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Bebra–Göttingen railway

Göttingen–Bebra railway
Overview
Native name Bahnstrecke Göttingen–Bebra
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Lower Saxony and Hesse, Germany
Termini Göttingen
Bebra
Stations 12
Line number 3600
Operation
Opened Stages between 1867–1876
Owner Deutsche Bahn
Operator(s) DB Bahn, Cantus
Technical
Line length 80.5 km (50.0 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Route number 540.1, 611 and 613
Route map
from Frankfurt-Fulda
Kassel-Leipzig
166.6 Bebra
to Kassel
167.4 connection to Bebra marshalling yard
to Kassel
Braunhäuser Tunnel (293 m, until 1963)
175.5 Asmushausen
177.4 Bebra Tunnel crossover
Cornberger Tunnel (719 m)
178.8 Cornbergformer station
182.7 Berneburg
Sontra
from Sontra industrial estate
186.7 Sontra
Sontra
193.7 Hoheneicheformer station
Wehre
197.1 Wehretal-Reichensachsen(reopened 2003)
Leinefelde–Treysa railway
from Treysa
to Eschwege town (since 2009)
201.6 Eschwege West(until 2009) (Keilbahnhof)
from Eschwege town
205.5 Albungen
212.5 Bad Sooden-Allendorf
218.3 Oberrieden
Schürzeberg-Tunnel (173 m)
Werra
220.8 Werleshausen
Bebenroth-Tunnel (930 m)
Kassel-Halle and Gelster Valley Railway
from Kassel
Gelster Valley Railway from Großalmerode
227.3 Eichenberg
to Nordhausen
228.4
Eichenberg Nordkopf junction
Eichenberger curve
Südharzautobahn A38
Old path to Arenshausen until 1884
233.4 Friedland (Han)
238.0 Obernjesastation until May 1990

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