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Braunschweig–Magdeburg railway

Brunswick–Magdeburg railway
Magdeburger Bahnhof.jpg
Magdeburg station
Overview
Native name Bahnstrecke Braunschweig–Magdeburg
Locale Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Line number
  • 1900 Brunswick–Helmstedt
  • 6400 Helmstedt–Eilsleben
  • 6110 Eilsleben–Magdeburg
Technical
Line length 83.0 km (51.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • 120 km/h (75 mph) (Brunswick-Helmstedt, maximum)
  • 160 km/h (99 mph) (Helmstedt-Magdeburg, maximum)
Route number 310
Route map
from Hanover and Hildesheim
from Salzgitter and Bad Harzburg
3.4 Brunswick Hbf
from and to Gifhorn
5.7 Schmiedekamp junction
to Brunswick marshalling yard
7.0 Grüner Jäger
7.6
Buchhorst junction
from Brunswick marshalling yard
9.5 Weddel
9.7 Weddel junctionto Wolfsburg
13.8 Schandelah
14.8 A 39
16.4 to Oebisfelde
18.5 Bornum b. Königslutter
23.0 Königslutter
27.2 Lelm (Krs. Helmstedt)
31.4 Frellstedt
33.7 Wolsdorf
from Oebisfelde
from Wolfenbüttel
38.8
17.7
Helmstedt
14.9 Lower SaxonySaxony-Anhalt state border
from Völpke
13.8 Harbke crossover
from Beendorf
8.8 Marienborn 156 m
5.2 Wefensleben
from Schöningen
0.0
171.7
Eilsleben (b Magdeburg) 144 m
to Haldensleben
to Blumenberg
167.8 Ovelgünne
162.7 Dreileben-Drackenstedt
160.0 Ochtmersleben
156.3 Wellen (b Magdeburg)
151.1 Niederndodeleben 92 m
Schrote viaduct/A 14
144.8 Magdeburg-Sudenburg
to Halberstadt and Halle (Saale)
141.8 Magdeburg Hbf

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