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Halle–Vienenburg railway

The Halle–Vienenburg railway is a 123 kilometre long non-electrified main line north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. It is an important connection between the metropolitan area of Halle (Saale) and the northern Harz mountains. It was opened in several sections between 1862 and 1872 by the Magdeburg–Halberstadt Railway Company (Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft, MHE) and is now maintained by DB Netz except for the disused section between Heudeber-Danstedt and Vienenburg. Since 1996, traffic between Heudeber-Danstedt and Vienenburg has used the railway via Wernigerode running further to the south.

Halle–Vienenburg railway
Overview
Line number
  • 6344
  • 6346, 6050 (S-Bahn track)
LocaleSaxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number330
Technical
Line length123.2 km (76.6 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: (Aschersleben–Frose and Wegeleben–Halberstadt)
  • 1: (elsewhere)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
  • Halle–Halberstadt: 160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
  • Halberstadt–Vienenburg: 120 km/h (74.6 mph) (max)
Route map

0.0
Halle (Saale) Hbf
Halle Steintorbrücke
line 6346
Halle Dessauer Brücke
Halle Zoo
Halle Wohnstadt Nord
6.2
Halle-Trotha
Halle-Trotha Port Railway
from Hafen Halle
9.6
Teicha
from Wettin
13.8
Wallwitz (Saalkreis)
17.8
Nauendorf (Saalkreis)
to Löbejün
22.7
Domnitz (Saalkreis)
28.5
Könnern
to Baalberge
to Rothenburg
32.3
Gnölbzig
38.9
Belleben
45.4
Sandersleben (Anh)
48.4
Freckleben
51.3
Drohndorf-Mehringen
56.4
Aschersleben
B 180
to Schneidlingen
64.3
Frose
67.5
Nachterstedt-Hoym
71.3
Gatersleben
74.8
Hedersleben-Wedderstedt
81.7
Wegeleben
86.6
Halberstadt Ost junction
to Blankenburg
from Blankenburg
87.7
Halberstadt marshalling yard (Rbf)
88.9
Halberstadt
110 m
Halberstadt Friedhof
96.2
Ströbeck
142 m
103.4
Heudeber-Danstedt
188 m
105.1
Mulmke junction
to Mattierzoll
108.2
Langeln
111.5
Wasserleben
to Osterwieck
115.2
Schauen
120.1
Saxony-AnhaltLower Saxony state border
123.2
Vienenburg goods station (Gbf)
Vienenburg
137 m
Source: German railway atlas[1]

Between Halle Hauptbahnhof and Halle-Trotha, a single-track electrified line of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland runs parallel to the Halle–Halberstadt railway, but there is no connection between the lines in Halle-Trotha.

History edit

 
Vienenburg station

As early as 1841 and 1843 respectively, Vienenburg and Halberstadt were connected to the railway network. Likewise, in 1843 the line from Oschersleben via Jerxheim to Wolfenbüttel was taken into service, as a result of which one could travel by rail between Vienenburg and Halberstadt, albeit on a route running a long way to the north. Nevertheless, there were further plans for a railway close to the Harz Mountains, that would run westwards from Halberstadt.

The first section, from Halberstadt to Wegeleben, was opened in 1862 along with the Halberstadt–Thale railway. Only three years later the Wegeleben-Aschersleben section went into service.

In 1864 a state treaty between Prussia and the Brunswick was agreed that envisaged a railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg. A reasonably level route was chosen, at some distance from the Harz, running via Heudeber-Danstedt and Wasserleben. The Kingdom of Hanover, on whose territory Vienenburg was located, initially rejected this scheme however. Not until Prussia's victory in the Austro-Prussian War and the resulting annexation of Hanover could the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company (MHE) begin work on its construction in 1867. On 1 March 1869 the line was taken into service. Two years beforehand the MHE had opened the eastern extension of the railway towards Halle (Saale). In 1871, this line was extended to the neighbouring village of Könnern, and, in 1872, the last section to Halle (Saale) was completed.

