Work has begun on the next section of the planned premium cycle path between Wüstenbrand and Küchwald in Chemnitz (construction section 2.0). This extends over a length of around 2.4 kilometres on the former railway line from Röhrsdorfer Straße in Grüna through Rabensteiner Wald to Riedstraße in Rabenstein. At Riedstraße, there is a connection to the already completed construction section 2.1 towards Pleißenbachpark.
In order to build the cycle path, which is up to four metres wide, the railway line 6635 is being converted. The route follows the former railway line, so that the existing railway embankment is largely retained and the cycle path is secured with the help of retaining walls on the embankment crest.
As part of the work, four bridge structures that have been in place for around 120 years will be renovated and modernised. This will result in restrictions for motorised traffic on the bridge structures on Riedstrasse and Weigandstrasse in the Rabenstein district in 2026.
New access roads will be built in the area of Grenzstraße, Schaftreiberweg, at the Grüna ski jumps in the Rabenstein forest and at the Grüna forester's lodge. The new cycle path will then be connected to the public transport network and the forest road via these four access ramps. From next Monday, 10 November, the Schaftreiberweg under the railway line will be closed to pedestrians and cyclists.
The work is being carried out by the company SWING Tiefbau GmbH from Großrückerswalde and should be completed by December 2026.
The construction project is being co-financed by the federal government's special "City and Country" programme and from tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament. Dr Claudia Elif Stutz, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, and Saxony's Minister of State Regina Kraushaar presented the corresponding funding decision of EUR 5.88 million for this section of the route on 15 October 2025.
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