Soltau–Neuenkirchen Light Railway

The little train Soltau- New Churches GmbH took on May 15, 1920, operating on the railway line Soltau- New Churches.

After an extension by New churches or Rotenburg had been considered already during the construction of light railway Lüneburg- Soltau, 1913 the province of Hanover and Soltau were from the Kingdom of Prussia, funds provided to establish the local railway Soltau- New Churches GmbH can. In 1914 the construction work, but in the First World War could not be completed began. Although there have been since the beginning of 1917 a temporary railway operation, but only on 15 May 1920, the line was officially put into operation. She led from the node Soltau as spur track just 12 km to the northwest in the heath into it. The passenger was in 1927 reduced to a pair of trains ( 5.44 clock from New churches; 22.10 clock from Soltau ), which was eliminated in 1928; until 1948 the passenger was resumed.

The little train Soltau- New Churches was one of the predecessor companies of Osthannoverschen railways, in which they came up in 1944.