Cross-border Knappenrode–Horka line: ETCS goes live on German side
- Location
- Upper Lusatia, Saxony (DB line 6207, Bautzen/Görlitz districts) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Knappenrode–Horka rail upgrade (double-track, electrified, ETCS)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 420 million (for the full Polish border–Knappenrode section per the federal transport infrastructure plan)
- Status
- Largely completed; ETCS commissioning on German section in 2025
The upgrade covers the cross-border section (DB line 6207) between the German-Polish border and Knappenrode in Upper Lusatia: double-tracking, electrification and a speed increase to up to 160 km/h, with an investment volume of about EUR 420 million. The German sub-section to Horka went into service on 7 December 2016, and through train service between Knappenrode and Horka resumed at the end of 2018. As the final component, ETCS Level 2 was installed between March and July 2024 and was scheduled to enter service on the German side in April 2025 (the Polish side has been ETCS-ready since the end of 2015).
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