RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015800050002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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In early ;,u ust 1952, tha second track of thi; resden-
Bad ;-,,chRndau railroed line was being reconstructed;. (1)
iftur completion of the construction designs for the I3irkenwerder-}Iexzaaigsdor?f-
usttsrz xk sector of the floret Riess, D rltn, It was discovered that the now line
ould cross Ltchocnr.,alde airfield. Thereupon, Erwin Kramer, Director Cenerale
Railroads, Berlin, ordered that t ?ro new designs be submitted to him by 6 "ieptember,
One design was to route the new line east of the airfield, chile the other design
wa,s to route it west of Schoeinralder. (2)
It is planraE:d to have the Berlin ,Sued Ring extended to the northwest in the form
of a so-called ::eat Rim; in 3.953, The ".est Ring is designed to extend from
',;ichendorf to t_ildpark., We project re quir. es the construction of a bridge over
the Havel River =sear Forsthacaa Templin at an estimated cost of 70 million eat-
.anarks. (3)
In late ryu ust, the 7irectcrate General Railroads, Berlin,
I Ithe tlSee Il spurtrack on the Jatznick-44Jecker-muende branch line has been recon^-
struct,ed and put into operation: During, the war, the spur track served a plant
of the :pren,g-Chernie Corporation, ( a group of explosive plants). (4)
vvor : on the extension of the northern section of the Berlin Outer Freight
Ring via llerani.gsdorf as far as '?ustorm.ark would be started soon. (2) It is
moreover planned to have the line between ;.ustermarlc and ' ldpaark double-trackeri0
In view of this more urgent. pro ject, the plar.r. d double tracking of the 3eddin'
Belzig railroad line was postponed, although Iwork on it had been started in
late July. (5)
6., The permanent way of the curve between Iierlirn-choenhauser jillce and Pankow
was to be completed by 15 September,, It is tea %evl?d thrit safety installations
will be installed in a temporary way for the time being, The permanent, way of
tl connecting curve at -.ildpark will be completed on the sww day. ",ork on t1::
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