In 1875, the line from Vienenburg to Hildesheim, in the shape of the Vienenburg–Langelsheim railway, also opened and, with that, the direct line from Halle to Hanover was complete.

Long-distance passenger services were moved after the nationalisation of the MHE to the more northerly lines of the Prussian state railways, but the line retained significance for long-distance freight traffic.[2]

During World War II, traffic increased further as the route was an important part of the connection between the Ruhr and central Germany.[2] The line suffered almost no damage during the Second World War but, as a result of the division of Germany, it was cut in 1945 between Vienenburg on the West German side and Wasserleben on the East German side, and later dismantled.

After the Wende there were attempts to reactivate the link between Halberstadt and Vienenburg. But because the line missed out larger towns like Wernigerode and Ilsenburg, the decision went in favour of the southern route, the Heudeber-Danstedt–Ilsenburg railway. Until 1945 this had also crossed the state border, to Bad Harzburg.

Because the trackbed of the old line was no longer usable in the area of Bad Harzburg, the Deutsche Bahn decided to build the new line, which branches off the old one at Stapelburg and runs northwards to the Halberstadt–Vienenburg route. Just before the state border it rejoins the old route and follows it to Vienenburg. Because the line uses the old trackbed on Lower Saxon soil, the project could be viewed locally as a renovation of an existing line, which enabled the installation of level crossings. On 2 June 1996 the new section, approximately 10 kilometres long, was opened. Since then passenger trains between Halberstadt and Vienenburg have used the Halberstadt–Heudeber-Danstedt section of the old line and the three kilometre long section on Lower Saxony territory, but otherwise they run along the southern route via Ilsenburg and Wernigerode.

Passenger trains were still using the section of line between Heudeber-Danstedt and Wasserleben until 28 September 2002, continuing along the track of the former Osterwieck-Wasserleben Railway to Osterwieck. Thereafter services were withdrawn and, by 30 June 2003, the line was closed by the Federal Railway Office.

At the end of the 1990s the Halle–Halberstadt section was completely converted in order to enable it to handle tilting trains with a top speed of 160 km/h. The entire control and safety equipment was modernised (including the installation of an electronic signal box at Sandersleben), the track layouts of many stations were reduced to the minimum necessary. Several stations were abandoned completely.

The line from Halberstadt via Wernigerode to Vienenburg was converted in 2007 to take trains using tilting technology. In the new 2008 timetable, journey times shortened again due to the completion of renovation work.[3]

Rail services edit

The Deutsche Bahn's Regional Express trains (HarzExpress) work the line every two hours between Halle, Halberstadt and Hanover, stopping at all stations, as do local services on the North Harz Network (Nordharznetz) operated by Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt. At weekends Veolia runs an excursion service between Berlin and Wernigerode that uses the Halberstadt–Heudeber-Danstedt section.

The stations between Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof and Halle-Trotha are on a separate track operated as part of line S7 of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 43–4, 56, 130. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ a b Josef Högemann (2007). Eisenbahnchronik Harz – Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen im Harz (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. p. 25. ISBN 3-88255-722-2.
  3. ^ Nordharzstrecke for the Neigetechnikverkehr freigegeben

References edit

  • Dirk Endisch (2009). The line Halberstadt–Vienenburg (in German). Stendal: Verlag Dirk Endisch. ISBN 9783936893366.
  • Josef Högemann (1995). Eisenbahnen im Harz (in German). Vol. 1: The Staatsbahnstrecken. Nordhorn: Verlag Kenning. ISBN 3-927587-43-5.
  • Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee (2002). Rückkehr zur Schiene. Reaktivierte and neue linen im Personenverkehr 1980–2001 (in German). Stuttgart: transpress. ISBN 3-613-71185-0.

