Federal government plans electric Weimar–Gößnitz line from December 2032

According to the federal government's reply to a Greens inquiry (report of 22 December 2025), electric operation along the whole Weimar–Gößnitz upgrade line is planned from December 2032, provided the financing agreement is concluded in 2026 and construction starts in 2028; Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz could run electrically as early as December 2029. Planned construction costs are EUR 503 million, of which DB InfraGO considers EUR 146 million eligible for funding, with EUR 55 million falling to the State of Thuringia. Because of gradients of up to 22 per mille, 740 m freight trains cannot use the line, and the cross-section of the Ronneburg tunnel must be enlarged for electrification. The date is a placeholder: the article gives only the month of December 2032, and 31 December 2032 is used. (LOK Report, 22 Dec 2025) Update (15 May 2026): According to PRO BAHN Thuringia, the Fulda conference in early May 2026 brought no breakthrough on the still-missing construction financing agreement for Weimar–Gößnitz, as federal funds for new construction and upgrades only cover projects already under way. The state has put out to tender about 40 per cent of rail local services in the Thuringian electric network, due to run electrically from a 2030 start; if the agreement is not signed by year-end, the tender is at risk of collapsing. On 19 December 2025 the association had already warned of consequences for the tender from the delay to December 2032 at the earliest (LOK Report, 15 May 2026).