Bremen–Bremerhaven railway

The railway Bremen- Bremerhaven is a 1862 two-track and electrified opened throughout main rail line operated by Deutsche Bahn, which connects the two cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

They are approved for speeds of up to 160 km / hr. Measured from Bremen Main Station to Bremerhaven Main Station is 62.0 km long, but often is also the extension via Bremerhaven - Bremerhaven - Lehe the marshalling yard Speckenbüttel and on to Columbus Quay counted with time.

Operation

The track was included until 2001 in the long-distance network of Deutsche Bahn. On it wrong several long-distance trains - the F- train on D, IR and IC trains or the ICE. An ICE from Bremerhaven to Munich or IR trains between Cuxhaven and Luxembourg and Saarbrücken are the recent examples.

The most important intermediate station is Osterholz- Beck, where the regional express trains stop. The RE of the line Bremerhaven - Bremen - Osnabrück operate in two- hour intervals ( in rush hour on compression hour clock ). Since December 2010, runs every hour the line RS 2 Regio -S -Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony between Bremerhaven -Lehe and twist rings, since mid-December 2011 at the Bremen Hauptbahnhof- Bremen-Burg section line RS1 direction Vegesack and Bremen- Farge in half hour in rush hour every quarter hour.

In addition, find extensive freight transport, which consists in particular in the transport of containers and cars, to and from the ports of Bremerhaven instead. More on the railways in Bremerhaven and their ports in a separate article.

Naming

In historical sources, the route is also called " Geestemünde car" ( after the river Geeste where it ended ) refers. However, this name is not unique, since the railway line Bremerhaven Buxtehude ( west Bremervörde ) is referred to as the latter is closer to the river.

History

The pipeline route was a contested compromise the countries Hanover and Bremen. In 1850 Bremen called an outgoing Vegesack and Blumenthal short connection to the Weser estuary. The wealthy villages of Osterstader march in particular should be developed. Contrast, Hannover preferred over a distance Lesum, Sharm Beck and Beverstedt. So a branch in Hamburg would be in addition Beverstedt been allowed to use the Hanoverian Geestemünde as a winter port for Hamburg can. Bremen suggested as a compromise the 1817-1839 built today's Federal Highway 6 as a rough course before. Finally, both countries agreed "in the middle, " so that the railway line at stumps and Loxstedt runs.

The endpoint of the segment was initially in today's Bremerhaven district Geestemünde, then still independent, not for the state of Bremen protected town. The port of Bremerhaven ( and 1896 also the first railway line Bremerhaven - Cuxhaven ) was connected via a branch off just before this branch line. Only in 1914 was the present route to today's main train station, then train station Geestemünde. Since 1966, the route is electrified throughout.