Neuekrug-Hahausen – Goslar railway line

Neuekrug-Hahausen-Goslar
Route number :	1930
Course book section (DB) :	354
Route length:	16.2 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	100 km / h
Legend from Kreiensen 79.2 Neuekrug-Hahausen to Braunschweig Neile Langelsheim West Bundesstrasse 82 Innermost from Altenau 89.1 Langelsheim to Vienenburg Rbf Bundesstrasse 82 92.1 Herzog Julius Hut Grane Bundesstrasse 82 from Hildesheim 95.4 Goslar to Vienenburg Swell:

The Neuekrug-Hahausen-Goslar line is a double-track , non- electrified main line in Lower Saxony . The line, which runs on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains , begins in Goslar and joins the Braunschweigische Südbahn to Seesen and Kreiensen in Neuekrug - Hahausen . Since the branch station is passed through without stopping today, there is often talk of a Goslar – Seesen railway line . The name Northern Harz Line, which is often used in the region, is not clear. The most important and now only stopover is Langelsheim .

history

In 1875 the Vienenburg – Langelsheim railway via Grauhof was opened by the Magdeburg-Halberstädter Railway Company and extended as the Innerstetalbahn to Lautenthal , later via Clausthal to Altenau . A branch line of the Braunschweigische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft to Neuekrug-Hahausen was connected to this on September 15, 1877, which saved the east-west freight traffic from Halberstadt to Kreiensen the detour via Salzgitter-Ringelheim . This railway company also built an extension to Goslar, which opened on May 1, 1883.

Since then, goods traffic has been running on the flatter route through Grauhof, while passenger traffic has been via Goslar. In addition, the local freight traffic in Langelsheim, Herzog-Julius-Hütte and Goslar was served.

The older freight railway via Grauhof fell victim to the division of Germany and lost traffic in 1954. In 1976 the Innerstetalbahn to Altenau was also given up, only the younger line remained in Langelsheim.

Today the route is served by a regional train line (Bad Harzburg – Seesen – Kreiensen). Every second train travels from Kreiensen to Göttingen. There is one train every hour on the route, although there are no hourly intervals due to the alternating frequency. The operation of DB Regio Nord is carried out with multiple units of the LINT type .

literature

• Josef Högemann: Railways in the Harz (I). Volume 1: The State Railways . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1995, ISBN 3-927587-43-5 .

Web links

• Citizens' initiative "Highest Railway for the Northern Harz"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .