Selke Valley Railway

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Quedlinburg–Hasselfelde railway
The Selke Valley Railway in red as part of the HSB network
Overview
Line number	333
Locale	Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Service
Route number	9703
Technical
Line length	43.3 km (26.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius	60 m (197 ft)
Operating speed	50 km/h (31.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	4.0%
Route map Legend standard gauge line from Magdeburg 0.26 Quedlinburg (start of metre gauge) 122 m standard gauge line to Blankenburg standard gauge line to Thale 4.88 Quedlinburg-Quarmbeck 152 m 7.39 Bad Suderode 187 m standard gauge line to Frose 8.95 0.00 Gernrode 204 m 1.46 Osterteich Heiliger Teich, Wellbach 5.71 Sternhaus-Haferfeld Wellbach 6.91 Sternhaus-Ramberg B 185 B 185 10.17 Mägdesprung 295 m Krebsbach 11.61 Drahtzug Friedenstalbach 13.50 Klostermühle (1888–1892) 327 m B 185 14.55 Alexisbad 325 m to Harzgerode Schwefelbach B 242 Rinkemühle II siding 17.70 Silberhütte/Anhalt 335 m heating plant siding Uhlenbach 18.41 Rinkemühle siding 21.30 Straßberg (Harz)-Glasebach 363 m 21.81 Straßberg (Harz) 363 m Herzogschacht siding end of line 1946–1983 Selke 27.03 Güntersberge 420 m 30.52 Friedrichshöhe 31.32 Albrechtshaus from Eisfelder Talmühle 35.71 Stiege 485 m turning loop 40.38 Hasselfelde 452 m sawmill siding Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Selke Valley Railway (Selketalbahn), Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway (Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn) and the Anhalt Harz Railway (Anhaltische Harzbahn) were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germany, originally owned by the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, GHE).

It is now only known as the Selke Valley Railway. This has included the Quedlinburg–Gernrode line since 2006. It continues through Alexisbad to Hasselfelde and includes the Alexisbad–Harzgerode branch and the Stiege–Eisfelder Talmühle connecting line. All of them are now owned by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen). The line follows the Selke river between Mägdesprung and Albrechtshaus.