Hanoverian Western Railway

As Hanoverian Western Railway the route is designated by wages to Emden, with the Royal Hanoverian State Railways middle of the 19th century opened up the west of the Kingdom of Hanover.

Development and construction of the line

The Western development of the Kingdom of Hanover by the railroad began in 1847 with the railway route between Hanover and Minden. There, the main line of the Cologne -Minden Railway Company Hamm joined to Cologne.

The Hanoverian Western Railway branches off at the train station wages of the railway line Minden- Hamm and runs in the valley of Else and Hase south of the Wiehengebirge about frets and Melle to Osnabrück. As the next section of Osnabrück Ibbenbüren is to Rheine on Westphalian area, it was built by the Prussian state and then leased to the Royal Hanoverian State Railways. From Rheine from then the route follows the Ems River in the north and runs through salt mountains, Lingen (Ems ), Meppen and Papenburg to Emden.

The track has been taken in the years 1854 to 1856 in stages. First, the section Emden - Papenburg was completed on 24 November 1854. He was initially located in an island situation, because he was not connected to any other track. With the commissioning of the section wage -Osnabrück on 21 November 1855 was opened " Hannöversche station " on its provisional end.

The section Papenburg -Lingen followed on May 2, 1856 and June 23, 1856 Remnant Osnabrück -Lingen was finally put into operation. Simultaneously with the construction of the track and the central workshops were set up for the total distance in Lingen.

Rheine developed in the following years as a railroad junction. Already on 27 June 1856, the railway line Rheine Minster was opened, further distances see Rheine station. In 1865, a connection to the Dutch railway network created by the railway line Almelo salt mountains.

Transition at Prussia

After the German war, the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia. The Hanoverian State Railways was thus placed under Prussian property and on 15 December 1866 in its entirety a royal Directorate, based in Hanover.

The section between Emden and Rheine ( or, depending on reading to salt mountains ) was then spun off later and taken according on 1 January 1868 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company, loud was this transfer of jurisdiction to the "Royal Direction of the Westphalian Railway " decided on 1 May 1867.

The Hanoverian Western Railway has since no longer considered a single unit. To further history see the article railway wages and Emsland - Rheine line.