Bremen–Bremerhaven railway

The Bremen–Bremerhaven railway line is a railway line connecting the German cities Bremen and Bremerhaven. It is an entirely two-track and electrified mainline railway that is operated Deutsche Bahn. It is designed for speeds of up to 160 km/h. In section from Bremen Hauptbahnhof to Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof is 62.0 km long, but its extension via Bremerhaven-Lehe to the Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel marshalling yard and on to Columbus quay is also often included. The most important intermediate station is Osterholz-Scharmbeck, where Regional-Express trains also stop.

Bremen–Bremerhaven
Overview
Line number1740
LocaleBremen and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number125
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Rollbahn from Ruhr
and line from Hanover
0.0
Bremen Hbf
to Oldenburg
Rollbahn to Hamburg
2.9
Bremen-Walle
7.9
Bremen-Oslebshausen
A 281
Lesum
11.3
Bremen-Burg
to Bremen-Vegesack
A 27
15.9
Ritterhude
21.1
Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Moorexpress to Stade
military siding from Garlstedt
28.0
Oldenbüttel
local military siding
34.9
Lübberstedt
41.9
Stubben
Lune
47.1
Lunestedt
53.9
Loxstedt
A 27
B 71
Rohr
Wulsdorf
Lower Weser railway from Farge
from Hamburg
58.7
Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf
from fishing port
Bremerhaven-Fischereihafen
62.0
Bremerhaven Hbf
since 1914
Geestemünde
station to 1914, later freight yard
until 1921: overseas port
to Lehe (1896-1914)
65.5
Bremerhaven-Lehe
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel
to Bederkesa
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel Hp
(marshalling yard)
Bremerhaven Seehafen
Bremerhaven Seehafen Columbusbahnhof
(station of Bremerhaven seaport)
Source: German railway atlas

The line was fully opened on 23 January 1862 jointly by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways and Bremen. Today it mostly sees freight traffic and local passenger trains. The last long-distance trains were InterRegio trains on the line Cuxhaven-Luxembourg that were discontinued in 2001.

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