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The Halle Vienenburg railway is a 123 kilometre long non electrified main line north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany It is an important connection between the metropolitan area of Halle Saale and the northern Harz mountains It was opened in several sections between 1862 and 1872 by the Magdeburg Halberstadt Railway Company Magdeburg Halberstadter Eisenbahngesellschaft MHE and is now maintained by DB Netz except for the disused section between Heudeber Danstedt and Vienenburg Since 1996 traffic between Heudeber Danstedt and Vienenburg has used the railway via Wernigerode running further to the south Halle Vienenburg railwayOverviewLine number6344 6346 6050 S Bahn track LocaleSaxony Anhalt and Lower Saxony GermanyServiceRoute number330TechnicalLine length123 2 km 76 6 mi Number of tracks2 Aschersleben Frose and Wegeleben Halberstadt 1 elsewhere Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeOperating speedHalle Halberstadt 160 km h 99 4 mph max Halberstadt Vienenburg 120 km h 74 6 mph max Route mapLegendfrom Leipzig and from Grosskorbethafrom Hann Munden0 0 Halle Saale Hbfto Delitzsch to Bitterfeld and to KothenHalle Steintorbruckeline 6346Halle Dessauer BruckeHalle ZooHalle Wohnstadt Nord6 2 Halle TrothaHalle Trotha Port Railwayfrom Hafen Halle9 6 TeichaA 14from Wettin13 8 Wallwitz Saalkreis 17 8 Nauendorf Saalkreis to LobejunA 1422 7 Domnitz Saalkreis 28 5 Konnernto BaalbergeB 71to RothenburgB 6Saale32 3 Gnolbzig38 9 Bellebenfrom Sangerhausen45 4 Sandersleben Anh to Gusten48 4 Freckleben51 3 Drohndorf MehringenB 6from Kothen56 4 AscherslebenB 185B 180to SchneidlingenB 6nfrom Quedlinburg64 3 Frose67 5 Nachterstedt Hoym71 3 Gatersleben74 8 Hedersleben Wedderstedtfrom Thale81 7 Wegeleben86 6 Halberstadt Ost junctionto Blankenburgfrom Blankenburg87 7 Halberstadt marshalling yard Rbf 88 9 Halberstadt 110 mto MagdeburgHalberstadt Friedhof96 2 Strobeck 142 m103 4 Heudeber Danstedt 188 mto Wernigerode105 1 Mulmke junction to Mattierzoll108 2 Langeln111 5 Wasserlebento Osterwieck115 2 Schauenfrom Wernigerode120 1 Saxony Anhalt Lower Saxony state borderfrom BrunswickA 395 motorway123 2 Vienenburg goods station Gbf Vienenburg 137 mto Langelsheimto Bad Harzburgto GoslarSource German railway atlas 1 Between Halle Hauptbahnhof and Halle Trotha a single track electrified line of the S Bahn Mitteldeutschland runs parallel to the Halle Halberstadt railway but there is no connection between the lines in Halle Trotha Contents 1 History 2 Rail services 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp Vienenburg stationAs early as 1841 and 1843 respectively Vienenburg and Halberstadt were connected to the railway network Likewise in 1843 the line from Oschersleben via Jerxheim to Wolfenbuttel was taken into service as a result of which one could travel by rail between Vienenburg and Halberstadt albeit on a route running a long way to the north Nevertheless there were further plans for a railway close to the Harz Mountains that would run westwards from Halberstadt The first section from Halberstadt to Wegeleben was opened in 1862 along with the Halberstadt Thale railway Only three years later the Wegeleben Aschersleben section went into service In 1864 a state treaty between Prussia and the Brunswick was agreed that envisaged a railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg A reasonably level route was chosen at some distance from the Harz running via Heudeber Danstedt and Wasserleben The Kingdom of Hanover on whose territory Vienenburg was located initially rejected this scheme however Not until Prussia s victory in the Austro Prussian War and the resulting annexation of Hanover could the Magdeburg Halberstadt Railway Company MHE begin work on its construction in 1867 On 1 March 1869 the line was taken into service Two years beforehand the MHE had opened the eastern extension of the railway towards Halle Saale In 1871 this line was extended to the neighbouring village of Konnern and in 1872 the last section to Halle Saale was completed In 1875 the line from Vienenburg to Hildesheim in the shape of the Vienenburg Langelsheim railway also opened and with that the direct line from Halle to Hanover was complete Long distance