Heath Railway

Hanover Hauptbahnhof–Buchholz (Nordheide) railway
Overview
Native name	Heidebahn
Line number	1711, 1712
Locale	Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number	123 Hannover–Buchholz 363.4, 360.5 Hannover–Bennemühlen, earlier 363.4 formerly 109d (1941)
Technical
Line length	133.1 km (82.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Maximum incline	1.05%
Route map Legend to Göttingen and to Würzburg to Altenbeken to Brunswick and to Berlin 0.0 Hanover Hbf 2.6 Hanover-Nordstadt (formerly Hanover-Hainholz) from Minden and from Bremen 4.8 Hanover-Herrenhausen 5.8 Hanover-Ledeburg Mittelland Canal 7.9 Hanover-Vinnhorst 9.9 Langenhagen Mitte 11.4 Langehagen Pferdemarkt (formerly Langenhagen (Han)) to Lüneburg to Hanover Airport 14.6 Langenhagen-Kaltenweide 19.6 Bissendorf 22.6 Mellendorf 26.3 Bennemühlen end of the electrified line 30.6 Lindwedel 34.6 Hope from Celle 40.1 Schwarmstedt to Rethem (Aller) Aller 44.1 Hademstorf 46.8 Eickeloh 51.0 Hodenhagen (formerly Riethagen) 56.0 Düshorn from Altenboitzen (and formerly from Verden (Aller)) 62.0 Walsrode to Bomlitz (and formerly to Visselhövede) formerly from Bomlitz (Eibia works railway) 65.5 Honerdingen 70.3 Bad Fallingbostel 76.8 Dorfmark Böhme 80.7 Jettebruch 83.1 Mittelstendorf Soltau–Neuenkirchen railway from Langwedel 88.0 Soltau (Han) to Lüneburg and to Celle to Uelzen Böhme Uelzen–Langwedel railway 92.3 Soltau Nord 95.4 Wolterdingen (Han) 99.1 Gröps 101.6 Hemsen (b. Soltau) 105.4 Schneverdingen 111.5 Barrl 115.3 Wintermoor 121.7 Handeloh (formerly Handorf-Welle) 125.1 Büsenbachtal 127.0 Holm-Seppensen 130.7 Suerhop from Bremervörde from Rotenburg (Wümme) 133.1 Buchholz (Nordheide) (Keilbahnhof) to Jesteburg (and previously Wittenberge) and to Hamburg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Heath Railway (German: Heidebahn) is a regional railway line in North Germany that crosses the Lüneburg Heath from which it derives its name. Most of the line is unelectrified and single-tracked. It links Buchholz in der Nordheide with Hanover, the capital city of Lower Saxony. Together with the east-west Uelzen–Langwedel railway, this north-south line is one of the two most important railways on the heath.