South Harz Railway Company
The South Harz Railway Company (SHE) was after the Gernrode - Harzgerode Railway Company (GHE ) and the Nordhausen - Wernigerode Railway Company ( NWE ) is the third railway undertakings with meter gauge network in the resin. She was the operator of the narrow gauge railway Walkenried-Braunlage/Tanne.
History
Foundation
Already 1894 established a committee, which carried out preparatory work for the construction of a narrow gauge railway line from Walkenried over Wieda to brown situation with the permission of the Duchy of Brunswick from the following year. The decisive impulse to the realization gave the committed in railway Louis sword from Charlottenburg, who saw a lucrative construction project in it. The government in Braunschweig graduated in 1896 with a contract to build a sword he planned Narrow Gauge Railway Walk Ried- brown layer with branch of pine and entrusted him with the project " Generalentreprise ". Degen, a railway company undertook to set up, which should be transferred the concession to build and operate.
On June 10, came in 1896 in Walkenried together the committee and decided to establish a joint stock company with a share capital of 2.3 million marks. The foundation of the " South Harz Railway Actien Society " based in Walkenried was on 28 April 1897. On June 4, the year she was awarded the " Concessions certificate " to build and operate.
Entry and takeover by Herrmann Bachstein
The occurring especially as operator or partner of railway companies entrepreneurs Herrmann Bachstein undertook all preference shares with a nominal value of 1.3 million marks to take over and received the operational management for 20 years. Located in the construction of the railway died Louis Degen in October 1897., The " Central Administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein (CV) " took over the further construction on their own. In addition, the CV gradually took over all the shares of the South Harz Railway Company, and thus became the sole owner.
The South Harz Railway Company was required to take the courses within two years after the award of the concession in operation. However, this could not be observed, only at the beginning of August 1899, the grounds were made ready for acceptance. On August 15, 1899, operating between Walkenried and Brown situation could be taken after the three days earlier, held nationwide police decrease showed no complaints.
After the Second World War
Since July 1945, the border between British and Soviet occupation zone severed the branch line of pine and had mainly freight volumes drop significantly, since the Tanner cabin precipitated as a freight customer. The operating company reoriented himself and taught in the summer of 1945, a road line between Braun situation and Goslar one. Initially this was only a Behelfsomnibus, created by the reconstruction of a kitchen cart, operated.
By the early 1950s, the economic situation of the company deteriorated noticeably. In general, the traffic changed to the disadvantage of the web as the next largest railway junction Nordhausen was across the border. The steadily expanded bus operation in the western Harz lowered ridership and slowly also attracted motorized road transport. The remaining freight offered no potential for expansion. Starting in 1960, a limited railway operation was only performed. Officially, the total ended up on the rail at the end of the month in July 1963, after the passenger was set on 30 September of the previous year.
Switch to bus and coach transport and change of name
After adjustment of the rail sector, the company operated a haulage line Brown - able Wieda Walk - Ried. Goods traffic was from this starting Walkenried by truck, also express was still transported. Together with another bus company and the Federal Post Office use was a haulage line Brown - location Bad Harzburg.
In the spring of 1973, a name change was completed. The " South Harz Railway GmbH" (1933 transport companies Bachstein were converted into a limited liability company ) in " Harzer traffic operation Braun GmbH location " renamed and continued.