Walburg – Großalmerode West railway line
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 The former train station in Epterode
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| Route number : | 3920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 259 (1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 8 kilometers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 7.95 km long railway line Walburg – Großalmerode West branched off from the Lossetalbahn in Walburg . It was opened to Epterode on March 27, 1883, the remainder to Großalmerode West followed on February 1, 1884.
For passenger traffic, the Walburg – Großalmerode West line was closed on June 3, 1973, freight traffic was also stopped on September 1, 1994 between Großalmerode West and Epterode and on December 15, 2002 between Walburg and Epterode.
Steinholz – Hirschhagen railway line
In 1935 the stone wood branch was built between Velmeden and Rommerode. Steinholz built a railway branch to the Hirschhagen camp with the Hessisch Lichtenau explosives factory, which was one of the largest explosives factories with a barracks camp for slave labor from 1936 to 1945 during the National Socialist era . An approximately 7 kilometer long circular railway connected the large industrial area in Hirschhagen with several railway connections. Not destroyed in World War II, the route was made unusable afterwards. From the late 1940s, the line was restored and used for civil purposes for several decades. A section of the line has already been dismantled in Hirschhagen.
literature
- Urs Kramer , Matthias Brodkorb: Farewell to the rails. Freight routes from 1994 to today . Transpress, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-71333-8
Web links
- Route photos (2003) on Forgotten Railways
- Pictures of the Steinholz-Hirschhagen railway line