Lamme Valley Railway
| Lamme Valley Railway Lammetalbahn |
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| Route number: | 373 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line length: | formerly 32 km / 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge: | 1,435 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum speed: | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
External links
- http://www.lammetalbahn.de/ by Pro Bahn
- Photos of the present day condition of the line
- 1944 timetable with stations and kilometrage
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