Bremisch-Hannoversche Kleinbahn
The Bremish-Hannoversche Kleinbahn AG was founded on 24 June 1898 by the AG bank for industrial enterprises. The major shareholder was the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , which also ran the company for years. The AG for Transport later took over their capital shares . From January 14, 1958, the company was called Bremisch-Hannoversche Eisenbahn AG (BHE) .
history
The BHE built two small railway lines in the Bremen area. The first to be opened on October 4, 1900, was the Bremen – Tarmstedt small railway , popularly known as " Jan Reiners ". The 27 km long route, laid out in meter gauge, began in Bremen Parkbahnhof, which was north of the main train station (800 m walk), and led via Lilienthal through moorland to Tarmstedt Kleinbahnhof in the former Zeven district. In order to shorten the route to the Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Railway , which opened in 1917 and whose Tarmstedt Ost station was 600 m away, for those who change trains, the route was extended to there on October 1, 1934. The operating center in Bremen was the Hemmstrasse station ; Transitional traffic to the state railway took place in Utbremen.
A second, 26 km long line in standard gauge connected the Huchting station with Leeste and then with Thedinghausen. The first section to Leeste was opened on October 1, 1908, the second on October 1, 1910. The trains started and ended in Bremen-Neustadt and used the 4 km long section of the Bremen – Oldenburg state railway. In Kirchweyhe there is a connecting railway to the main Bremen - Osnabrück line.
For the construction of the railway, concessions were required from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen for its urban area, the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg for the Stuhr area, the Duchy of Braunschweig for the Thedinghausen exclave and the Kingdom of Prussia for the other parts of the area. Five locomotives and a corresponding number of wagons were procured for each of the two railway companies.
On the narrow-gauge railway Bremen – Tarmstedt, passenger traffic between Bremen and Falkenberg was shut down on May 22, 1954, the rest on January 29, 1956, and then the line was dismantled. In 2013, line 4 of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG from Borgfeld through Lilienthal to Falkenberg was extended by 5.6 km. Thus, a rail connection could be created again for part of the former traffic area. Similar considerations had existed about a hundred years ago.
Passenger traffic to Thedinghausen also ended early, on October 1, 1955. After the reorganization of the AG for Transport, this line became the property of the Bremen-Thedinghauser Eisenbahn GmbH (BTE). This was founded on February 29, 2000; the capital shares belong to the communities of Stuhr and Weyhe, the combined community of Thedinghausen and the Weserbahn GmbH , which also runs the business. The route is still in operation today for freight transport. Therefore, one is thinking about reactivating passenger traffic - possibly in connection with the Bremen tram.
The BHE only operates in the real estate business.