Lower Elbe Railway

Lower Elbe Railway

The Lower Elbe Railway in Northern Germany
Overview
Line number 1720
Technical
Line length 103 km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 15 kV, 16.7 Hz
Operating speed 160 km/h
Maximum incline 20 ‰
Route number 121
Route map
Legend
 km S-Bahn mileage in italics
Hanover–Hamburg railway
to Hanover
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway
to Bremen
A 253
169.37
12.3
 Hamburg-Harburg
169.40 to
Elbe bridge /
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Seeve Canal and Göhlbach
13.2 Hamburg-Harburg Rathaus
170.78 Hamburg-Unterelbe
170.80 to Port of Harburg
174.xx Hamburg Tempo factory
14.5 Heimfeld
15.4 end of tunnel
15.5 B 73
172.70 merge with S-Bahn
 A 7
Hamburg Port Railway
to Kattwyk-Hub bridge

 175.11 Hamburg-Hausbruch freight yard
to
Waltershof and
Altenwerder (CTA) container terminals

 176.57 Hamburg-Hausbruch
1899–
1984
 20.4 Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal
179.19
22.1
 Hamburg-Neugraben
4 tracks ↑ DC
2 tracks ↓ AC

 181.60 Hamburg-Fischbek
Röttig barracks siding
 182.90
Hamburg
Lower Saxony

border

 183.50 Neu Wulmstorf(previously Daerstorf)
184.77 Ketzendorf gravel pit siding
 Este River
189.00 Bacardi tank terminal
 190.25 Buxtehude
Bremerhaven–Buxtehude railway
to Bremerhaven via EVB

 193.81 Neukloster
 Lühe River
 198.96 Horneburg
 203.29 Dollern
 206.05 Agathenburg
 208.60 A 26
Moor Express to Bremervörde
209.70
Industrial line
to Stadersand, Bützfleth and Dow Chemical
former Kehdinger District Railway
to Itzwörden

 211.18 Stade(S-Bahn terminus)
 212.00 Schwinge River
 218.68 Hammah
 222.62 Himmelpforten
 226.10 B 73
 226.29
Temporary single-track bridge
over River Oste

 228.41 Hechthausen
 234.97 Hemmoor
 235.50 B 495
 235.70 B 73
 238.18 Warstade-Hemmoor
closed
1991
 243.18 Wingst(previously Höftgrube)
 246.30 B 73
 247.05 Cadenberge
 Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal
 250.90 Neuhaus (Oste)
closed
1991
 Aue River
 254.60 Hadeln Canal
 257.00 B 73 (Otterndorf bypass)
 258.60 Medem River
 258.89 Otterndorf

 old B 73
 267.08 Altenbruch
closed
1991
 Altenbruch Canal
30.4 Steubenhöftand CuxPort
Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven railway
to Bremerhaven

 271.70 Cuxhaven CF
 273.05 Cuxhaven

The Lower Elbe Railway (German: Niederelbebahn or Unterelbebahn), is a railway line between Hamburg and Cuxhaven in northwestern Germany, which was opened in 1881 by the Lower Elbe Railway Company (Unterelbesche Eisenbahngesellschaft). At 103.6 kilometres of length, the line runs close to the southern bank of the Lower Elbe river.

Line features

The Lower Elbe Railway 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; and since 2008, toward Stade,[1] using dual-voltage vehicles.

The trains between Cuxhaven and Hamburg have been operated by metronom since late 2007.

References

  1. ↑ Rapid Transit/Regional Rail, Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, retrieved 2009-03-26

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