Berlin–Lehrte railway

The Berlin–Lehrte railway, known in German as the Lehrter Bahn (Lehrte Railway), is an east–west line running from Berlin via Lehrte to Hanover. Its period as a separate railway extended from its opening in 1871 to the nationalisation of its owner, the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company on 1 July 1886. The company's Berlin station, the Lehrter Bahnhof was finally torn down in 1958.

Berlin–Lehrte railway
"Stammbahn" via Stendal (left) and the high-speed line bypassing Stendal (right) at Möhringen
Overview
Native nameLehrter Bahn
Line number
  • 6107 Berlin Hbf–Lehrte
  • 6185 HSL from Berlin-Spandau to Oebisfelde
  • 6399 Oebisfelde–Fallersleben (3 tracks)
LocaleLower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Berlin
Service
Route number
  • 204 Berlin–Stendal
  • 301 Stendal–Wolfsburg
  • 300 Wolfsburg–Lehrte
  • 349
Technical
Line length239.3 km (148.7 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 1–3
  • 2, combined with HSL (Bamme junction–Ribbeck junction)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary (partly)
Operating speed200 km/h (120 mph) (maximum)
Route map
from Hanover
from and to Celle
239.3
 Lehrte
old route to Hildesheim
to Hildesheim, to Brunswick
231.1
 Immensen-Arpke
223.9
 Dollbergen
Fuhse
219.7
 Dedenhausen
 Plockhorst junction, to Plockhorst (high level)
216.3
 Plockhorst (low level), Brunswick–Celle
213.7
 Meinersen
211.8
Oker
206.3
 Leiferde (b Gifhorn)
205.7
 Leiferde (b Gifhorn)
from Uelzen
from Brunswick, until 1913
198.4
 Gifhorn
to Brunswick, since 1913
Elbe Lateral Canal tunnel (970 m)
192.1
 Calberlah
Mittelland Canal
186.3
from Brunswick, since 1942
185.6
 Fallersleben
to Brunswick, until 1942
180.9
 Wolfsburg
176.5
 Vorsfelde
 Danndorf
to Schandelah, 1955–75
Aller
Lower Saxony–Saxony-Anhalt state border
from Schandelah, to 1945
from Helmstedt
from Wittingen
267.9   167.3
 Oebisfelde
To Haldensleben
(flying junction)
Salzwedel
Mittelland Canal (108 m)
157.7
 Miesterhorst
151.6
 Mieste
145.2
 Solpke
238.7   137.5
 Gardelegen / crossover
To Haldensleben
131.3
 Jävenitz
124.0
 Uchtspringe
117.8
 Vinzelberg
216.8   115.8
 Nahrstedt junction
112.4
 Möringen (Altm)
(beginning of Stendal southern bypass)
From Uelzen, from Wittenberge
105.1
 Stendal
To Alstom (Stendal depot),
formerly to Borstel
To Magdeburg
To Tangermünde
(end of Stendal southern bypass)
99.9
 Bindfelde junction
198.8            
 Staffelde junction
97.1
 Hämerten
(station until 1998)
Elbe bridge, Hämerten (810 m)
192.3     92.3
 Schönhausen (Elbe)/Schönhausen HGV
To Genthin
To Sandau
85.8
 Schönhauser Damm
Saxony-Anhalt/Brandenburg state border
79.4
 Großwudicke
Havel (230 m)
From Brandenburg
170.9     70.9
 Rathenow
To Neustadt (Dosse)
165.6     65.6
 Bamme junction
160.7   (60.7)
 Nennhausen
152.2   (52.2)
 Buschow
148.5     48.9
 Ribbeck junction
43.5
 Groß Behnitz
Osthavelland District Railway
35.7
 Neugarten junction
from Ketzin
35.4
 Neugarten
From Nauen
130.5     30.4
 Wustermark
Havel Canal (86 m)
A 10
To outer ring
Berlin outer ring
From outer ring
26.3
 Elstal
 Wustermark Rbf
24.1
 Wustermark Rbf Wot
(junction)
22.2
 Dallgow-Döberitz
18.5
 Berlin-Staaken
Brandenburg–Berlin state border
16.6
 Berlin-Staaken
115.9     15.9
 Berlin Nennhauser Damm junction
From Hamburg
14.4
 Berlin-Spandau freight yard
112.7     12.7
 Berlin-Spandau, terminus of
Havel
 Berlin-Stresow
Spandau Military Railway
S-Bahn line to Stadtbahn
10.6
 Berlin-Ruhleben freight yard
110.3     10.4
 Berlin Wiesendamm junction
To Stadtbahn
8.7
 Berlin-Charlottenburg junction
Freight line to Berlin Westkreuz
 Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn
from Gartenfeld
A 100 (Rudolf-Wissell Bridge)
From Westend
From Westkreuz ( only at weekends)
Spree
5.7
 Jungfernheide
Charlottenburg Canal
 Beusselstraße
3.3
 Moabit
 Westhafen
To Wedding ( only at weekends)
To Gesundbrunnen and HuL
From Gesundbrunnen
from Wedding (planned)
North–South mainline Tunnel
0.0
Berlin Hbf, Lehrter Bf (low level),
Stadtbahn
0.0
 Lehrter Bahnhof
to Berlin Südkreuz
Source: German railway atlas

The 239 km long route, which is still open, runs from Berlin Hauptbahnhof in a westerly direction to Spandau. From there it runs through Rathenow, Stendal, Oebisfelde, Wolfsburg and Gifhorn to Lehrte, where it connects with the Hanover–Brunswick line to Hanover.

The Lehrte railway has a maximum speed of 200 km/h on the busy line between Hanover and Oebisfelde, which forms part of the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line. Between Oebisfelde and Berlin, the new line runs largely parallel with the Lehrte line. The Lehrte line is mostly unelectrified between Wustermark in the western of the suburbs of Berlin and Vorsfelde, near Wolfsburg, as long-distance passenger services use the new line.

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