Oschersleben–Jerxheim railway

The railway track Oschersleben Jerxheim was a 24 -mile main track in the border area of ​​the present states of Saxony -Anhalt and Lower Saxony. East joined in Oschersleben, the Magdeburg- Halberstadt railway at, in the west section of Wolfenbüttel Jerxheim the railway line Wolfenbüttel - Helmstedt. She was interrupted by the inner-German border, the rest operation between Gunsleben and Oschersleben is set today.

History

The on July 10, 1843, opened by the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway line was part of the first connection between Braunschweig and Magdeburg, and thus, after completion of the connecting lines from the Ruhr area and Hanover to Berlin.

1868 was opened with the railway line Jerxheim - Börßum a connection to the Brunswick Southern Railway to Kreiensen, which was of particular interest to the traffic in the direction of Göttingen, Kassel and Frankfurt am Main.

After the opening of the Berlin- Lehrter Railway in 1871 and the direct rail route Brunswick- Magdeburg (via Helmstedt ) in 1872, it served mainly to freight.

1922 a railway connection from the station to the sugar factory Gunsleben Aderstedt was granted. The 2.8 -kilometer track was built one year later.

After the division of Germany into occupation zones, the section between Jerxheim and Gunsleben was interrupted; the last scheduled train ran on June 30, 1945. Operation between Oschersleben and Gunsleben remained with four to six local trains per day in each direction. On May 30, 1992, this section, including the siding after Aderstedt which is mined today, was locked " for technical reasons ", explained in 1993 were buses offered as a rail replacement bus service. A repair is no longer carried out. From the railway station to the west Gunsleben all tracks are dismantled today.