MISCELLANEOUS REICHSBAHN INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R014100140002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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MISCELLANEOI~S REICFISBAHN INFORMATION (6 pp; German P~.ace of acquisition:
Date of distribution: ~. Feb 53; Date of information:
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The document consists of 6 typewritten pages containing miscellaneous railroad
information as follows:
25X1C The first page, dated 26 November 1952, with heading, contains
information about the section of the Northern Belt Line from irkenwer~er to Wuster-
mark, The note mentions a proposed transfer station for the S-Bann LBerl n intra-
urban rai~oa] at Fiohenne~.endarf for transfer~,-.between the Northern Belt ~in~ and
the Line to Or nie~iburg, he note also speaks of a proposed construction of the
Northern Belt ~ir~ at Wustermark at an estimated cost of 30 million U~tsche marks
in 1953.
25X1C The second page, dated 26 Novembefl 1952, with a heading, contains
information regarding a proposed railroad statf~on "Blankenburg-Nord" between Blanken-
burg and Ka~+rw on tine Na'thern Belt Line. turnout leads the S-Hahn into the Northern
Belt Line at Blankenburg-Nord.
25X1C The third page, dated 9 Lecamber 1952, with a heading, contains
information about construction o~ the railroad lin ~ a Puna and Schandau
t? the CzechoQ7.ovak border as follows: Section I, the Dresden-Heidenau Puna line was
put into double tracked operation on I5 Septn~mber 1952. The dou~be track expansion
of the railroad bridge near Pirna over the Gottleuba R3.ver ~~ill apparently be com-
pleted by 30 November 1952. .The section Pima - Ober Vogel~;esang of section II had
been double-tracked by 10 November 1952 and will be ~.ut in operation by 15 November
1952 after completion of the Safety install.i.~.tons. ork on the remaining sections
(II,III,IV and VI) of the Dresden - C~echo~lovak border line is proceeding feverishly
25X1C to complete the line by 15 December 1952.
The Fourth page, dated 11 December 1952, with a hesding~ contains
information about four items as follows: Expansion o en ?ngs or Station; construction
of passing siding on the Birkenwerder - Brieselang line; changes of the connecting
curirres between the Northern Belt Line and the Berlin - Velten line; expansion of the
Northern Belt Line in 1953 will_ not be carried beyond the Berlin - Nauen line because
of insufficient funds
rrhe fifth page is an undated and mr:i.dentified photostat discussing the safety
equipment and superstructure material situation. A dire shortage of material, even
of signal wire, has forced the Reichsbahn to equip new lines and the outer belt lines
of Berlin with manual .y operated switch controls. The source states that railroad men
believe that if the material which the GDR lacks is not forthcoming from the ~~iest a smooth
efficient operation of the railroad will not be possible. A critical shortage of material
.for main$~enance of the superstructure has put track maintenance in a catastrophic condi-
tions. .he most severe shortage is that of switches. The sourc? Holies that illegal sh ip-
me#l~s of this strategic material are going vi.a water to Leningrad and from there via rail
through Brest to the GDR marked as Soviet shipments. Even imported rails are being re-
built into switches.
25X1C The sixth page, dated 1S December 1952, with a heading, states that
despite the shortage of signal facilities the llirectorate General of the Reichsbahn has
ordered the out.~r freight belt lines around Berlin to be fully equipped with automatic
light sgnal.s. he source states that the existing shortage~y6M?wever? will not permit this.
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