IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOVIET ZONE RAILROAD NET

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008200730005-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT
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Germany (Russian Zone)
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
a. On 24 February 19519 the Soviet Control Commission gave the following order
to the Directorate Generals The dismantling of rails from double-track rail-
road lines ordered in 19L.5 and 1946 by the RBDB is cancelled herewith. The
second tracks of all main railroad lines rend of all main feeder lines in the
Soviet Zone are to be reconstructed immediately in order to improve the con-
ditions of freight and i,assenger traffic. The sequence of the pertinent con-
struction work will be laid down by the SCC. (1) All connunication equip-
ment9 signal equipment and security installations are to be brought to their
prewar status anad are to bo nodernf.z ed where necessary.
b. Priority isI to be given to the construction of q double--track railroad line
connecting the new Foundry Combine East (Eiaenhttenkmbinat3st) ? and Fuer-
stenberg/Oder. (2)
c. Adequate shunting and narshaling yards are to he rrovided in order to guaran-
tee a smooth flow of traffic to and from Poland via Frankfurt/Oder and Brest
Litovsk. (3)
d. A new railroad line is to be constructed between Treuenbarietzen and Lucken-
walde and run via the Jueterbog troop training grounds. (4) Railroad con-
nections are to be established. to the main railroad lines leading to Thurin-
gia and Saxony.
c. The Rathenow-Nauen railroad line is to be double-tracked. (5)
f. A second track on the Saalfeld - Unterwellenborn railroad line is to be con-
structed immediately. (6)
The Ministry of Labor has been requested to procure the required laborers.
Plans for the individual projects are to be prepared and to be forwarded to
the requesting office. The most urgent nrojects must be completed by the
end of 1951. (7)
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1l The projected reconstruction of second tracks of main railroad lines pre+iously
dismantled in the So'4tiet Zone has been announced in the Soviet Zone press.
iowever, with the s1 ortage of rails and other raw m.ateriale it is believed
improbable that this project can be carried out. Only short sections of trunk
lines have been double tracked. In order to obtain rails for these short sections,,
tracks had to be dismantled at other places. Such individuaal projects have been
reported previously. The abbreviation RBDB probably stands for Tteichshabn7dlrek-
tion Berlin.
(2) Fuerstenberg is on the Frankf~ rt/Osier .. Guben railroad line. The planned recon-
struction of the dismantled second track of this line was previously reported.
The construction of a new railroad line between Fuerstenberg and Gruna was also
Planned.
25X1 (3) This project includes the following construction work In FrankThrt/Oder: The
enlargement of the marshaling yard, construction of raps and tracks at the
freight station, establishment of a new regulating station between the eastern
outskirts and the bridge across the Oder river, and the construction of a rail..-
road connection between the marshaling yard and passenger station by the recon-
25X1 struction of a bridge destroyed during the war.
(4) This project is reported for the first time. The new railroad line would proba-
bly pass along the northern border of the troop training grounds. The Jueterbog
maneuver area is already connected. ;with the main lines from ,emir tc, Saxony and
Thuringia by rail links near Juetes g and near Belzig.
(5) The direct railroad connection between Rathenow &'.1d N'auen is a narrow-gau o
leading via Kriele and Senzke. The western section of this line between R athenL '
25X1 a Kriele is being dismantled. Since it seems iripro ble that this line iould
be provided with a second track.. it is believed that the section Rathenow 1 'a a' er-
rk of the main line Berlin- Stendal and the connecting line W isternark -- :Nauen
ika , nt._
(7) It is believed that the target dates for the completion of smaller r onstuction
projects will be met.
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