Göttingen–Bodenfelde railway

The Göttingen–Bodenfelde railway, also called the Oberweserbahn (Upper Weser Railway) and in Göttingen the Bodenfelder Bahn (Bodenfeld Railway), is a standard gauge railway in South Lower Saxony. The single-track, non-electrified branch line runs from Göttingen to Bodenfelde through the Weser Uplands. It is used mainly by local traffic, but it is also used by through traffic. The route was once used, for example, by Düsseldorf–Göttingen traffic.

Göttingen–Bodenfelde railway
Overview
Line number1801
LocaleHesse and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 356 Süd
  • until 1992: 245
  • until ?: 246
  • until 1970: 202d, ex 200c
Technical
Line length36.780 km (22.854 mi)
Minimum radius500 m (1,640 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline0.092%
Route map
From Bebra
0.0
 Göttingen
Until ca. 1986
Lutter
Federal highway 27 / formerly A388
3.3
Hannover–Göttingen, junction since ca. 1990
3.3
Weende, until 1976
High-speed railway and Federal highway 3
Leine
Autobahn 7 Hannover–Kassel
8.0
 Lenglern
closed 1988–2005
Harste
11.2
 Emmenhausen
until 1988
14.2
 Lödingsen
17.8
 Adelebsen
(Kr.Göttingen)
20.7
 Eberhausen
1929–1973
Auschnippe
Hessenbach
24.7
 Offensen (Kr. Northeim)
28.2
 Verliehausen
until 1988
Schwülme
Ahle
Lower Saxony / Hesse state border
32.1
 Vernawahlshausen
Schwülme (2 parallel)
Hesse / Lower Saxony state border (3x)
Runs parallel to Solling Railway from Northeim
36.5
 Bodenfelde
Kr.Northeim
to Ottbergen
Source: German railway atlas

The only freight is from a basalt quarry in Adelebsen.

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