Royal Hanoverian State Railways

The Royal Hanoverian State Railways existed from 1843 until the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866.

1866 was the rail network with a circumference of 800 kilometers above the Prussian state.

Story building phases and sections

The government in Hannover had since 1835 edit questions for future rail operations in the UK by the Quartermaster-General Pratt, but hesitantly responded to all requests. 1837 appeared in the Hanover Book chapter and detailed assessment of a railway system in the direction of Hannover- Celle- Harburg by Georg Ferdinand Glünder. On November 13, 1837 Duchy of Brunswick concluded a treaty to extend the route Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel on Hanoverian territory to Harzburg. It was not until 1838-1840, the railway idea developed so far that seriously cross train was designed to extend Brunswick routes to Hildesheim and Celle - for a crossing point was found near the village Taught. Treaties were to be closed on February 22, 1841 and 22 August 1842. The Kingdom of Prussia wished to 1840 a ​​railway connection from Berlin or Magdeburg to its provinces Rhineland and Westphalia, which could be realized through Braunschweigisches and Hanoverian territory. 1841/1842 corresponding treaties were concluded in which it was left Hanover and Brunswick to realize on their own own routes or to commission Prussia with the construction of such a railway as a private car.

1842 Railroad Commission was established, which was to realize the connection of Taught to Minden as Hanoverian State Railways. On March 13, 1843 this was replaced by the newly established railway Direction in the residence city of Hanover. On October 22, 1843, the first train could leave from the provisional endpoint at the Stone Gate in Hanover by Taught in the kingdom. 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover became Prussian and the railway administration in Hanover became a Prussian railway management Hannover.

Cross train

The term " cross train " was created by the will of King Ernst August I, to prevent a central station in Hanover. The tracks led, therefore, in Taught cruciform together. So could there develop an important railway junction.

The Government of the Kingdom of Hanover had the construction of Railways initially adopted because there were no private funder of the first projected railway lines of Hannover Taught to Peine on the border of the duchy of Brunswick, from Taught to Celle and Taught to Hildesheim.

The first stretch over 16 kilometers in length from Hannover Misburg after Taught was opened on 22 October 1843. The continuation towards Braunschweig followed on 1 December 1843 to the state border at Peine; there concluded on 19 May 1844, the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, which was nearly one-third of the now 60 -kilometer link between the two royal seats. On October 15, 1845 followed Taught - Celle and on June 12, 1846 finally Taught -Hildesheim.

From this cross- train, starting the following additional lines were built under the leadership of the established on March 13, 1843 Direction of the Royal Hanoverian Railways:

The railway line Celle- Uelzen and Lüneburg Harburg on single track first opened on 1 May 1847. The second track was laid in sections during the 1850s and 1860s. After completion of the Hamburg Elbe bridges in 1872, the route across southern enlargement and Norderelbe to Venlo railway station on the Grasbrookhafen in Hamburg could be extended.

On October 15, 1847, the railway line between Hanover and Minden followed with connection to the main line of the Cologne -Minden Railway Company.

Bremer railway

Contrary to expectations, the Prussian jointly funded with the State of Bremen railway line to Bremen not directly from Minden, but from the Hannover from Wunstorf was built. On December 12, 1847, the route Wunstorf -Bremen was opened. Due to the political events of the years 1848/49 ( March Revolution ), the further expansion of the rail network in the Kingdom of Hanover was delayed.

Hanoverian Southern Railway

When planning worked from 1847 the architect and engineer Rudolph mountain.

Hanoverian Western Railway

The jointly agreed with Prussia project a web of wages at the Cologne - Minden railway over Osnabrück to Emden came only after protracted negotiations over the course of the track and a connection to the rail network of the Netherlands.

Finally, they agreed on the current route of wages over Osnabruck Prussian Rhine, which received simultaneously from Münster a port by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company, and from there through salt mountains to Leer and Emden. The connection to the Dutch railway network was from Hanover salt mountains above Bentheim to Oldenzaal. On November 24, 1854, the first section Emden - Papenburg was completed.

• November 21, 1855: Opening of wages -Osnabrück
• 19-20. June 1856: Total Distance to Rheine to Emden
• November 18, 1865: Salt Mountains Oldenzaal -

Railway Bremen- Bremerhaven

On January 23, 1862 was again carried out jointly with the extension of Bremen Bremen route to Geestemünde / Wesermünde (today Bremerhaven ).

Elbe ferry

On March 15, 1864 Finally, the route Lüneburg- Hohnstorf on the Elbe was built after long negotiations, at the same time set the Lauenburg - Hohnstorfer Elbe Traject -Anstalt, which creates a connection to the track Lauenburg - Büchenberg the Berlin- Hamburg Railway on the other same page.

Resin

The route Vienenburg - Goslar was also owned by the Hanoverian State Railways, but was operated by the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway. The routes Göttingen and Northeim Arenshausen - direction of adjustment have been completed only after the transition of the Hanoverian State Railways after the war of 1866 to Prussia.

Workshops

The first so-called workshop premises of the Hanoverian State Railways, which should perform the repair and workshop operations for engines and cars the establishment of any railway line between Berlin and Magdeburg- Hanover - Minden- Cologne, was founded on June 1, 1842 at Schiffgraben in Hanover, but was the construction of the Central station Hannover (today's Hauptbahnhof Hannover) laid on the north side today Raschplatz.

Transition of the state railway of Prussia

From 15 December 1866, the former Hanoverian State Railways was incorporated into the Prussian state railways and managed by the renamed, now the Prussian railway management Hannover. This also had the consequence that the previous three classes of cars again after the Prussian model a 4 car class was introduced from 1 January 1868, the entire former Hanover railroad network was ( for passenger trains 1st class = 6 dimes, 2nd class = 4, 5 dimes, 3 class = 3 dimes, but 4th class only 1 1/2 pence per mile ( 7.419 km ) as the tariff).