Lamme Valley Railway

Lamme Valley Railway
Lammetalbahn
Route number:373
Line length:formerly 32 km / 9
Track gauge:1,435
Maximum speed:60
Legend
 Line from Hildesheim
 31,7 Groß Düngen
 Line to Goslar
 29,4 Wesseln
 27,6 Bad Salzdetfurth Solebad
 Lamme
 26,3 Bad Salzdetfurth(old station)
 22,8 Bodenburg(new halt)
 22,4 Bodenburg(old station)
 Line to Elze
 19,1 Sehlem
 18 Hanover–Würzburg HS line Kassemühle Valley Bridge
 17,8 Harbarnsen
 14,2 Graste
 Würzburg–Hanover HSL (track cut, small crossover)
 12,3 Lamspringe
 9,0 Gehrenrode
 4,6 Altgandersheim
 Line from Brunswick
 0,0 Bad Gandersheim
 Line to Kreiensen

The Lamme Valley Railway (German: Lammetalbahn) is a branch line, that turns off in Groß Düngen from the Hildesheim–Goslar railway and runs today via Bad Salzdetfurth to Bodenburg. From there it used to continue via Lamspringe to Bad Gandersheim on the Brunswick–Kreiensen railway.

The surviving section of the railway, which lies wholly within the borough of Bad Salzdetfurth, serves today mainly as a tourist and commuter line. Here the railway follows the river Lamme.

History

The line was opened between Groß Düngen and Bad Salzdetfurth on 1 October 1900. Wesseln station was opened on 1 November 1901. The extension of the line between Bad Salzdetfurth and Bodenburg and to Gronau was opened on 7 November 1901. A line between Gronau and Elze had been opened on 1 July 1900. The extension between Bodenburg and Lamspringe and to Bad Gandersheim was opened on 1 October 1902.[1]

On 24 September 1966, the line was closed to passenger traffic between Bodenburg and Gronau. The freight services were closed in two stages, between Sibbesse and Gronau on 17 August 1970, and between Sibbesse and Bodenburg on 25 September 1974.[1]

On 27 September 1975, the line was closed to passenger traffic between Bodenburg and Bad Gandersheim, and on 31 May 1980 between Gronau and Elze.[1]

On 1 January 1982, the line was closed completely between Harbarnsen and Lamspringe, on 31 May 1987 between Bodenburg and Harbarnsen, and on 29 May 1994 between Lamspringe and Bad Gandersheim and between Gronau and Elze.[1]

In 2003, the services on the line were taken over by Eurobahn (Keolis), and it is planned that NordWestBahn will take them over in December 2011.[2]

Wesseln Station.
Bodenburg Station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Helbig, Uwe (20 May 2004). "Geschichte". Die Lammetalbahn. Uwe Helbig. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Hennigfeld, Stefan (3 February 2011). "Nordwestbahn übernimmt Weser-/Lammetalbahn". Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

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