Hanover–Hamburg railway

The Hanover–Hamburg railway is one of the most important railway lines in Lower Saxony and Germany. It links the Lower Saxon state capital of Hanover with Hamburg, running through Celle, Uelzen and Lüneburg.

Hannover–Hamburg railway
Overview
Line number
  • 1710 (Hannover–Celle)
  • 1720 (Celle–Harburg)
  • 2200 (Harburg–Hamburg)
  • 1153 (freight: Lüneburg–Stelle)
  • 1280/1/4 (freight:Ashausen–Hamburg)
LocaleLower Saxony and Hamburg, Germany
Service
Route number110
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed200 km/h (124.3 mph) 70 (maximum)
Route map

355.3
Hamburg Hbf
line to Lübeck/line from Berlin
Hamburg Klosterthor
to Hbf depot
from Sandtorhafen
Oberbaum bridge
Upper Harbour bridge
Ericus bridge
Hamburg Hannoverscher Bahnhof
from Strandhafen
353.7
Hamburg Ericus
(junction)
Hamburg Oberhafen
352.5
Hamburg Norderelbbrücke
(junction)
352.5
Hamburg Elbbrücke
352.4
Hamburg Oberhafen
(junction)
352.4
Hamburg-Elbbrücken
(planned)
Norderelbe (Freihafen Elbe bridge,
rail bridge)
351.5
Hamburg-Veddel
(junction)
Port Railway to Hamburg south
Spreehafen
350.9
Hamburg-Veddel (S-Bahn)
Port Railway Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg–Peute
348.7
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg junction
348.6
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg (S-Bahn)
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg S-Bahn junction
Süderelbe (rail bridge)
343.3
169.4
Hamburg-Harburg
to Bremen
Hamburg
Lower Saxony
state border
164.8
Meckelfeld
161.6
Maschen
Maschen marshalling yard
158.2
Stelle
154.9
Ashausen
154.8
Ashausen junction
150.5
Winsen (Luhe)
Winsen (Luhe) Süd
Winsen–Niedermarschacht railway
to Hützel
143.6
Radbruch
137.4
Bardowick
formerly from Buchholz
Lüneburg industrial and port railway
132.8
Lüneburg north end
(station part)
connecting curve to Lübeck
from Lübeck
131.6
Lüneburg (west and east side)
connecting track
129.9
Lüneburg freight yard
to Soltau
to Dannenberg Ost
125.9
Deutsch Evern
(passenger station until May 1976)
118.6
Bienenbüttel
109.2
Bad Bevensen
Emmendorf
from Dannenberg
from Bremen
96.4
Uelzen
to Stendal
90.2
Klein Süstedt
85.5
Suderburg
from Neulüß factory and from Hohenrieth
73.2
Unterlüß
61.7
Eschede
50.9
Garßen
Aller
44.1
41.2
Celle S 6S 7
43.2
Celle freight yard
to Lehrte S 6S 7
33.7
Dasselsbruch
31.1
Burgwedel Hasenwechsel
27.7
Moor
(until 1964)
21.9
Großburgwedel
17.4
Isernhagen
12.0
11.4
Langenhagen Pferdemarkt
9.9
Langenhagen Mitte
7.9
Hannover-Vinnhorst
Mittelland Canal
Hannover-Ledeburg
(since 10 November 1997)
Hannover-Herrenhausen
(until 9 November 1997)
to Minden, from Bremen
S-Bahn from Seelze S 1S 2S 51
Hannover-Hainholz
Hannover-Nordstadt
0.0
Hannover Hbf S 21S 3S 6S 7
Source: German railway atlas
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