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The line between the Wahren marshalling yard and
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Freight Ring still carries most freight traffic in the Leipzig railway node. Scheduled passenger services no longer operate on it, except during diversions as a result of construction projects. Nevertheless, on all lines there are authorised routes; the eastern part of the Freight Ring is, for
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Prussian state railways to the north and west of the Leipzig urban area. The Royal Saxon State Railways built some connecting lines east of Leipzig, which in particular served to integrate the new
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