Overview of the tracks and railway stations

In the laboratory, the interaction of the technical components of infrastructure, interlockings and vehicles as well as the actions of the operating and driving personnel may be demonstrated and retraced at various types of railway stations. An extensive H0 model railway layout and an interlocking simulation are available for this purpose.

Overview and situation of the stations:

Station	Situation
Bf Adorf	Station with 5 tracks on an electrified double-track line and the beginning of a single-track, non-electrified line to Grüntal.
Bf Dornbach	Station with 4 tracks on the single-track, non-electrified line from Zellwald and Grüntal.
Bk Feldberg	Block station on the single-track line between Adorf and Grüntal.
Abzw Grüntal	Junction with stop on the single-track line.
Abzw Crottendorf	Branch station with stop on the single-track line Grüntal - Schwarzburg and the branching spur line to Moorhof.
Bf Schwarzburg	Station with 2 tracks and terminus of the line from Grüntal. Technically, the two station tracks are tied through to the staging yard. During operation, the trains from Moorhof and Grüntal end here and turn around.
Bk Moorhof	Single-track stop on the spur line from Crottendorf.
Bk Klausenburg	Block station on the electrified double-track main line between Adorf and Zellwald.
Bf Neustadt	Station with 3 tracks on the high-speed line with local service area and loading point for the "rolling road".
Bf Waldhof	Interchange station on the Strasbourg - Seitschen high-speed line and the Talheim - Eisenberg extension line with large storage areas and a container loading terminal.
Bf Zellwald	Station with 5 tracks on an electrified double-track line and end of a single-track, non-electrified, line from Grüntal.
Uz Bischofswerda  of the Bz Leipzig    (Dresden-Neustadt – Bautzen)	Virtual continuation of the high-speed line from Neustadt station.

Explanation: Abzw – Abzweigstelle (junction); Bf – Bahnhof (railway station); Bk – Blockstelle (block post); Bz – Betriebszentrale (signal control central); Uz – Unterzentrale (sub central)

The operation and interlocking simulation (BEST) is integrated into the overall system by telegram exchange between Neustadt station and the staging yard.

The automatic staging yard takes over the tasks of the initial/final stations of all lines. It is operated solely by the station computer. It controls the entry of trains into the system according to the timetable or in accordance with predefined disruption scenarios.