 The Trans-Harz Railway continues to follow the B 81 federal road as far as "Tiefenbachmühle" halt (km 19.5) before turning in a westerly direction in order to reach the request stop of "Sophienhof" (km 21.0), the last stop in Thuringia.The line runs through spruce forests over the state border with Saxony-Anhalt.At Benneckenstein station (km 29.8) the line crosses the ridge at , its highest point so far.