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||km-change LD/Děčín line}} }} }} The Leipzig–Dresden line is a German railway line. It was built by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company between 1837 and 1839. It was the first long-distance railway and the first railway using only steam traction in Germany. It also included the first standard gauge railway tunnel in continental Europe. Work to upgrade the line as German Unity Transport Project (''Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit'') no. 9 has been underway since 1993.〔 (12 page brochure)〕 According to the federal government €1.115 billion of an estimated total cost of €1.451 billion had been invested in the project by the end of 2013 (net present value for planning, land acquisition and construction costs). Funds of €336 million were still available. ==History== (詳細はGerman: ''Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie'', ''LDE'') established by twelve businessmen in 1835. The idea that a railway should connect Leipzig with Strehla (on the Elbe), was first suggested in 1830 by the Leipzig merchant Carl Gottlieb Tenner. After the economist Friedrich List (1789–1846) published plans in Leipzig in 1833 for a German railway system with Leipzig as a central node, Tenner’s idea gained new force. In the same year, a railway committee was established and it addressed a petition requesting the building of a railway line from Leipzig to Dresden to the first Saxon parliament (''Sächsischer Landtag'') in Dresden on 20 November 1833. After the railway had been approved by government decree on 6 May 1835, the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company was founded by twelve citizens of Leipzig as a private corporation on 22 May. The shares of the Company were fully subscribed at a price of 100 thalers within one and a half days, making capital of 1.5 million thalers available to the company. In October 1835, the English engineers Sir James Walker and Hawkshaw examined the proposed routes and stated their preference for a northern route via Strehla (estimated cost: 1,808,500 thalers) rather than a route via Meissen (1,956,000 thalers). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leipzig–Dresden railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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