Aller Valley Railway

Aller Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameAllertalbahn
Line number1724 Gifhorn–Celle
1721 Celle–Wahnebergen
Service
Route numberex 211e Gifhorn–Celle
210a Celle–Wahnebergen
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm
Route map

3,5
Gifhorn Stadt
5,7
Gamsen-Kästorf
10,0
Wilsche
15,0
Bokelberge
17,6
Müden-Dieckhorst
19,8
Flettmar
24,2
Langlingen
27,6
Offensen (Celle district)
31,6
Wienhausen
34,2
Bockelskamp
37,7
Altencelle
40,6
Westercelle
from Hanover etc.
43,4
0,0
Celle
(see text)
Fuhse Canal
4,3
Wietzenbruch
8,6
Hambühren
12,6
Oldau
15,5
Winsen (Aller)
20,0
Wietze-Steinförde
25,3
Jeversen
28,4
Marklendorf
31,0
Buchholz (Aller)
from Hanover
36,0
Schwarmstedt
Heath Railway
Bothmer
41,6
Gilten
44,3
Büchten
request stop
47,6
Ahlden (Aller)
50,8
Eilte
53,2
Bosse
request stop
54,8
Hedern
56,3
Hedern West
59,5
Rethem (Aller)
63,4
Hülsen
65,4
Hülsen Nord
request stop
68,8
Westen
from Hanover
75,4
Wahnebergen
now a crossover
79,0
Verden (Aller)

The Aller Valley Railway (German: Allertalbahn) was a railway line of regional importance in Lower Saxony. It ran along the River Aller and linked Gifhorn with Verden (Aller) via Celle, Schwarmstedt, Rethem (Aller) and Wahnebergen.

The line approached and departed from Celle station in a southerly direction, so that through trains had to reverse their direction there. As a result, the Aller Valley Railway was divided into 2 branches without any through passenger trains, which in turn meant that the eastern section from Gifhorn had route number 1724, and the western section to Wahnebergen had route number 1721. In Celle there were connexions to the East Hanoverian Railways, the Hanover–Hamburg railway, the Celle–Brunswick railway and the Kreuzbahn from Celle to Lehrte.