Celle-Soltau, Celle-Munster Light Railway

The little train Celle- Soltau, Celle -Munster GmbH was until 1908 a municipal house operation of the district of Celle and changed its name originally as a narrow-gauge railway Garßen Mountains.

The initiative for the construction of a railway to Bergen had gone out from the district of Celle. The opening of the section Garßen - Beckedorf Mountains took place on 23 April 1902. The endpoint Garßen came about because had not reached agreement on the route of the territory of the city with the town of Celle. After approval of the local railway Celle- Witt rings, however, had a solution in the form of the introduction found in their path. Thus, more than two years later, on December 13, 1904, the route to Celle - suburb on the railway line Celle- Witt rings in operation, so that a direct transport from Bergen to Celle was possible. Passenger transport by Garßen was thus abandoned, the railway facilities were dismantled Final freight transport (transfer to the state railway ) on 1 September 1910. Garßen in but only in the 1930s.

With the narrow-gauge railway Celle- Wittingen AG, a joint business had already been agreed in 1905.

On April 23, 1910, the extension of the railway line from Bergen to Soltau and of Beckedorf to Munster took place. For this was 1908, the little train Celle- Soltau, Celle -Munster was founded as a limited company, were involved in the circle of Celle and the Kingdom of Prussia, the Province of Hanover and the districts Fallingbostel Soltau, Celle and several neighboring communities.

As part of the upgrade several ports were created to military camps ( be afraid, Bergen ), which caused a heavy traffic. Since 1940, the railway was not treated due to a rich uniform regulation as a small train, but as a railway public transport; which expressed itself in the new company Railway Celle- Soltau, Celle -Munster from.

On 1 March 1944, a merger agreement entered by rail Celle- Wittingen AG Celler Eisenbahn AG in force, these merged on July 10, 1944 Osthannoversche Railways AG.

Today on both routes will take place regularly museum railway operation.