Overview
- Deutsche Bahn has moved the Lübbenau–Cottbus project into a ceremonial start phase with a symbolic groundbreaking at Raddusch and says physical work will begin this year.
- The plan is to double-track the 29-kilometre single-track section of the Görlitzer Bahn so more trains can run and timetables can be made more regular.
- The upgrade is explicitly intended to enable a Halbstundentakt, meaning regional trains from Berlin could run every 30 minutes on the route to Cottbus.
- Deutsche Bahn’s timetable projection expects the first trains on the new second track to run by the end of 2027, pending construction progress.
- Beyond faster and more frequent service for passengers, Deutsche Bahn frames the project as a building block for structural economic change in the Lausitz and local planners will monitor timetable roll-out and construction milestones.