Herzberg–Seesen railway

The railway line Herzberg Seesen (also Westharz route) is a 32 km long railway line which runs along the western edge of the resin and opens up the city and the district of Osterode am Harz. It is part of the shortest route from Braunschweig to Erfurt and is now traversed with Lint railcar of Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Seesen Osterode and Herzberg mostly every hour. For the usual symmetry minute just before the hour is Train meeting in Gittelde. In Herzberg there are connections to Göttingen and Nordhausen.

It was opened as a compound of the South Harz track with the Brunswick Southern Railway Braunschweig- Salzgitter Kreiensen on 10 October 1870 to Osterode and on September 1, 1871 to Seesen. It was intended as a long-haul, the base was provided for the doubling. This, however, remained out as well as the national significance. Today the route is a branch line.

Early 1990s was the railway line Herzberg Seesen as quiescence risk. Since then attractiveness was significantly increased by the reintroduction of the weekend traffic and the establishment of an interval timetable. The breakpoint Gittelde North was abandoned, renovated the Gittelde station. In 2004, two new breakpoints were opened ( Osterode am Harz Leege and Osterode am Harz center) in Osterode, which replaced the unfavorably located, existing access points.

In Herzberg and Seesen the tracks 2 and 4 are not barrier-free. With track 1 are connected by steep stairs and an underpass. The station Seesen but is currently being rebuilt and will be barrier-free. Although there is still a limited private ticket sales Only in these two stations. The route is not electrified.

Medium term, the line will be connected to a building under construction ESTW in Göttingen.