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South Harz Railway

Northeim–Nordhausen railway
Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Line number 1810
Technical
Line length 69 km (43 mi)
Number of tracks 2: Northeim–Walkenried
(formerly throughout)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed 100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.06%
Route number 357
Route map
Solling Railway from Ottbergen
Hanoverian Southern Railway from Kassel
88.6 Northeim 120 m
Hanoverian Southern Railway to Hanover
Northeim-Mühlentor (planned)
93.8 Hammenstedt until 1988
97.3 Katlenburg
Rhume
B 241
from Leinefelde
103.5 Wulften
108.0 Sieber
108.1 Hattorf
115.0 B 27
115.3 to Seesen (only freight)
115.4 former B 27
117.8 from Seesen (Westharzstrecke)
117.9 Herzberg (Harz) 233 m
116.7 to Bleicherode and to Siebertal
119.7 Scharzfeld-West until 1983
121.3
Scharzfeld
(passenger services until 2005)
121.6 to St. Andreasberg
121.7 Oder
122.6 former B 243
122.6 Bad Lauterberg-Barbis
Elbe-Weser watershed 322 m
128.8 Osterhagen until 1976 321 m
128.9 former B 243
129.3
Helme Valley Railway to Nordhausen
"lowland line"
130.3 to Steinbruch Wolfskuhle
130.8
Helme Valley Railway to Nordhausen
"upland line"
(only planned, never built)
131.2 former B 243
131.3 B 243
131.9 Helme Valley Railway
133.4 Tettenborn until 1976
135.7 Bad Sachsa
138.4 from Braunlage (narrow gauge)
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