Bremervörde–Walsrode railway

The railway line Bremervörde Walsrode was a railway line with regional significance in Lower Saxony. She joined Bremervörde about Zeven, Rotenburg ( Wümme) and Visselhoevede with Walsrode. The passenger was divided in Rotenburg. Originally, the compound had been conceived as part of a continuous mainline route between Hanover and Geestemünde. Highway never found on the track but instead; but there were around 1953 through express trains between Bremervörde and Hanover.

• 2.1 Section Bremervörde - Rotenburg ( Wümme)
• 2.2 Section Rotenburg ( Wümme) - Visselhoevede
• 2.3 Section Visselhoevede - Walsrode

History

Early years

The first sections between Bremervörde and Zeven and between Visselhoevede and Walsrode have been opened since 1890. The section Walsrode Visselhoevede presented first is the continuation of the southern section Heidebahn Hannover Walsrode and was built mainly on the basis of guarantees the company Wolff & Co. in Bomlitz that needed a connection to the North Sea ports on the Cordingen station. Closing the gap of Zeven about Rotenburg and Brockel after Visselhoevede was opened in 1906. The entire route played an important role in the development of the region, the transport of agricultural goods, school transport and for the excursion tourism. During the Nazi reign of the southern part between Cordingen and Walsrode was part of a cul - ring traffic over the works railway Wolff and Heidebahn to cope with the volume of traffic through the newly built Bomlitz defense industry. About the railway line also wrong deportation trains to the concentration camps Bergen -Belsen and Sandbostel.

Part setting of the traffic

The passenger was adjusted to the section Rotenburg - Visselhoevede on 1 June 1958 after the end only one pair of trains daily in the form of a rail bus route sailed. Large parts of the route between Brockel and Visselhoevede were demolished after the final closure in 1963. This initially covered the section Brockel - Wittorf which forms a cycle today. 1979 also the distance piece Wittorf - Visselhoevede was demolished. The southern section Visselhoevede - Cordingen was shut down as the last of the three sections on 1 June 1980 passenger trains were still times of Walsrode Cordingen after Bomlitz. The section Visselhoevede - Cordingen was abandoned on 28 September 1984, in freight transport and is now dismantled.

Takeover by evb

Between Bremervörde and Rotenburg there is still lively freight as well, where the passenger was set on 29 September 1968. The remaining tracks between Bremervörde, Rotenburg and Brockel have moved from the German Federal Railroad in 1991 in the possession of the railways and transport companies Elbe- Weser ( evb ). It serves the route between Bremervörde and Rotenburg in freight traffic on the piece Rotenburg - Brockel was set at 31 December 2002, the last years have been here only worn potatoes. After the derailment of a freight train at the level of the feeder route in Rotenburg the port crossover was expanded so that the Brockeler branch is not accessible and is now increasingly overgrown. In July 2008, here began the dismantling of the tracks.

In local transport plan 2013-2017 of the district Rotenburg ( Wümme) LNVG is asked to reactivate the section Bremervörde - Zeven -Rotenburg (Wümme ) for rail passenger transport. However, this measure is given only a low priority in the paper.

Route

Section Bremervörde - Rotenburg ( Wümme)

The railway line, formerly the legendary in the surrounding villages steam locomotive Heini traveling on the line exists today, but is still operating only in the freight. After the day in the relation Bremerhaven - teeing Hamburg traffic in passenger railway line south to a vast Geest area with many pine forests, it runs parallel to the highway 71 by Bevern, Deinstedt, Selsingen, the former Concentration Camp Sandbostel over, by Seedorf and Godenstedt to Zeven. On the northern outskirts of the Wilstedt - Zeven - Tostedt railway will pass under. Just south of the station Zeven (Han ) is a connection switch to Zeven South Station at just this small former railway belonging as well as the range of evb described here today. South of Zeven -chain up to deconstruction end of 2007 from an industrial track to Aspe before the journey continues through the Geest area. About Sindelsdorf with his dairy, Gyhum, Mulmshorn, Bötersen where a track branches off to Rotenburger barracks, and Waffensen the bridge over the main line from Bremen ( " tarmac " ) is reached.

Directly behind this bridge, the route threaded together with the coming of the south rail line Verden -Rotenburg in Rotenburg track systems that can be reached from the west. The route Bremervörde -Rotenburg (Wümme ) is nowadays mainly used for freight: container trains of evb from Bremerhaven to Hamburg and vice versa, trains for transporting building materials to Zeven and Bremervörde and wooden trains Osthannoverschen railway to Stendal traveled this route.

Section Rotenburg ( Wümme) - Visselhoevede

By the use of rail buses here drove a surrounding in the villages as Fidi designated dampflok hauled passenger train set with popularly known as " Donnerbüchsen " known passenger cars. The Rotenburg railway station is left to the east addition. The route to Visselhoevede chain after Wümme bridge to the southeast from the main line to Hamburg from. Formerly chain right from a siding to the Rotenburger municipal utilities, which is now dismantled. Before the railway crossing the Harburg road near the Catholic Church today is a famila department store. Until the 1990s, here was a freight station of a local agricultural cooperative and the former breakpoint Rotenburg Harburg road which existed a short time in the 1950s.

The course was more straight to the southeast by natural sandy heathland and woodland. Sooner was the breakpoint Hemsbünde Before a railroad crossing the main road 71. To the south of the level crossing there was a siding to the window and door manufacturer HBI. The track turned to the other about three kilometers to the south. In this curve, between the villages of Bothel and Brockelmann Brockelmann the station was. He was a long time after removal of secondary tracks, endpoint of the segment. Here were located next to the old station building several loading tracks an agricultural cooperative, a wooden toy manufacturer and a former local station. The railroad ended in front of a former bridge over the creek Wiedau.

From here on a bicycle path runs along the ancient route that continues south to Bothel runs past. In the area of ​​state forest Trochel the route is crossed by an old bridge, which runs over a field and woodland path. Furthermore, crosses several small streams and more field and forest paths on former railroad crossings. In the area of the village Bretel an old signalman's house is set on a former railroad crossing. An old platform edge today with picnic area, testifies to the former breakpoint Bretel. The route then continues south until Wittorf is achieved. Here the bike path ends at the former needs breakpoint Wittorf East. The following After approximately one kilometer Wittorfer Station is a residential building today; to 1979 were still here - similar to Brockel - loading tracks.

South of the former railway station, the old railway line has now been built over. The route crossed the highway 440 before the west of the area on a comparatively high dam the village Nindorf was. Here a breakpoint parallel to Rotenburg Harburg road also briefly operated. The route described met almost perpendicular to the railway line Uelzen - long fronds, which was passed under. This was followed by a sharp left turn, so that the Visselhoevede station together with the " American Line " was reached from the west.

Section Visselhoevede - Walsrode

This section was the longest passenger in operation. The Visselhoevede station was abandoned together with the America line in the east. The route to Walsrode turned to the south in a sharp curve. After the route was through a wooded area, the railway station of the small town Jarlingen was reached. The station was away from the village, here is a level crossing was on a dirt road. Today the route is built. The course was further south, to the Cordingen station was reached. This station was temporarily operated in the passenger sector on the railway line Bomlitz Walsrode. Today, there are still tracks, the train station exit to Visselhoevede is also still available, but will end the track after 100 meters dull. South of Cordingen the route passes through hilly area in the field of bird park Walsrode. From the East comes the added coming from Bad Fallingbostel Heidebahn, with reaching the described route together from the north to Walsrode railway station.