Ahlhorn – Vechta railway line
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| Route number (DB) : | 1561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 220b (1952) ; 220d (1944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 20.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ahlhorn – Vechta railway was a railway line in Lower Saxony . The 20 km long route was opened in 1885; while passenger traffic was discontinued in 1952, freight traffic continued until the 1990s.
history
In 1876 the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Railway opened its southern line from Oldenburg to Osnabrück . The villages to the south of it, especially the cities of Vechta and Lohne (Oldenburg) , then also demanded a rail connection.
The route from Ahlhorn to Vechta built along the Chaussee was opened on October 1, 1885. The 7 km extension to Lohne went into operation three years later, after the extension to Hesepe and the connection to Delmenhorst was opened, this section became part of the Delmenhorst – Hesepe railway line .
Passenger traffic between Ahlhorn and Vechta ceased on May 18, 1952, goods traffic between Ahlhorn and Schneiderkrug on May 28, 1967. Freight traffic between Vechta and Schneiderkrug ceased on May 28, 1994, but resumed the following year between Vechta and Langförden . This was finally ended on December 31, 1998. Except for a connection at Ahlhorn, the route has been completely dismantled. A footpath and bike path now run along a large part of the former route (see photo on the left). The Ahlhorn signal box is to be observed as a monument .
The service was taken over by the bus line 600, operated by Weser-Ems-Bus .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Kramer, Matthias Brodkorb: Farewell to the Rail - Freight Lines 1980 to 1993. Transpress, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-71346-8 , p. 164.
- ↑ Urs Kramer, Matthias Brodkorb: Farewell to the rail - freight lines 1994 to today. Transpress, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-71333-8 , p. 24.