Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz line reopens after double-tracking
- Location
- Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz, Thuringia (part of the Weimar–Gera line) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Double-tracking Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz (Mid-Germany Connection, phase 2)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 70 million (phase 2 of the Weimar–Gera upgrade, 2014-2016)
- Status
- Reopened after closure; construction completed December 2016
On 4 September 2016, the newly double-tracked Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz section of the Mid-Germany Connection reopened to rail traffic after a four-month closure. The works (tracks, bridges, signalling technology, and modernisation of Oberweimar and Jena-West stations) were part of the roughly EUR 70 million second construction phase of the Weimar–Gera upgrade (2014-2016); final completion followed with the December 2016 timetable change.
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