Museum signal box Lpf Lehrte
The museum signal box Lpf is a historical signal box in Lehrte . The listed building is located in the west of the Lehrte passenger station between the routes to Hanover and Celle that are still in operation . The building was erected in 1896, while the technical equipment of the mechanical signal box dates from 1912. Until October 1986, the Lehrter passenger station was controlled from here and controlled together with the other signal boxes. The abbreviation “Lpf” is derived from this former function. It stands for L honored P ersonenbahnhof F ahrdienstleiter .
The Lehrte model railway association rented the building from the Deutsche Bundesbahn after it was closed with the aim of keeping it as a museum. As part of these efforts, the historic facilities are maintained and kept ready for use. The Jüdel type lever bench, which is over 20 meters long, has also been preserved. Since the cables to turnouts and signals are no longer available, museum visitors can lend a hand on the control devices.
A model railway system, 21 meters long and three meters wide, of nominal size H0 is located in the former tensioning room on the ground floor of the building. This represents the situation at the Lehrter train station around 1960. In order to enable realistic operation on the digitally controlled system, two shadow stations were integrated into the track plan.
The museum is open on the fourth Sunday of the month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 43.9 " N , 9 ° 58 ′ 19.7" E