Herzberg – Seesen railway line

Herzberg – Seesen railway line
Regional train when leaving the Herzberg Schloß stop
Route number (DB) :	1812
Course book section (DB) :	358
Route length:	32 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend from Derneburg from Börßum (Braunschweigische Südbahn) Seesen regional train station 85.9 Seesen ⊙ to Kreiensen (Braunschweigische Südbahn) B 242 Herrhausen ⊙ 91.3 Münchehof (Harz) ⊙ 92.4 formerly B 243 and formerly B 242 B 243 and B 242 formerly B 243 96.8 Gittelde North B 243 98.4 Gittelde / Bad Grund (Harz) ⊙ 98.4 to the Gittelde – Bad Grund railway line Badenhausen Lasfelde Osterode – Kreiensen railway line 105.3 Handover to the Osterode – Kreiensen railway line 105.3 Osterode (Harz) ⊙ (until 2004) formerly B 243 106.4 Sweet 106.1 formerly B 241 106.1 Osterode am Harz Mitte ⊙ 107.0 Osterode am Harz Süd ⊙ (1909-2004) 107.1 B 241 108.2 formerly B 243 108.2 Osterode am Harz Leege ⊙ 104.7 Düna-Papenhöhe 115.5 B 243 115.6 formerly B 243 planned by the former ammunition factory, but never built 116.4 Sieber 116.7 from the former ammunition factory 116.7 Herzberg Castle ⊙ 117.3 B 27 117.3 to Northeim (planned for 1944) 117.4 formerly B 27 117.8 from Northeim (southern Harz route) 117.9 Herzberg (Harz) ⊙ 233  m 118.8 to Bleicherode , to Siebertal to Nordhausen (southern Harz route)

Seesen station

Gittelde / Bad Grund train station (Harz)

Herzberg (Harz) train station

The Herzberg-Seesen railway , better known as West resin route , even West resin sheet called, is a 32 km long single-track , non- electrified branch line , which on the western edge of the resin proceeds and the city and the former district Osterode am Harz opens. It is part of the shortest connection from Braunschweig to Erfurt . Train crossings take place at the usual minute of symmetry just before the hour in Gittelde . In the event of delays, crossings will take place in Münchehof (Harz) . The federal highway 243 runs largely parallel and is crossed several times along the way. The B 242 runs parallel to the south of Münchehof .

history

It was opened on October 10, 1870 from Herzberg to Osterode and on September 1, 1871 to Seesen as a connection between the southern Harz line and the Braunschweigische Südbahn Braunschweig – Salzgitter– Kreiensen . It was intended as a long-distance route; the substructure was intended for double-track expansion , so the abutments of the Sieber bridge , for example, are clearly laid out on a second track. However, this remained as well as the supra-regional importance.

In the early 1990s, the Herzberg – Seesen railway line was considered to be in danger of being closed. Since the regionalization in 1996, the re-introduction of weekend traffic and the establishment of a regular timetable have increased the attractiveness significantly. In 2004 there was a two-hour service on the route on the Braunschweig – Bad Lauterberg line, which was operated by class 628 trains. The Gittelde Nord stop was abandoned, the Gittelde station was renovated and renamed. In 2004, two new stops were opened in Osterode ( Osterode am Harz Leege and Osterode am Harz Mitte ), which replaced the previously unfavorably located access points .

With the abandonment of the route to Bad Lauterberg, the offer on the route was gradually increased. In December 2005, the operation was switched to new LINT multiple units . At the same time, the parallel bus service was reduced and an hourly service was introduced.

Service offer

The transport on the track today with Lint railcar of Braunschweig main station on Salzgitter -Ringelheim, Seesen , Münchehof am Harz , Osterode to Herzberg mostly in hourly to travel on Sundays only they run every two hours. In Herzberg there is a connection node every half hour with short connections to Nordhausen and Göttingen via Northeim .

In Herzberg and Seesen, tracks 1, 2 and 4 are barrier-free. Track 1 is connected to tracks 2 and 4 by elevators and an underpass with stairs. Both stations were modernized under the Lower Saxony is on the train project . Only in these two stations there is limited private ticket sales.

Planning

In the medium term, the line is to be connected to a DSTW under construction , controlled from Göttingen . The Seesen and Salzgitter Bad train stations are already connected to the DSTW. In September / October 2020 the train stations Münchehof (Harz) and Gittelde / Bad Grund (Harz) will also be connected to the DSTW in Göttingen.

literature

• Ekkehard Eder: 125 years of the Seesen - Osterode - Herzberg railway , published by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Osterode am Harz und Umgebung e. V., Osterode 1996

Web links

• Route on the OpenRailwayMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ newspaper article from 1984
2. ↑ Local rail transport concept 2013+. (No longer available online.) LNVG, pp. 148–149 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 4, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  

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