Lower Lusatian Railway Company

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Share in the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft from 1898
Share in the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft from 1901

The Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NLE) was founded on February 18, 1896 by the Society for the Construction and Operation of Railways Henning, Hartwich & Co. in Berlin, the Allgemeine Deutsche Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft AG (ADKA) and the Luckau , Lübben and Schweinitz districts (in Herzberg (Elster) ) founded. The annual report 1900/01 of the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft shows the following shares:

  • Schweinitz district: 37.19%
  • ADKA: 33.45%
  • District of Luckau: 24.79%
  • Hartwich: 17.96%
  • District of Lübben: 13.54%
  • Breslauer Disconto Bank, Berlin: 3.55%
  • Rest private individuals.

Thus, the Allgemeine Deutsche Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft AG (ADKA) already had a share of about one third in the NLE from the start. In addition, ADKA also took over the guarantee for the financing of the Lübben – Beeskow route. The concession as a branch line took place on November 25, 1895 for the Lübben – Luckau – Uckro – Falkenberg line. On December 20, 1999, the Lübben – Beeskow section was licensed as a branch line. The opening was:

  • Luckau – Uckro December 20, 1897
  • Lübben – Luckau March 3, 1898
  • Uckro – Falkenberg March 15, 1898
  • Lübben – Beeskow: November 24, 1901

In 1900 the following were shown as operating resources:

  • 2 locomotives of 125 PK each
  • 4 locomotives of 250 PK each
  • 4 passenger cars II./III. Class 46 seats
  • 6 passenger coaches III. Class 50 seats
  • 4 mail and baggage cars
  • 15 gondolas with brakes
  • 19 gondolas without brakes
  • 4 cover freight cars with brakes
  • 4 cover freight cars without brakes
  • 5 track master cars

In addition, in 1901 there were 13 boxcars with a loading weight of 15 t, placed in January 1901 at the KED Halle.

Shortly after the construction of the railway in 1902, disputes regarding the costs and additional costs of railway construction led to a comparison between the NLE and the Gesellschaft für Bau und Betrieb von Eisenbahnen, Henning, Hartwich & Co. zu Berlin September 1902 approved by the General Assembly of the NLE. The Allgemeine Deutsche Kleinbahngesellschaft advanced the costs that Henning & Hartwich had to raise, as Henning & Hartwich were apparently no longer able to pay the money. The small train company director Dräger made the declaration that the building contractor Consul Hartwich was to be regarded as insolvent. The Kleinbahngesellschaft advanced the amount of 46,000 marks, which flowed into the real estate fund. The NLE apparently took over the management from now on.

Due to unsatisfactory sales, the NLE commissioned the Allgemeine Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (ADEG) to run operations on their account from October 1, 1921.

The AG for Transport took over ADEG in 1926/27 and remained the majority shareholder until 1945. Then in 1946 the expropriation in the Soviet zone of occupation followed and the company was placed under the main administration of the Provincial Railways of the Mark Brandenburg , from which it was transferred to the Deutsche Reichsbahn on April 1, 1949 .

The management, originally located in Luckau , was relocated to Lübben at the end of 1902 , where the company was also based, until it was relocated to Berlin .

The 113 km long standard-gauge branch line begins at the Beeskow station in today's district town of the Oder-Spree district and runs in a south-westerly direction through the northern Spreewald in the Dahme-Spreewald district . Here it crosses the main line Berlin – Cottbus in the district town of Lübben and reaches the Uckro station (today Luckau-Uckro) via Luckau , where it reaches the main line Berlin – Dresden . The route continues through the Fläming ridge to the Herzberg (Elster) city ​​train station , the administrative seat of the Elbe-Elster district, crosses the Black Elster and ends in the important Falkenberg railway junction .

Rail traffic began on the short Luckau – Uckro section on December 20, 1897. On March 3, 1898, it was extended to the northeast to Lübben and on March 15, 1898 to the southwest to Falkenberg. With the last section Lübben – Beeskow, the entire railway line was completed on November 24, 1901.

The trains drove through Niederlausitz for almost a hundred years . At the turn of the year 1993/94 there were the first restrictions in freight traffic. In 1995, passenger traffic between Luckau and Uckro ended on February 28, and between Uckro and Herzberg (Elster) Stadt and Beeskow and Lübben Süd on May 27. On June 1, 1996, the Lübben – Luckau connection was given up, and on April 18, 1998 the last section from Herzberg (Elster) Stadt to Falkenberg (Elster) was given up.

The Deutsche Regionalisenbahn (DRE) then acquired the line and operated tourist transport with railcars. Due to insufficient demand and a lack of financial support, the offer was completely discontinued in December 2008. In the meantime, larger sections of the line have been shut down and dismantled.

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