Celle–Brunswick railway

The Celle–Plockhorst–Brunswick railway is a partly closed railway in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is now only used for freight between Brunswick and Wendezelle.

Celle–Plockhorst–Brunswick railway
Overview
LocaleLower Saxony, Germany
Line number1722
Technical
Line length57.129 km (35.498 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route number211a, 211d (until 1970)
Route map

0.0
Celle
7.7
Nienhagen (Kr. Celle)
11.9
Wathlingen
16.9
Bröckel (Kr. Celle)
Erse
Fuhse
Fuhse
22.5
Uetze (Han)
Fuhse
Fuhse
26.1
Eltze
27.7
Plockhorst
to Peine
30.3
Eickenrode
Erse
34.2
Wipshausen
36.0
Wipshausen Süd
38.7
Wense
41.3
Harvesse
industrial track: VW logistics centre Brunswick
43.6
Wendezelle
Aue-Oker canal
White Bridge, factory road
industrial track: Watenbüttel
waste disposal centre
48.1
Watenbüttel
Oker flood bridge (w)
Oker flood bridge (o)
Port siding
Hamburger Straße
52.8
Braunschweig-Rühme
Volkswagen factory siding
Nordkurve siding
Ringgleis rail trail to Braunschweig Nord
from Gifhorn
from Fallersleben
56.4
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode
marshalling yard
60.3
Brunswick Hbf
Source: German railway atlas[1]

It was opened from Celle to Uetze on 1 September 1920 and extended to Plockhorst on 3 May 1921 and to Gliesmarode on 1 March 1923.

Passenger operations between Plockhorst and Brunswick ended on 27 May 1962, between Celle and Plockhorst on 23 May 1971 and between Brunswick and Harvesse on 11 December 1994. Freight operations between Celle and Wendezelle ended in stages from 1976 to 1993. The line is largely closed and dismantled, although there have been proposals to reopen it, including reopening the line to Wipshausen as part of a proposal for a Brunswick Stadtbahn network.

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 32, 43, 135. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

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