Hamburg freight rail bypass

The Hamburg freight rail bypass (German: Güterumgehungsbahn) is a railway line in the German city of Hamburg. It runs from Hamburg-Eidelstedt via Hamburg-Rothenburgsort to Hamburg-Harburg and connects the long-distance railways approaching Hamburg, bypassing the link line and the railway junctions on the approaches to Hamburg-Altona station and Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. The line is mainly used for rail freight.

Hamburg freight rail bypass
A freight train on the bypass in 2011
Overview
Native nameGüterumgehungsbahn
Line number
  • 1234 (HH-Eidelstedt–HH-Rothenburgsort)
  • 1280 (HH-Billwerder–Buchholz)
LocaleHamburg and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number101.1
Technical
Line length61.1 km (38.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map

0.0
Hamburg-Eidelstedt
Schlump–Niendorf
5.7
Bbf Hamburg-Lokstedt
Tarpenbek
From Ohlsdorf, from Poppenbüttel
(Hamburg) Rübenkamp
(Hamburg) Alte Wöhr
11.6
Hamburg-Barmbek Bbf
To former Barmbek freight yard (U-Bahn workshop)
Barmbek–Wandsbek-Gartenstadt
(Hamburg-) Barmbek (S-Bahn)
(Hamburg) Friedrichsberg
Hbf Süd–Wandsbek Markt
(Hamburg) Wandsbeker Chaussee
15.3
Hamburg-Barmbek Gleichrichterwerk
S-Bahn to HH Hbf / from Ahrensburg (planned)
Hamburg–Lübeck
16.0
Horn
(junction) from Lübeck
Hamburg-Horn Bbf
Sievekingsallee
Billwerder Industriebahn
From Tiefstack
From Hamburg-Rothenburgsort Tk
21.2
39.9
Hamburg-Rothenburgsort Ro
Billhafen
Main line from Hamburg Hbf
38.5
Hamburg Oberhafen
(junction)
38.5
Hamburg-Elbbrücken
(under construction)
Norderelbe (312 m)
37.6
Hamburg-Veddel
(junction)
Port Railway to Hamburg-Süd port yard
Spreehafen
Hamburg-Veddel (S-Bahn)
Port Railway from Hamburg-Süd port yard
Port Railway from Peute
35.0
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg junction
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg marshalling yard
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg (S-Bahn)
33.2
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg S-Bahn
(junction)
Hamburg Süderelbrücke junction
Port Railway
Süderelbe
Lower Elbe Railway from Cuxhaven
Hamburg-Harburg
Hamburg-Harburg Bbf Süd
Main line to Bremen
Hamburg/Lower Saxony state border
Meckelfeld
Meckelfeld junction
24.6
Meckelfeld
Maschen yard
23.2
Maschen Rbf Mnof
22.9
Maschen Rbf Mnwf
Maschen Pbf
21.7
Maschen Rbf Mswf
21.1
Maschen Rbf Msof
19.6
Maschen Rbf Süd
(junction)
Former line from Lüneburg
7.7
Jesteburg
(crossover)
6.280
Jesteburg
4.050
Reindorf
0.001
Buchholz (Nordheide)
-1.476
321.732
from Hamburg Hbf
to Bremen
Source: German railway atlas
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