Maschen Marshalling Yard

Maschen Marshalling Yard

Maschen Rangierbahnhof
Railway classification (hump yard) and repair facilities
Maschen Rbf
- the north-south system
General information
LocationSeevetal
Maschen, Lower Saxony
Germany
Coordinates53°24′17″N 10°03′23″E / 53.40472°N 10.05639°E / 53.40472; 10.05639
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Other information
Station codeAM
Location
Maschen Marshalling Yard is located in Lower Saxony
Maschen Marshalling Yard
Maschen Marshalling Yard
Location within Lower Saxony
Maschen Marshalling Yard is located in Germany
Maschen Marshalling Yard
Maschen Marshalling Yard
Maschen Marshalling Yard (Germany)

Maschen Marshalling Yard (German: Maschen Rangierbahnhof, abbreviated to Maschen Rbf or AM in the official railway directory) near Maschen south of Hamburg on the Hanover–Hamburg railway in Germany is the largest marshalling yard in Europe,[1] its size only being exceeded worldwide by the Bailey Yard in the US state of Nebraska.

  1. ^ Wiesmüller, Lawrenz: Die Hamburger Rangier- und Güterbahnhöfe, p. 127.