Elsterwerda station is in the town of Elsterwerda in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Dresden railway. The station is known for a train crash in 1997, when a freight train with 22 petrol tankers derailed and exploded on the station premises.
Exterior view of the station
The station building in 1923
The station building in 2006
Memorial stone at Elsterwerda station
The Berlin–Dresden railway is a double track, electrified main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company. It runs from Berlin through the southern Teltow countryside and then between Lower Lusatia and Fläming Heath through Elsterwerda and the Großenhainer Pflege countryside to Dresden.
RegionalBahn train in Dresden
Original Berlin station in Dresden
Former Berlin station in Dresden, now part of a goods yard
Elsterwerda station