Hanover freight bypass railway

The Hanover freight bypass railway (German: Güterumgehungsbahn Hannover) is a freight railway in the German state of Lower Saxony, which relieves Hannover Hauptbahnhof of freight traffic. It separates freight from passenger traffic on several routes and runs through the western and southern outskirts of the city, bypassing the city centre and the main station.

Hanover freight bypass railway
Overview
Native nameGüterumgehungsbahn Hannover
Line number1750
LocaleLower Saxony
Termini
  • Wunstorf
  • Lehrte Nord
Service
Route number(only freight)
Technical
Line length43.3 km (26.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map
Line from Minden, line from Bremen
0.0
 Wunstorf
(Keilbahnhof)
(flying junction)
4.0
 Seelze-Gümmerwald
(junction)
5,1
 Dedensen-Gümmer
Mittelland Canal
 Seelze
(separate S-Bahn line from here)
10.4
 Seelze Rbf (marshalling yard) West
12.3
 Seelze Rbf
Line to Hanover-Hainholz/Hbf
Linden side canal
Connecting curve from Hannover-Hainholz
15.8
 Ahlem
Stadtbahn line 10
Linden port railway
Stadtbahn line 9
19.8
 Linden port
Empelde curve to Hamelin
Line from Hamelin
22.4
 Hannover-Linden
23.2
 Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof
To Lokalbahnhof/Hannover Süd until 1909
Ihme
Leine
Hildesheimer Straße
26.6
 Hannover-Waldhausen
(junction)
Würzburg–Hanover HSL
Göttingen–Hanover line
27.7
 Hannover-Waldheim
(junction)
Stadtbahn line 6
Stadtbahn line 5
Lehrte–Hanover line
Mittelland Canal
From port (also from Hbf until 2003)
34.6
 Misburg
A 7
Line from Hanover
 Lehrte Rbf
(planned Mega Hub)
40.8
 Lehrte West
(junction)
Line to Lehrte
Line from Lehrte
43.3
 Lehrte Nord
Line to Celle
Source: German railway atlas
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