Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg railway

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Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg
Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen station:
Standard gauge track meets narrow gauge track
Line length:17.26
Track gauge:1435
Gauge (new): 0600 mm (narrow gauge)
Legend
from Lübeck
Gremskamp
0.00 Malente-Gremsmühlen
to Kiel
Malentino
Malente Markt
Malente-Neversfelde
2.01 Eggersdorf (Malente-Nord)
3.89 Holsteinische Schweiz
5.49 Bruhnskoppel
6.72 Malkwitz
8.32 Benz
9.60 Flehm
11.15 Kletkamp
13.00 Blekendorf
15.20 Friederikenthal
Schmiedendorf
Light railway from Preetz
17.26 Lütjenburg

The Malente–Lütjenburg railway was a standard gauge, branch line in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was built by the businessman, Janus, who ran the Holsteinische Schweiz hotel, that gave its name to the local station on the line. It is currently closed.

The line will be used as a narrow gauge railway (600 mm) for tourist traffic.

Route

The route has a length of about 17 kilometres (11 mi) and links the resort of Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen with Lütjenburg in Holstein Switzerland (Holsteinischen Schweiz).

List of stations and halts

Its stations and halts are:

  • Gremskamp (Flohmarkthalle) (former Malente-Güterbahnhof - goods station)
  • 0.00 Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen; formerly a "wedge station" (Keilbahnhof) between the Kiel–Lübeck railway and this line; from 31 May 1866
  • Malentino (Kleinbahn halt); since 5 December 2006
  • Malente Markt (Kleinbahn halt); since 2007
  • Malente-Neversfelde; since 19 July 2008
  • 2.01 Malente-Nord (since 13 September 2008 Eggersdorf); from summer 1954
  • 3.89 Holsteinische Schweiz; from 25 May 1890
  • 5.49 Bruhnskoppel; from 1890
  • 6.72 Malkwitz; from summer 1954
  • 8.32 Benz; from 1890
  • 9.60 Flehm; from summer 1955
  • 11.15 Kletkamp; from 8 December 1890
  • 13.00 Blekendorf; from summer 1954
  • 15.20 Friederikenthal; from summer 1954
  • Schmiedendorf; from 1 June 1891 to 14 October 1892
  • 17.26 Lütjenburg

History

Erika, Deutz 16373, is one of the two diesel engines on the Kleinbahn

The contract for the construction of the line was signed on 15 May 1888. The railway was opened in several stages.

Sources

  • Hamelau, Olaf (2008). Hein Lüttenborg. Die Nebenbahn Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-86680-337-4
  • Hamelau, Olaf (2010). Die Eisenbahn in Ostholstein. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-589-7

External links

References

  1. T. Furusawa: Kamon daicho. Kin-ensha, o.J. ISBN 4-321-31720-7, S. 240.

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