Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway
{{Short description|Railway line in Germany}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name = Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway
| routenumber = 353
| linenumber = 1901
| linelength_km = 47
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| image = DB 1901 railway map.png
| image_width = 300px
| caption =
| locale = Lower Saxony, Germany
| map =
{{Routemap|inline=1 |title =no |footnote=Source: German railway atlas{{cite book|title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) |publisher= Schweers + Wall | year= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-89494-139-0|pages=43, 135}}|map=
\BS2+l\BS2+r~~ ~~ ~~from Magdeburg, from Wolfsburg
ABZq+r\KRZu\ABZg+r~~ ~~ ~~from Wieren
STR\STR\DST~~Braunschweig marshalling yard
BHF-L\BHF-R\STR~~0.0~~Brunswick Hbf
hKRZWae\hKRZWae\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Oker
eABZgr+r\STR\STR~~ ~~ ~~from/to Old Brunswick station
KRZu\ABZqr\STRr~~ ~~ ~~to Hannover, to Hildesheim
STRl\STR+r\~~ ~~ ~~A 39
eBHF~~4.2~~Rüningen~~(last a siding)
BST~~6.0~~Leiferde~~(former Keilbahnhof)
ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~to Derneburg
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~A 395
eABZg+r~~11.1~~ ~~former line from Groß Gleidingen
HST~~12.1~~Wolfenbüttel Hp
DST~~12.3~~Wolfenbüttel
BST~~13.3~~Wolfenbüttel junction
ABZgl~~ ~~ ~~to Oschersleben
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Oker
eBHF~~17.3~~Hedwigsburg
eHST~~19.8~~Bornum-Dorstadt
exSTR+l\eABZgr\exSTR+l~~ ~~ ~~former line from Jerxheim
KBHFxa\HST\exBHF~~23.7~~Börßum~~(former Bf)
eABZg+l\eKRZ\exABZgr~~ ~~ ~~(former link)
STRr\STR\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~museum line to Kreiensen
\STR\exSTRl~~ ~~ ~~former line to Osterwieck
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~B 82
BHF~~28.1~~Schladen (Harz)
eBS2+l\BS2+r~~ ~~ ~~new route from 1924
exhKRZWae\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Oker
exSTR\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Ecker
exSTR\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Ecker
exSTR\SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~A 395
exSTR\ABZg+l~~ ~~ ~~from Halberstadt
exSTR\eDST~~Vienenburg marshalling yard
exSTR\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Radau
exKRZu\eABZgr~~ ~~ ~~former line to Langelsheim
exSTR\STRo~~ ~~ ~~B 241
eBS2l\BS2r~~ ~~ ~~new route from 1924
BHF~~39.5~~Vienenburg
BUE~~ ~~ ~~B 241
ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~to Goslar
SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~B 6
WASSER+l\WBRÜCKE1\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Radau
hKRZWaeq\KRZu\STR+r~~ ~~ ~~from Oker
WASSER\ABZg+l\xABZqr~~ ~~ ~~former line from Wernigerode
WASSERl\WBRÜCKE1\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Radau
KBHFe~~47.2~~Bad Harzburg
}}
}}
The Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway is a 47 km long German main line railway in the northern foothills of the Harz. It is one of the oldest lines in Germany and the first government-owned railway in Germany.
History
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On 1 December 1838 the first section of the first state railway line in Germany opened between Brunswick (German: Braunschweig) and Wolfenbüttel. It connected the two most important cities in the former Duchy of Brunswick. In 1841 it was extended through Schladen and Vienenburg to Bad Harzburg (then called Neustadt, "New Town"). The steep section between Vienenburg and Bad Harzburg was operated with horse-haulage until 1843.
In 1843 the Wolfenbüttel–Jerxheim–Oschersleben line was opened, which together with the Magdeburg–Halberstadt line formed a connection with Berlin. From 1844, the Brunswick–Hanover line was put into service and east–west traffic ran between Berlin and Hanover via Wolfenbüttel and from 1847 with the opening of the Hanover-Minden line as far as the Ruhr. In 1856 the Brunswick Southern Railway was opened between Börßum and Kreiensen, creating a connection towards Kassel and Frankfurt. 1866 the Vienenburg–Goslar branch was opened, creating the first rail link to the then Hanoverian town of Goslar.
The line lost its significance for long-distance traffic with the completion of the Berlin–Lehrte line in 1871 and the direct Brunswick–Magdeburg line in 1872.
In 1924 the route was deviated to connect to the former Vienenburg marshalling yard.
Operations
Today the line is served mainly by regional passenger services, but has some freight traffic. Regionalbahn trains connect Brunswick and Bad Harzburg and Brunswick and Goslar every two hours, so that north of Vienenburg service run approximately hourly. These are supplemented on some sections by services between Brunswick and Schöppenstedt and there are additional services between Halle, Vienenburg, Bad-Harzburg and Hanover.
The railway is not electrified and north of Vienenburg it is double track.
References
=Footnotes=
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{cite book|first=Josef|last= Högemann|chapter=Eisenbahnen im Harz (Railways in the Harz)|title=Die Staatsbahnstrecken (The state railways)|volume=1|publisher=Kenning|location=Nordhorn|year=1995|isbn=3-927587-43-5|language=German}}
{{coord missing|Lower Saxony}}
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Category:Railway lines in Lower Saxony
Category:Transport in Braunschweig
Category:Railway lines opened in 1838
Category:Buildings and structures in Wolfenbüttel (district)