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Oldenburg–Leer railway

Oldenburg–Leer railway
DB 1520 railway map.png
Overview
Locale Lower Saxony, Germany
Line number 1520
Technical
Line length 55 km (34 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 (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Route number 390
Route map
from Bremen and from Osnabrück
0 Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
from Osnabrück
former line to Brake
0 Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
old course of line (until 1966)
Pferdemarkt bridge
Rosenstraße
Heiligengeiststraße
Georgstraße
Peterstraße/Ziegelhofstraße
0.9 Ziegelhofstrasse
1.2 Line to Wilhelmshaven
2 A 28
3 Logemann (siding)
3 Oldenburg-Wechloy
3.4 Wechloy
6 Bloh
10.8 Kayhauserfeld
from Edewechterdamm
15.2 Bad Zwischenahn
from Westerstede
23.2 Westerstede-Ocholt
to Sedelsberg
29.5 Apen
32.2 Augustfehn
39.6 Stickhausen-Felde
42.8 Filsum
47.9 Nortmoor
49.9 Stadt Leer (siding)
from Emden
55.0 Leer
to Rheine and Groningen
Source: German railway atlas

The Oldenburg–Leer railway is a 55 km single-track electrified main line in the north-west of the German state of Lower Saxony. It connects the Emsland line near Leer with the city of Oldenburg. Thus, it serves traffic from the direction of Hanover and Bremen to the port of Emden, the Emsland and western East Frisia, including the islands of Borkum, Juist and Norderney, which are important tourist destinations. Together with the Leer–Groningen line, it also has international significance.

The line was opened on 15 June 1869 by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. During 1992 it was electrified, which made expensive and time-consuming locomotive changes in Oldenburg unnecessary for the route to East Frisia.

In the 2013 timetable, daily InterCity services connect Leipzig or Berlin and Hanover with Emden and Norddeich Mole. Together with Regional-Express services, trains operate approximately hourly. Since mid-December 2010, an hourly service has been operated on the Oldenburg–Bad Zwischenahn route by the Bremen S-Bahn.


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