Weddel loop

Weddel loop
An ICE train on the Weddel loop
Overview
Native name	Weddeler Schleife
Line number	1956
Locale	Lower Saxony, Germany
Termini	Brunswick Wolfsburg
Service
Route number	301/349
Technical
Line length	24.8 km (15.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
Route map Legend from Hanover and Hildesheim from Salzgitter and Bad Harzburg 3.4 Brunswick Hbf from and to Gifhorn 5.7 Schmiedekamp junction to Brunswick marshalling yard 7.0 Grüner Jäger 7.6 Buchhorst junction from Brunswick marshalling yard 9.5 Weddel 9.7/3.7 Weddel junction Brunswick-Magdeburg line 9.6 Bundesautobahn 2 12.1 Lehre passing loop 12.9 Schunter 249 m 13.5 Bundesstraße 248 Former route of Brunswick State Railway (closed 1942) former Brunswick-Gliesmarode line (1942–1998) 14.7 Groß Brunsrode 19.9 Ehmen 22.0 Sülfeld junction towards Fallersleben-Brunswick line Line 6399 (track 3  to Oebisfelde) and to the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line From the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line 24.2/17.4 Fallersleben end of line 1956 Continuation as line 6399, three tracks to Oebisfelde 12.6 Wolfsburg Hbf to Berlin Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Weddel loop is a 21.1 km (13.1 mi) long German railway between Fallersleben (part of Wolfsburg) and Weddel (in the municipality of Cremlingen near Brunswick). It is single-track and electrified and forms part of route number 301 (Brunswick–Wolfsburg–Stendal). It connects the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line with the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed line for Intercity Express trains running between Frankfurt and Berlin.