Hanoverian Southern Railway

The Hanoverian Southern Railway (German: Hannöversche Südbahn) is a historical term but it is still a common name for the line between Hanover and Kassel. It is a German main line railway in Lower Saxony and is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened between 1853 and 1856 by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways.

Hanoverian Southern Railway
Overview
Native nameHannöversche Südbahn
Line number1732
LocaleLower Saxony, Hesse, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number350 (ex 250, 257, 600)
Technical
Line length166 km (103 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

Line from Minden / Line from Bremen
0.0
Hanover Hbf
former line to Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm (sidings)
Hannover Lokalbf
Hannover-Altenbeken Railway
Hannover Südbf
(goods station, 1880~1995)
former route to Altenbeken (until 1909)
3.1
Hannover Bismarckstr.
3.6
Hannover Bismarkstr. junction
(HSL)
from freight bypass
7.0
Hannover-Wülfel
(passenger station until 1977)
former Messe station (1953 to 1998)
8.0
Hannover Messe/Laatzen
11.9
Rethen (Leine)
18.4
Sarstedt
21.4
22.8
Barnten
Line to Hildesheim S 4
26.5
Nordstemmen
Leine
29.7
Poppenburg
32.9
Elze (Han)
32.9
32.9
39.0
Banteln
42.2
Brüggen (Han)
45.8
Godenau
49.8
Alfeld (Leine)
Leine
58.7
Freden (Leine)
68.8
Kreiensen
Line to Osterode am Harz
76.8
Ilme Railway from Einbeck
76.8
Einbeck-Salzderhelden
82.4
Edesheim
85.0
Edesheim (Leine) Nord junction
to HSL
86.2
Edesheim (Leine) Süd junction
from HSL
Rhume
South Harz Railway from Nordhausen
88.6
Northeim (Han)
Solling Railway to Ottbergen
92.0
Sudheim
97.8
Nörten-Hardenberg
to Reyershausen (Kalischacht)
101.7
Bovenden
Bovender Cover (400 m)
106.6
Göttingen freight yard
108.1
Göttingen
Leine
(110.6)
Göttingen Siekweg junction
113.1
Groß Ellershausen
123.8
Dransfeld
132.1
Oberscheden
Volkmarshäuser Tunnel (325 m)
136.2
Volkmarshausen
140.5
Münden-Nord
141.0
Hann. Münden port railway
Werra
142.0
Hann. Münden
144.8
Bonaforth siding
148.7
Wilhelmshausen
151.4
Speele
155.2
Kragenhof
Fulda, Lower Saxony–Hesse state border
Lohberg tunnel (1039 m)
157.6
Fuldatal-Ihringshausen
161.3
Vellmar-Niedervellmar
Kassel Nordwest junction
162.4
Kassel Rbf (marshalling yard) Nord
163.8
Kassel Rbf
Freightline to Kassel Unterstadt
Line from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
System change: 15 kV~ / 600 V=
166.2
Kassel Hbf
Source: German railway atlas
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