Niederelbebahn

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Niederelbebahn (Hamburg-Harburg—Cuxhaven)

Route Number:

121

Line number:

1720

Line length:

103 km

Gauge:

1435 mm

Voltage:

15 kV, 16.7 Hz ~

Maximum incline:

< 20 ‰

Maximum speed:

160 km/h

Stations and structures

Legend

Hannover-Hamburg railway line and Rollbahn

169.4

Hamburg-Harburg

169.4

to Elbe bridges–Hamburg Hbf

170.8

Hamburg-Unterelbe Bbf

170.8

Harburg ports

174.?

Hp Hamburg Tempo-Werk (-1984)

175.0

Hamburg-Hausbruch Bbf

170.8

Container terminals Waltershof and Altenwerder

176.5

Hamburg-Hausbruch (1899-1984)

179.3

Hamburg-Neugraben

181.6

Hamburg-Fischbek planned

183.5

Neu Wulmstorf formerly Daerstorf

190.2

Buxtehude railway station

EVB to Bremerhaven

193.8

Neukloster (Kr. Stade)

199.0

Horneburg

203.3

Dollern

206.1

Agathenburg

Moorexpress to Bremervörde

Freight branch to Stadersand

(former nuclear power plant Stade) and Bützfleth

Kehdinger Kreisbahn (metre gauge) to Itzwörden

211.2

Stade

218.7

Hammah

222.6

Himmelpforten

228.4

Hechthausen

235.0

Hemmoor named Basbeck-Osten until 1992

238.2

Warstade-Hemmoor closed in 1991

243.7

Wingst formerly Höftgrube

247.1

Cadenberge

250.9

Neuhaus (Oste) closed in 1991

258.9

Otterndorf

267.1

Altenbruch closed in 1991

connection to Steubenhöft and Cux Port

Nordseebahn to Bremerhaven

271.7

Cuxhaven CF Bbf

273.0

Cuxhaven

The Niederelbebahn (also called Unterelbebahn), literal German translation: lower Elbe line, is a railway line between Hamburg and Cuxhaven in northwestern Germany. At 103.6 kilometres of length, the line runs close to the southern bank of the river Elbe.

Niederelbebahn in Cadenberge

Lower Elbe and Niederelbebahn on a 1910 map

Trail between Belum and Kedingbruch

The line in Neuhaus (Oste)

[edit] Line features

The Niederelbebahn is a main line since 1964 and is currently listed as Kursbuchstrecke 121. The line is part of the Strecke 1720, with the kilometrage starting at Lehrte near Hanover.

The line features two tracks on most sections, except between the stations Himmelpforten and Hechthausen. The line has been electrified between Hamburg and Stade since 1968.

The Hamburg S-Bahn line to Neugraben runs parallel to the line since 1984. An extension to Stade, using dual-voltage vehicles, is planned for 2009.

The trains between Cuxhaven and Hamburg will be operated by metronom from late 2007.