NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE RAILROAD RING AROUND BERLIN

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• Publication Date: June 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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:OUNTRY East Germany REPORT
SUBJECT New Construction on the Railroad DATE DISTR.
6 June 1955
Ring around Berlin
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1. Construction work on the circuit railroad around Berlin is the responsibility
of the Chief Construction Office (Oberbauleitung) No. 5 of the Berlin Direc-
torate of the State Railroads (RED Berlin)a
ghlimps_ni,j_iailroad Administrative Areae
The present administrative area of .RED Berlin is considerably smaller than
formerly. The present boundaries of RED Berlin are to be contracted and
brought into closer correspondence with the actual boundarise of the city of
Berlin. The Koenigs Wusterhausen-Odern railroad line and the Niederlehme-Beeekov
line have been transferred to the Frankfurt/Oder Railroad Office (Reichsbahnaet-
RBA) No. 7. Railroad district No. 7 has alga been extendedalong the Berlin-
Frankfurt/Oder rail line.
3. An administrative reorganization of the Berlin city railroad district is antici-
pated in the near future. The individual railroad offices are te be di
banded as RBA's,but they will be continued as purely operative office eith op-
erational functions. All administrative eutiee are to be devolved upon lower
ranking offices or transferred to the Railroad Directorate itself. Only the
Frankfurt/Oder Railroad Office, being a border office, is to be maintained with
its present organization. The area of RBA 7 will be considerably extended.
4. The final boundaries of RED Berlin will be located approximately at Erkner and
at Koenigs Wusterhausen,
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On the southern section of the Outer Ring there are several control towers.
These structures are 5 to 7 stories high. On their roofs are cement platforms
surrounded by railings. They have built-in connections for heavy electric cerreee�
The top floor of each tower is to serve as a guardroom (Mannechafts- oder Wachealed).
The towers are so constructed that, in an emergency, 2.3 cm, anti-aircraft gene
with searchlights could be installed upon their roofs. Their relative heighte
are as follows
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I. Genshagener Heide-0st 6 stores
II. Glasower Damm 5 stories
III. Schoenefeld 5 storeis
IV. Gruenauer Kreuz 7 stories
No.. II above is located between Mahlow and Dahlewitz in the triangle
formed by the lines Mahlow-Dehlewitzs Southern Outer Rings and the curve
from the Southern Outer Ring on the line Mahlow-Dahlewitz in the direction
of Zossen.
6. Outer Berlin Ring Cable PE212,22
Theenewly constructed,Mahlow automatic telephone exchange (Base) lies in
the angle formed by_thit.Makelow-Zoseen and Southern Outer Ring railroad
linee. This exchange is a pert of the
Outer Berliniing cable prol*et (Projekt der Verkabelung des Aunsenringes um
Berlin). Other sections of this cable project are as follows:
a. A 136-pair cable is to be laid from the Ost-exchange (Base Oat) at the
Silesian Railroad Station (Schleisischer Bahnhof)s through the long-
distance telephone office at Markgrafendamme the Rummeleburg-stations
and the Karlshorst station on the Southern Outer Ringo past the Gruenauer
Kreuz control tower to the Mahlow exchange. On the Outer Ring, the cable
is run either along the foot of the embankment on the right-hand side,
or aloes the right-hand top edge; over bridges it is laid in the middle
of the track.
b. At the Schoenefeld towers 78 conductors (Adern) are brought into this
cable and out again. The Mahlov exchange-office is not yet connected
up.
c. From the Mdhlow exchanges a 110-pair cable rune to the Michendori
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switchboard (Schaltstelle) beside the MW tower. From this points,
there are connections with the entire cable network of the Reichob,hn
and with the long-distance cable running along the autobahn.
d. A 120-pair cable has been laid between Rathenow and Brandenburg where
no cable was previously available.
7. Futureetapansion
a. The cable programfor 1955 calls for:
:(1) A 78-pair cable between Karow and Blankenburgs on the Northern
Outer Ring, for which, at the present time telegraph lines eee
being requisitioned (veggenommen).
( ) A 78-pair cable between Birkenverder and Wustermarks on the Noz
Outer Ring.
The construction progee
tor 1956 calls for:
(1) The rebuilding of the Wriezen-Neuruednitz rail line up to the
Polish border; these tracks were dismantled in 1945-1946 on
Russian orders. The Oder bridge has been In operation since
1954. On the Polish side of the river, the railroad is double
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tracked. On the German sides the construction of, ;c1:-Tife:- line
(Uebergebegleise) is planned.
8. Miscellaneous Notes
a. When the long-distance telephone building on the aArkgrafendamm is reedy
to function, the Mitte-exchange at the Anhalter BalmRof in West Ber1111
will be eliminated.
b. The Reichsbahn Directorate-Zerlin has a new presidents Decker (Zhu).
Formereemealdentet ;--lama become atate secretary in the MinIstre
of Transportat-jor,-
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c. The lines leading to Berlin or. the Northern Out= Ring, both planned
and completed, are shown in detail on the 2L-sAch.., . Thooe
are:
(1) The branch-off at Birkenweraer.
(?), The branch-off at Hohenschoepping (Velten line).
(3) The branch-off tott the Berlin to Nauen line.
d. New auiomatic exchanges (Base) are being constructed in the railroad
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d stattUolof Wustermark� Mahlow, and Pankow.
e. The to date for the completion of construction projects on the
.4Ntsr Oing is 1 May 1955.
.pmments Kurt Freitag wa mad Deputy Mlniwter n'P the
lanistrY of Transport on 10 January 1955
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