This article is about the standard gauge railway. For the narrow gauge line of the same name, see South Harz Railway Company.
Northeim–Nordhausen railway
Overview
Line number
1810
Locale
Lower Saxony and Thuringia, Germany
Service
Route number
357
Technical
Line length
69 km (43 mi)
Number of tracks
2: Northeim–Walkenried (formerly throughout)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline
1.06%
Route map
Legend
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[1]
135.7
Bad Sachsa
138.4
from Braunlage (narrow gauge)
138.4
Walkenried
(separate stations)
Walkenried Tunnel (269 m)
142.0
Inner German border
Lower Saxony/Thuringia
142.5
from Zorge
142.9
Ellrich
244 m
147.7
Woffleben
Woffleben
Zorge
151.0
Niedersachswerfen
Zorge
154.5
Nordhausen-Salza
157.5
from Hann. Münden
157.5
Nordhausen
183 m
158.4
B 4
to Halle
Source: German railway atlas[2]
The South Harz Railway (German: Südharzstrecke or Südharzbahn) is a railway line through the German states of Lower Saxony and Thuringia. It runs from Northeim to Nordhausen, via Herzberg am Harz, Bad Lauterberg-Barbis, Bad Sachsa, Walkenried and Ellrich. The line is 69 kilometres (43 mi) long.
^"Bahnhof Tettenborn" (in German). karstwanderweg.de. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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