Alster Northern Railway

Alster Northern Railway
Overview
Native name	Alsternordbahn
Line number	9122
Locale	Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Service
Route number	138 (HVV: A2)
Technical
Line length	7.7 km (4.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	(Norderstedt Mitte – Ochsenzoll: third rail, 750 V
Route map Legend from Kaltenkirchen 11.938 Ulzburg Süd 11.014 to Eidelstedt (from Tanneneck goods yard 9.525 Meeschensee platform towards Ulzburg Süd 9.465 Elfenhagen 9.405 Meeschensee platform towards Norderstedt 8.512 K113 8.292 Haslohfurth 8.253 [Substation 7.620 Industrial siding to Harkshörn (NIB) 7.124 Quickborner Straße 7.068 Quickborner Straße 6.502 Friedrichsgabe (since 1992) 6.383 Friedrichsgabe (until 1992) 5.723 Oadby-and-Wigston-Straße (since 2015) 5.642 Harckesheyde 5.170 Moorbekhalle 4.681 Friedrichsgabe Waldstraße 4.676 Waldstraße 4.155 Norderstedt Mitte from here since 1996 3.979 Heidberg 3.936 Harkseichen-Falkenberg (to 1979) 3.198 Buchenweg 2.738 Garstedt Richtweg 1.976 Marommer Straße 1.630 Garstedt Birkenweg (to 1969) 1.515 Garstedt from 1969 (surface until 1996) 1.070 Garstedt (to 1967) 1.068 Ochsenzoller Straße 0.735 Hempberg 0.577 Ohechaussee 0.472 Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg state border 0.000 Ochsenzoll (to 1967) Langenhorner Chaussee Ochsenzoll (former goods yard) to Ohlsdorf Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Alster Northern Railway (German: Alsternordbahn) or ANB was a non-electrified, single-tracked branch line in northern Germany. It linked the stations of Ochsenzoll in Hamburg-Langenhorn with Ulzburg Süd in the district of Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein.

The northern part of the route to Norderstedt Mitte is used today by AKN Railway on behalf to VGN Norderstedt (HVV Line A 2) and is mostly double-tracked. Since 1996 the southern section is part of the Hamburg U-Bahn network (Line U 1) on behalf to VGN. It is doubled throughout and electrified at 750 V DC via a third rail.

The description Alster Northern Railway (Alsternordbahn) is still commonly used for this route. The name originates from the river Alster which flows into the river Elbe in Hamburg.