Malliss – Lübenheen railway line
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| Route length: | 23.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Malliss – Lübenheen railway is a former railway connection in the southwest of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It connected Lübenheen with Malliss on the Ludwigslust – Dömitz railway line and primarily served freight traffic. The connection was discontinued after 1945 and the line was dismantled for reparation purposes.
history
While the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn was planning a railway line from Ludwigslust to Dömitz , which would later become part of a connection between Schwerin and Uelzen , the community of Jessenitz, not far from Lübheen , tried to build a branch line from it.
The Jessenitz shaft construction company was then commissioned with the first preparatory work for the route. While this was going on, the plans were changed so that the route should now be extended about two kilometers to Lübenheen. On July 28, 1888, the approval was given by the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn. The construction work ran roughly at the same time as the main line Ludwigslust – Dömitz. Since the latter was not yet completed on the northern section, only the opening between Dömitz and Malliß took place on December 29, 1889, but together with the new route to Lübheen, so that continuous traffic was possible here from the start.
With the exception of the Heiddorf stop, all of the five stops on the way were designed with systems for passenger and freight traffic. The latter primarily served local agriculture and the potash salt mines in and around Lübenheen. Initially two pairs of trains ran daily, and after the opening of the Malliß – Ludwigslust line, three pairs of trains ran on the route. Sometimes these were tied through to Ludwigslust.
Apart from the sparse freight traffic, however, the route never achieved great importance. In 1945 the company ceased operations due to the advancing war . Around 1946 the line was dismantled and the material was brought to the Soviet Union as reparations .