Bremen – Oldenburg railway line

Bremen – Oldenburg

Bremen railway bridge over the Weser

Route number (DB) :

1500

Course book section (DB) :

390

Route length:

44.4 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

15 kV 16.7 Hz ~

Top speed:

160 km / h

Legend

		Route from Leer
		Line from Wilhelmshaven
	0.0	Oldenburg (Oldb) central station
		former route to Brake
		Bascule bridge over the Hunte
		Route to Osnabrück
	2.3	Hemmelsberger curve from the route to Osnabrück
	2.3	Hemmelsberg ( Abzw )
		A 29
	4.3	Neuenwege
		Wüsting
	13.69	Heron wood (Bk)
		Route from Brake
	16.7	Hude
	18.6	Hude-Langenberg (Anst)
	21.8	Bookholzberg
	25.4	Schierbrok
	27.5	Hoykenkamp
		Line from Osnabrück
	30.7	Delmenhorst
		former route to Lemwerder
		Line from Harpstedt
		Route to Lemwerder

	33.5	Delmenhorst Df
	34.1	Heidkrug
		State border Bremen / Lower Saxony
	37.0	Bremen-Huchting ( Awanst , formerly Bf )
		Bremen-Thedinghauser Railway
	40.5	from Bremen- Grolland / Neustädter Hafen
	41.8	Bremen-Neustadt
		Railway bridge over the Weser
		formerly from the Weserbahnhof
	42.9	Bremen Hbf Bwm
		Freight route to Bremen Rbf
		Line from Bremerhaven , line from Hamburg
	44.4	Bremen Hbf
		Route to Osnabrück
		Route to Hanover

Swell:

The Bremen – Oldenburg railway line is a 44.4 kilometer main railway line that connects Oldenburg and northwest Lower Saxony with Bremen .

It is used by individual Intercity-Express - (Oldenburg– Munich ), Intercity - ( Norddeich / Oldenburg– Leipzig ), as well as freight and local trains.

Since December 2010, the line has been integrated into the Bremen / Lower Saxony regional S-Bahn . Since the changeover, the former regional line of Deutsche Bahn has been running as the new RS 3 line of the NordWestBahn between Bremen Hbf and Bad Zwischenahn .

course

The railway line crosses federal motorway 29 east of Oldenburg

The line leaves the Bremen main station on its west side and winds with a few bends past the former main freight station and the "north-west junction" of Bundesstraße 6 with several freight lines branching off to the bridge over the Weser . This was the northernmost fixed crossing of the river until the Weser tunnel was built.

The route continues via Bremen-Neustadt in a westerly direction to Delmenhorst , where the branch line used by the NordWestBahn branches off to Vechta and Osnabrück . From there it leads in a north-westerly direction to Hude . There it is linked to the main line to Nordenham . In the Oldenburg district of Osternburg, she picks up the route from Osnabrück . The Hunte is crossed with a bascule bridge, behind which is the Oldenburg main station .

history

Old Oldenburg train station 1885

The line was a joint project of the states of Oldenburg and Prussia and was officially opened together with the Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven line on July 14, 1867. Scheduled operations began the following day, after Wilhelmshaven only in September. Two years later the connection from Oldenburg to Leer (East Friesland) followed on the Emsland route ( Münster –Leer– Emden ), and in 1875 the one to Nordenham. Since then, this route has connected all seaports between the Weser and Ems to the (south) east, in particular to Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover . It has been an important link in the north German rail network from the start.

During the Second World War , the railway line was damaged in an air raid on Oldenburg (Oldenburg) in 1941 and in an air raid on Delmenhorst in 1943 . The Weser Bridge in Bremen was also destroyed. A replacement construction fell victim to the Bremen ice disaster in 1947 , but was repaired within five weeks. The current bridge was completed in 1962.

State and outlook

Today the connection is double-track, electrified and can be driven at speeds of up to 160 km / h.

The construction of the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven is expected to result in a significant increase in freight traffic. The “further need” of the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan also provides for a two-track expansion of the connection ( Groningen / Emden–) Leer – Oldenburg for freight traffic. It is unclear whether the double-track expansion and electrification to Wilhelmshaven will be completed at the same time as the new port begins operations. In addition, the Bremen area can only accommodate limited freight trains without further expansion.

Plans to run the Bremen tram as a regional light rail over this route to Delmenhorst or Oldenburg have been postponed for the time being in favor of the S-Bahn project.

Since the timetable change in December 2013, Intercity trains have returned to Emden and Norddeich every two hours . Due to a nine-year contract between the state of Lower Saxony and DB Fernverkehr AG, the offer has been reduced from three to nine train pairs all year round. In the contract, the company undertook to accept all local transport tickets on its IC trains in the Bremen – Emden – Norddeich section and to use modern double-decker cars . In return, the state of Lower Saxony pays compensation. After delays in production and approval by the manufacturer Bombardier Transportation , the double-deck vehicles will be used in long-distance transport from December 2015. The IC trains continue in an easterly direction to Leipzig Hauptbahnhof or Dresden Hauptbahnhof (with stops in Delmenhorst and Hude). This line is supplemented by individual ICE connections in the morning and in the evening to Munich, Berlin or Frankfurt (Main).

In addition to the Intercitys, RegionalExpress trains on the Hanover - Norddeich line run at two-hour intervals with stops in Delmenhorst and Hude. In addition, the NordWestBahn offers individual diesel-powered direct connections on the Bremen – Wilhelmshaven route, which also use this route.

Since the timetable change in December 2010, the route between Oldenburg (Oldb.) Hauptbahnhof and Bremen Hauptbahnhof has been served hourly by the RS 3 line of the Bremen / Lower Saxony regional S-Bahn , which is operated by NordWestBahn. The RS 3 replaces the former regional train line of Deutsche Bahn and stops at all subway stations (Bremen-Neustadt, Heidkrug, Delmenhorst, Hoykenkamp, Schierbrok, Bookholzberg, Hude and Wüsting).

On the section between Bremen Hauptbahnhof and Hude, the RS 4 line to Nordenham also runs, which branches off in Hude onto the Hude – Blexen line. The RS 4 line only stops in Delmenhorst between Bremen Hauptbahnhof and Hude, so it is more or less an express line.

In Delmenhorst, the railway line to Hesepe branches off. This line continues to Osnabrück (RB 58) and is operated with LINT 41 vehicles from NordWestBahn. It also runs every hour, so that there is a dense cycle on the section between Bremen Hauptbahnhof and Delmenhorst, which is also supplemented on the entire route at certain times by individual Deutsche Bahn and NordWestBahn trains.