Brunswick State Railway Company

The Brunswick Provincial Railroad Company ( BLE) was a railway company in the Duchy of Brunswick.

She was born on June 27, 1884 founded by the Frankfurt banking houses Erlanger & sons and brothers Sulzbach with the aim of the Duchy of Brunswick and adjacent areas Railways to build secondary importance and operate.

The Brunswick Provincial Railroad is not identical to the Brunswick State Railway and the Brunswick Railway Company, which no longer existed at establishing the BLE.

History

In the two decades since the establishment of standard gauge lines originated in a total length of 108 kilometers. They served one hand, the connection of about fifty commercial establishments and about one hundred and warehouses in the city of Braunschweig area by a ring road, on the other hand, the development of agricultural embossed areas around the residence to city in the Harz mountains. In this area played up in the twenties of the twentieth century, the transport of potash, which was won there, an important role for the railway.

Starting point of the railway line Braunschweig- Derneburg, the first BLE route was from 18 July 1886, Braunschweig Nord train station, where the administration and operation center were located. From here she led about Brunswick West ( Wilhelmi Thor) southwards to Hoheweg where from October 17, 1886 teed a 4 km long branch line to Wolfenbüttel. The main train turned westward and reached over Lichtenberg and Osterlinde later in the industrial area of ​​the Salzgitter Derneburg station on the railway line Hildesheim - Goslar.

In the following years was the railway line Derneburg - Seesen of Derneburg - south again waving - in Nettetal upstream on May 27, 1887 Bockenem, on October 1, finally, on May 1, 1889 reach 1887 United Rhüden and node Seesen. Until the construction of the Northern line now was a pause of about a decade. During this time supplemented - in some cases only for freight - short links the existing network: on September 1, 1886 from Brunswick train station to the main station and on 1 January 1890 in Seesen and on September 20, 1890 in Wolfenbüttel of each BLE - station to the state railway.

From North Station was on 11 November 1901, the route via Gliesmarode ( West) to Gliesmarode East, where the route of the newly opened Brunswick- Schöninger Railway (BSE ) started, first made for freight transport in operation, from 15 February 1902 for the passenger, with the features of BSE in the first time inserting also on the northern train station of the BLE and ended.

In Gliesmarode the Schuntertalbahn branched off, one that creates the connection to the Lehrter. She was from 31 August 1902 to Brunsrode - Flechtorf and from 1 November 1904 to Faller life BLE in operation. This endpoint was like two track sections at Derneburg and Bockenem not braunschweigischem area, but in Prussia, where a total of 36 mi - or one third of the total length - were located.

The meaning of the web is also reflected in the number of steam locomotives, which always amounted to around 25, while there was only one benzene railcars. From 1 December 1927 two bus lines complemented the passenger.

About ten years later came the end of the independent railway company. The construction of a large industrial area in the room Salzgitter required a fundamental change and expansion of the local rail network. This task would transfer the imperial government of the state railway. Thus, the BLE was incorporated on January 1, 1938 in the German Reichsbahn, which closed down a portion of the routes or rebuilt.

Vehicle park

1936 had the BLE 26 steam locomotives, railcars 2, 49 passenger cars, 12 vans and 725 freight cars.