Herzberg – Siebertal railway line
| Herzberg (Harz) –Siebertal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number : | 1813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 5.8 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Herzberg – Siebertal railway , also known as the Siebertalbahn , was a standard-gauge , single-track , non- electrified branch line in Lower Saxony . It ran in today's urban area from Herzberg am Harz to Lonauerhammerhütte . After their incorporation, the station was called " Siebertal ".
history
In 1913 the construction of a railway line Elbingerode - St. Andreasberg - Herzberg (western extension of the Rübelandbahn ) or to Clausthal-Zellerfeld to the Oberharzbahn through the Siebertal and Sieber had begun. However, the work was canceled in the First World War .
In June 1931, the Reckmann company from Halle began building a "Herzberg – Sieber railway line" based on the preparatory work of 1913. However, only the section from Herzberg became the "provisional" loading station and later the Siebertal freight station as well a second Sieberbrücke and a piece of route built.
The finished piece and the connections were in operation from December 1, 1931 to December 31, 1994 and were primarily used for freight transport to a paper mill (now the Smurfit Kappa Group ) in the Sieber Valley . Until 1961, non-public company personnel traffic was also offered. For this, the “Herzberg Trift” stop should also be built at km 4.9. On August 1, 1995, the line was officially closed.
literature
- Josef Högemann: Railways in the Harz - Volume 1: The state railway lines. Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1995, ISBN 3-927587-43-5 . P. 100.
- Klaus Matwijow: Lonauerhammerhütte - housing estate and industrial site. Papierflieger Verlag, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86948-164-7 . P. 72.