Lower Saxon State Railway Office
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The Lower Saxon State Railway Office ({{langx|de|Niedersächsische Landeseisenbahnamt}}) or NLEA was a central authority that managed the operation of many light railways (known as Kleinbahnen) in the North German state of Lower Saxony. These were predominantly those railways which the state had a financial stake in.
History
As in most Prussian provinces, a large number of Kleinbahn railway lines appeared in the Province of Hanover following the passing of the Prussian Kleinbahn law.
Railways managed by the NLEA
- Ankum-Bersenbrücker Eisenbahn
- Bleckeder Kreisbahn
- Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn GmbH
- Kleinbahn Buxtehude-Harsefeld GmbH
- Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn
- Gartetalbahn Göttingen Duderstadt
- Kleinbahn Farge-Wulsdorf GmbH
- Gittelde–Grund railway
- Kleinbahn Hoya-Syke-Asendorf GmbH
- Kleinbahn Lüchow-Schmarsau GmbH
- Kleinbahn Lüneburg-Soltau GmbH
- Kleinbahn Neuhaus-Brahlstorf GmbH
- Kleinbahn Soltau-Neuenkirchen GmbH
- Kleinbahn Winsen-Evendorf-Hützel GmbH
- Kleinbahn Winsen-Niedermarschacht GmbH
- Kreisbahn Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel
- Kreisbahn Leer-Aurich-Wittmund
- St. Andreasberger Kleinbahn GmbH
- Steinhuder Meer-Bahn GmbH
- Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn
- Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Eisenbahn
Sources
- {{cite book| first=Hans Wolfgang| last=Rogl| title=Archiv deutscher Klein- und Privatbahnen - Niedersachsen| publisher=Transpress| location=Stuttgart| year=1996| isbn=3-344-71022-2| language=de}}
- {{cite book| first=Gerd| last=Wolff| title=Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 10: Niedersachsen 2. Zwischen Weser und Elbe| publisher=EK-Verlag| location=Freiburg| year=2007| pages=9–11| isbn=978-3-88255-669-8| language=de}}
Category:Defunct railway companies of Germany
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