Freital-Potschappel station

Freital-Potschappel station is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway in the district of Potschappel of the municipality of Freital in the German state of Saxony. From 1884 to 1972, the station was the starting point of the 750 mm gauge Freital-Potschappel–Nossen railway. Today, Freital-Potschappel serves in particular as an access point to line S3 of the Dresden S-Bahn.
Potschappel station was opened on 28 June 1855 with the inauguration of the two-track line of the Albertsbahn AG and now part of the Dresden–Werdau railway. The Albertsbahn was built with the aim of transporting hard coal mined in the Döhlen Basin to Dresden more quickly. Potschappel was an important location for the Saxon coal industry, so the opening of a railway station proved to be a good idea. A year later, on 1 December 1856, the Niederhermsdorfer Kohlezweigbahn was opened to connect with the coal fields of the Königliche Steinkohlenwerk Zauckerode . It branched off at Potschappel station in the area of the Dresden Porcelain factory , crossed the street of Roßthalerstrasse and followed the course of Wiederitz to the village of Niederhermsdorf.

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