passenger services were moved after the nationalisation of the MHE to the more northerly lines of the Prussian state railways but the line retained significance for long distance freight traffic 2 During World War II traffic increased further as the route was an important part of the connection between the Ruhr and central Germany 2 The line suffered almost no damage during the Second World War but as a result of the division of Germany it was cut in 1945 between Vienenburg on the West German side and Wasserleben on the East German side and later dismantled After the Wende there were attempts to reactivate the link between Halberstadt and Vienenburg But because the line missed out larger towns like Wernigerode and Ilsenburg the decision went in favour of the southern route the Heudeber Danstedt Ilsenburg railway Until 1945 this had also crossed the state border to Bad Harzburg Because the trackbed of the old line was no longer usable in the area of Bad Harzburg the Deutsche Bahn decided to build the new line which branches off the old one at Stapelburg and runs northwards to the Halberstadt Vienenburg route Just before the state border it rejoins the old route and follows it to Vienenburg Because the line uses the old trackbed on Lower Saxon soil the project could be viewed locally as a renovation of an existing line which enabled the installation of level crossings On 2 June 1996 the new section approximately 10 kilometres long was opened Since then passenger trains between Halberstadt and Vienenburg have used the Halberstadt Heudeber Danstedt section of the old line and the three kilometre long section on Lower Saxony territory but otherwise they run along the southern route via Ilsenburg and Wernigerode Passenger trains were still using the section of line between Heudeber Danstedt and Wasserleben until 28 September 2002 continuing along the track of the former Osterwieck Wasserleben Railway to Osterwieck Thereafter services were withdrawn and by 30 June 2003 the line was closed by the Federal Railway Office At the end of the 1990s the Halle Halberstadt section was completely converted in order to enable it to handle tilting trains with a top speed of 160 km h The entire control and safety equipment was modernised including the installation of an electronic signal box at Sandersleben the track layouts of many stations were reduced to the minimum necessary Several stations were abandoned completely The line from Halberstadt via Wernigerode to Vienenburg was converted in 2007 to take trains using tilting technology In the new 2008 timetable journey times shortened again due to the completion of renovation work 3 Rail services editThe Deutsche Bahn s Regional Express trains HarzExpress work the line every two hours between Halle Halberstadt and Hanover stopping at all stations as do local services on the North Harz Network Nordharznetz operated by Veolia Verkehr Sachsen Anhalt At weekends Veolia runs an excursion service between Berlin and Wernigerode that uses the Halberstadt Heudeber Danstedt section The stations between Halle Saale Hauptbahnhof and Halle Trotha are on a separate track operated as part of line S7 of the S Bahn Mitteldeutschland nbsp Aschersleben station nbsp Konnern station nbsp Teicha haltNotes edit Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas Schweers Wall 2009 pp 43 4 56 130 ISBN 978 3 89494 139 0 a b Josef Hogemann 2007 Eisenbahnchronik Harz Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen im Harz in German Freiburg EK Verlag p 25 ISBN 3 88255 722 2 Nordharzstrecke for the Neigetechnikverkehr freigegebenReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Halle Vienenburg railway Dirk Endisch 2009 The line Halberstadt Vienenburg in German Stendal Verlag Dirk Endisch ISBN 9783936893366 Josef Hogemann 1995 Eisenbahnen im Harz in German Vol 1 The Staatsbahnstrecken Nordhorn Verlag Kenning ISBN 3 927587 43 5 Wolfgang Fiegenbaum Wolfgang Klee 2002 Ruckkehr zur Schiene Reaktivierte and neue linen im Personenverkehr 1980 2001 in German Stuttgart transpress ISBN 3 613 71185 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Halle Vienenburg railway amp oldid 1032571653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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