Celle–Wittingen railway

The railway line Celle- Witt rings is a railroad in the Osthannoverschen Railways ( OHE ). Because it leads in the western part along the Laughed, it is also called Laughed Valley Railway.

History

The little train Celle- Wittingen AG finally founded after prolonged efforts to railway Celle- Witt rings on June 21, 1902 spurred the construction and began on August 16, 1904, the operations on this route. Starting in 1905 there was a joint management agreement with the local railway Celle mountains for the used also by their piece of Celle Celle northern suburbs. On June 17, 1909 a new route in Witt rings over the tracks of the railway line Gifhorn - Uelzen was taken away in the train station in train Wittingen - Oebisfelde in operation. Trains from Oebisfelde reached him in September. The extension of the narrow-gauge railway -AG Bismark Gardelegen -Witt rings of this village was introduced in this station from 1 August 1909. On 20 July 1912, the branch line Beedenbostel - Habighorst was put into operation in order to develop the planned salt mines Mariaglück at Höfer and Faller life at Habighorst verkehrlich. First, the desired increase in traffic did not materialize, after merging of the two pits took to the promotion, so that the Kalitransport became the most important pillar of this route. Different ammunition institutions and Air Force airfield at Dedelstorf attended in the 1930s and during World War II for additional traffic.

1944, the narrow-gauge railway Celle- Wittingen AG was merged with other railway companies to the Osthannoverschen railways. The OHE now manages the operation.

After the war, the traffic was taken relatively quickly. Weekdays usually wrong four, three on Sunday and passenger trains on the entire route. In the 1950s, the number four trains rose to seven, Sunday at. Since the 1950s, crude oil was at various points supported and loaded, at times came an oil unit train every day together.

After a thorough renovation of the line was 1959, the top speed to 60 km / h can be increased. In 1959 passenger trains in Celle were introduced in the station of the Federal Railways. This facilitated the transfer. In Wittingen a direct transition to the DB station was possible because the stations were together. In addition to the workers' movement for potash mine Mariaglück was also the leisure service of great importance.

The distance piece Mariaglück - Habighorst was no longer required and was dismantled in the 1960s. The potash and rock salt mining in Mariaglück in 1970 or 1977 set. The branch line was then used mainly to Abstellzwecken.

For the construction of the Elbe Lateral Canal, the line was laid between 1973 Old Isenhagen and Glüsingen and passed over a bridge.

Most passenger trains were last ride MaK Greater DMUs. The travel time for the distance Celle- Wittingen averaged 75 minutes.

On May 25, 1974, the passenger traffic on the Wittingen Stone Horst section, set on June 24, 1976, the remaining piece stone Horst- Celle. The track has since been occasionally used in the tourist traffic. Operators of these trains was the country Brunswick Museum Railway Company until the mid- 1990s. Today, the Association of Friends traffic Lüneburg ( AVL) to Heide- Express, which among other OHE routes also travel on this route operates.

In the late 1990s ended the crude oil transportation. In 1999, the track was laid in the area Lachendorf north to make room for the expansion of an industrial company and set up a new station Lachendorf North. On 8 November 2005, the section Beedenbostel - Habighorst was finally shut down.

The Wittinger port is operated to this day (2012 ). It is planned to connect the stretch Wittingen -west port Wittingen means of a newly constructed track ( Wittinger curve) directly to the DB station Witt rings and for giving up their own station in Wittingen -West. The route west of the Elbe Lateral Canal to Celle suburb would then no longer held by the OHE.

2012, the entire route is operated three times a week yet of Celle north by a freight train pair of OHE. In addition, operates from Monday to Friday until the Paper Factory in North Lachendorf a freight train pair of DB Schenker Rail Germany. The route will be operated in Zugleitbetrieb with train conductor in Celle north to the transport service provision FV- NE. Recently, however, there are policy considerations to reactivate the passenger.