czech Republic. Formerly called the Saxon-Bohemian State Railway, the line is part of the Dresden to Prague route and is one of Europe's most important trunk routes. It runs along the Elbe Valley from Děčín via Bad Schandau and Pirna to Dresden. The first section of the line was opened in 1848 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany.
context_section_description: In 1898 large parts of the railway’s premises in Dresden were refurbished. The line’s old Bohemian station (Böhmische Bahnhof) was demolished and in its place the new Dresden Hauptbahnhof was built. The ground-level route through the city of Dresden was raised to a higher level, allowing a number of level crossings to be removed. Section by section, the Dresden–Pirna line was expanded to four tracks from 1915, allowing a separation of long-distance and regional services. Suburban trains ran every 15 minutes between Dresden and Pirna.
caption: The line below Königstein Fortress
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