Deister Railway

The Deister Deister train or route is a rail line in Lower Saxony between Weetzen and Haste. Today, it is a section of the network of S -Bahn Hannover.

History

The railway line was built by the Hanover Altenbekener Railway Company, mainly to bulk (coal, stones) to transport from the Deister on the rail. The section Weetzen - Barsinghausen was taken on May 1, 1872 the remaining part to Haste on August 15, 1872 in operation. At this time did not exist breakpoints in Lemmie, Kirchdorf, Winning Hausen and Bantorf. The route to Barsinghausen was first day with two pairs of trains, according to the extension to Haste serves the entire route with three pairs of trains. The line was immediately used for the delivery of mail to Barsinghausen and Wennigsen. In 1975, the station Bantorf was established. On 1 October 1901, the breakpoint Winnighausen was opened. In 1904, farmers started from Bönnigsen an initiative to set a breakpoint at Lemmie. For them, the road to Wennigsen station was indeed significantly shorter, due to a steep slope with horse-drawn carts but tedious. The breakpoint was opened on 15 December 1904. The breakpoint Kirchdorf was established in 1955.

On March 22, 1969 drove for the last time a steam locomotive with a regular passenger train on the track and the train has been converted to diesel traction. After setting the DB plans in the late 1960s, the line was financially supported by the Association of Greater Hanover, a predecessor of the Hanover region, electrified and operated electrically effective May 31, 1970. First pull trains were used with n- trolleys, from 1989 City rail cars, which were mainly locomotives of type 141 pulled or pushed. The locomotive moved normally toward Haste. In preparation for the Expo 2000 in Hanover, the route of Weetzen to Egestorf ( Deister) was expanded to double track and the stations or stops restored and / or rebuilt. Only a short section directly on Weetzen station is still single track, since a doubling of the track here would have caused a significant increase in costs with only a slight benefit. By the doubling of existed in the section between Weetzen and Egestorf only in the stations and Wennigsen Egestorf double track passing places.

The railway stations in Weetzen, Wennigsen, Egestorf and Barsinghausen possessed earlier on other sidings, were handled over the goods. The clearing of cargo in Wennigsen was abandoned in the 1980s, the sidings were in the course of renovation work, mostly for the Expo 2000 will be removed. Also up in the 1980s, mechanical signal boxes were in the train stations and Wennigsen Egestorf before the foundations of the respective adjacent signal boxes in Barsinghausen or Weetzen have been managed.

Route

The route is in the northeastern foothills of the Deister. It branches into Weetzen from the field of town Ronnenberg of the railway line Hannover- Altenbeken, thence through the territory of the city of Gehrden, the municipality Wennigsen and the cities Barsinghausen, bath nominal village and the municipality of Haste on the railway Hannover - Minden. In the area of ​​the station Egestorf ( Deister) runs the route directly on the edge of the Deister. The entire course is largely flat and tunnellos. Near the branch is Weetzen the main road, on the provincial road 391 crosses under 217 behind the Wennigsen station in a cutting. Many other crosses with the road network go over at level crossings, such as at stations Weetzen, Lemmie, Wennigsen, Egestorf, Kirchdorf and in several places in the city of Barsinghausen.

Since a considerable part of the route, so to speak, at the foot of the Hanoverian " house mountain " of the eponymous Deister ( up to 405 m) runs, it is also used on weekends strongly trippers and hikers. In Haste station the Deister path ends on a separate track alongside the railway line Hannover- Minden- Ruhr area.

The railway stations in Weetzen and Haste are filed by train in category 4, all other stations and stops in the category 5

Operation

Today the route of the lines S1, S2, and since December 15, 2013, also sailed by the S21 S-Bahn Hannover. From 5 to 22 clock is Monday to Friday, with a half hour the best operation of the Deister web in its history.

The freight hardly plays a role only in the industrial area Barsinghausen two plants with gas tankers and Hauben-/Planenwagen for steel products from Hannover -Linden be operated from about once a day.

Operationally, the route of Weetzen to Barsinghausen as the main train and Barsinghausen to Haste is classified as a secondary line. In the latter section, there are also only with St. Andrew's cross level crossings.

The Wennigsen station is in a remote location from the relay interlocking in Weetzen, the interlocking in Barsinghausen controls its train station, Egestorf and Bantorf.

In the timetable design has been taken to ensure that in Haste bilateral connection and Weetzen a connection is given in the direction of Hameln. Together with the bus connections, the target of an integral interval timetable is almost reached in the field of Deister Railway.