STATUS OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002900080009-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 16, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Status of R&.iLroad Construction Projects
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1. Prior to mid-September 1953$ most of the bridges on the Birkenwerder-Wustermark
railroad line section were completed. The laying of track' was scheduled to-
be completed by early October. Work on the construction of.connaoting curves
was slowed down,, some of the curves whose construction is envisaged will not
be built before next year.l
2. On 1 October,, the Birkenwerder.Erieselang line section was officially opened
by the East German Minister of Railroads,, after 4 October, two pairs of express
trains were scheduled to operate on the Berlin-Schwerin railroad line via the
Nordring Berlin)l A stem of 210000,$OOO eastmarks has been made available for
work on the Nordwestring Berlin in 1954. This project includes the construction
of connecting curves near Uustermark.2
3. On 1 October,, the Birkenwerder-Brieselang railroad line section north of Berlin
was officially opened. The line., which represents a northern bypass around
Berlin, is single-track0 Source observed that the rails were fastened to now
wooden ties without bed plates. Work on a road overpass over this railroad lJ;ie
was started by Bau Union Brandenburg ne r Hohenneuendorf. the bridge is
scheduled to be completed by late 1953?
5. The d uckenwalcie-Jueterboe railroad line section will probably be double-tracked
by late-October,-The !ompletion of this work will make the Berli Jueterbog.
:-ailroad line double, throughout its entire length.'
On 5 October the Brieselang-
Birkenwerder _'eL_' inrrA line was opened to traffic on 1 October. According to
the new winter timetable two pairs of express trains and some other trains
for gainfully.employed persons operate on the linen On 2 October, a train
carrying construction material derailed on the new line. 11hen the cause of
the accident was investigated it was determined that the line was not up to
strict-standards of safety,, because the permanent was constructed in
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defects of this line are so grave that should not have been opened to
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6. In early September, the .volume of rail traffic through Horka
increased, because the 'Oorst border station was closed in
oonnec ion with construction work on a new bridge over. the IJei?aee
River.
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Grambow has been dear va ec . i~ this point of the railroad
line involved the border is closed,5
1o$c,, In October 1952, work on the construction of the
westring Berlin was started. This project continued the
Nordring, which covers the section between Karow and Birkenwerder.
Originally the'Nordwestring was to be double-tracked and extended
as far as Wustermark. Because of shortage of materials, only
one track was laid. on the road bed which had space for two trains,)
and for the same reason the line was built only as far as brieea.
lang on the Berlin-Wittenberge railroad line, Information on the
project was transmitted previously.
The opening. of the line was also reported in
the Bost German press. It apiears noteworthy that the line was
built without, observing previous standards of safety, The defects
in the construction of the line as mentioned in paragraph 4
may be explained by the forced speed at which the project had.
to be completed and the false ambition to ovearfulfill prescribed
production quotas. The relatively light traffic reported for
the line indicates that it does not yet have the status of a
fully serviceable main line,
This information refers to the construction of the
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eselen;-Tustermark railroad line section, a project which hse
been postponed for the time being,
3 O Information on the reconstruction of the di=::Led
secon track of this line sect was reported previously, or Last
report, After completion of this project a
double'-track rail connection would be available between Berlin and
Halle.
4- C=qAt At Forst, a temporary railroad bridge over the
Neisse River is being replaced b a permanent structure. This p:
ect has been planned for year
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station is not being used by the Soviets. This station excluaival
handles Last German-Polish traffic, predominantly coal imports from
Upper Silesia,
501 I2=gj The Scheune-Stettin border crossing station is
served by the P'asewa.].k-+-rainbow and Angeriuuende-Tantow feeder line80
Rail traffic through Grambow was suspended on 23 July 1953,?be
cause the De' t a hea ers moved from Pasewalk to i,ngermuerde.,
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