Hanoverian Southern Railway

Hanoverian Southern Railway
Overview
Native name	Hannöversche Südbahn
Line number	1732
Locale	Lower Saxony, Hesse, Germany
Termini	Hannover Kassel
Service
Route number	350 (ex 250, 257, 600)
Technical
Line length	166 km (103 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Line from Hamburg / Heath Railway Line from Minden / Line from Bremen Hanover S-Bahn S 1S 2S 4S 5 0.0 Hanover Hbf Line to Lehrte former line to Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm (sidings) Hannover Lokalbf Hannover-Altenbeken Railway Hannover Südbf (goods station, 1880~1995) former route to Altenbeken (until 1909) 3.1 Hannover Bismarckstr. 3.6 Hannover Bismarkstr. junction (HSL) Line to Altenbeken S 1S 2S 5 Hanover freight bypass from freight bypass 7.0 Hannover-Wülfel (passenger station until 1977) former Messe station (1953 to 1998) 8.0 Hannover Messe/Laatzen 11.9 Rethen (Leine) high-speed line to Göttingen Innerste 18.4 Sarstedt 21.4 HSL to Göttingen 22.8 Barnten Line to Hildesheim S 4 26.5 Nordstemmen (Keilbahnhof) Leine 29.7 Poppenburg 32.9 Elze (Han) 32.9 former line to Bodenburg 32.9 Line to Hamelin 39.0 Banteln 42.2 Brüggen (Han) 45.8 Godenau 49.8 Alfeld (Leine) Leine 58.7 Freden (Leine) Line from Seesen (Harz) 68.8 Kreiensen (Keilbahnhof) Line to Osterode am Harz Line to Holzminden 76.8 Ilme Railway from Einbeck 76.8 Einbeck-Salzderhelden 82.4 Edesheim HSL to Göttingen 85.0 Edesheim (Leine) Nord junction to HSL 86.2 Edesheim (Leine) Süd junction from HSL Rhume South Harz Railway from Nordhausen 88.6 Northeim (Han) (Keilbahnhof) HSL from Hanover Solling Railway to Ottbergen 92.0 Sudheim 97.8 Nörten-Hardenberg to Reyershausen (Kalischacht) 101.7 Bovenden Bovender Cover (400 m) Line to Bodenfelde 106.6 Göttingen freight yard 108.1 Göttingen Leine Garte Valley Railway to Duderstadt (narrow gauge) line to Bebra (110.6) Göttingen Siekweg junction HSL to Kassel 113.1 Groß Ellershausen 123.8 Dransfeld 132.1 Oberscheden Volkmarshäuser Tunnel (325 m) 136.2 Volkmarshausen 140.5 Münden-Nord 141.0 Hann. Münden port railway Werra Line from Halle 142.0 Hann. Münden 144.8 Bonaforth siding 148.7 Wilhelmshausen planned connecting line to Warburg 151.4 Speele 155.2 Kragenhof Fulda, Lower Saxony–Hesse state border HSL from Göttingen Lohberg tunnel (1039 m) 157.6 Fuldatal-Ihringshausen 161.3 Vellmar-Niedervellmar Connecting line from Warburg Kassel Nordwest junction 162.4 Kassel Rbf (marshalling yard) Nord 163.8 Kassel Rbf HSL to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Freightline to Kassel Unterstadt Line from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Northern Railway from Warburg System change: 15 kV~ / 600 V= 166.2 Kassel Hbf RegioTram Kassel Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Hanoverian Southern Railway (German: Hannöversche Südbahn) is a historical term but it is still a common name for the line between Hanover and Kassel. It is a German main line railway in Lower Saxony and is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened between 1853 and 1856 by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways.