Elze–Löhne railway

The Elze–Löhne railway is a non-electrified line from the town of Elze in the German state of Lower Saxony via Hamelin and Rinteln to Löhne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs between the Weser and the Weser hills from Hamelin to Bad Oeynhausen and as a result this section is also called the Weser Railway (German: Weserbahn).

Elze–Löhne railway
Overview
Line number1820
LocaleLower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number372
Technical
Line length85 km (53 mi)
Number of tracks1 (formerly 2 between Hamelin and Löhne)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

0.0
Elze (Han)
4.5
Mehle
(siding)
9.0
Osterwald
From Salzhemmendorf
12.8
Voldagsen
16.6
Coppenbrügge
21.0
Behrensen
26.4
Afferde
Hamelin goods yard
29.0
Hamelin
32.3
Hameln-Wehl
(siding)
35.7
Fischbeck
41.1
Hessisch Oldendorf
43.9
Schaumburg
46.9
Deckbergen
From Stadthagen
From Barntrup
Rinteln Nord
53.2
Rinteln
LS / NRW state border
Eisbergen
61.2
Veltheim (b Rinteln)
63.5
Möllbergen
65.7
Uffeln
(crossover)
67.0
Weserbrücke b Vlotho
Weser
Herford Light Railway
69.5
Vlotho
75.8
Bad Oeynhausen Süd
79.7
(beginning of two tracks)
82.0
Löhne (Westf)
Line to Bünde
Source: German railway atlas

The line was previously part of the main route for freight from Berlin to Amsterdam via Hildesheim, Elze, Löhne, Osnabrück, Rheine and Almelo. In the 1990s and the 2000s, the formerly double-track main line was reduced to one track. The line can be operated at up to 120 km/h.

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