South Harz Railway

Northeim–Nordhausen railway
Overview
Line number1810
LocaleLower Saxony and Thuringia, Germany
Service
Route number357
Technical
Line length69 km (43 mi)
Number of tracks2: Northeim–Walkenried
(formerly throughout)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.06%
Route map

88.6
Northeim
120 m
Northeim-Mühlentor
(planned)
93.8
Hammenstedt
until 1988
97.3
Katlenburg
103.5
Wulften
108.0
108.1
Hattorf
115.0
115.3
to Seesen (only freight)
115.4
former B 27
117.8
117.9
Herzberg (Harz)
233 m
116.7
119.7
Scharzfeld-West
until 1983
121.3
Scharzfeld
(passenger services until 2005)
121.6
121.7
122.6
former B 243
122.6
Bad Lauterberg-Barbis
Elbe-Weser watershed
322 m
128.8
Osterhagen
until 1976
321 m
128.9
former B 243
129.3
130.3
to Steinbruch Wolfskuhle
130.8
(only planned, never built)
131.2
former B 243
131.3
131.9
Helme Valley Railway
133.4
Tettenborn
until 1976[1]
135.7
Bad Sachsa
138.4
138.4
Walkenried
(separate stations)
Walkenried Tunnel (269 m)
142.0
142.5
142.9
Ellrich
244 m
147.7
Woffleben
Woffleben
151.0
Niedersachswerfen
154.5
Nordhausen-Salza
157.5
157.5
Nordhausen
183 m
158.4
Source: German railway atlas[2]

The South Harz Railway (German: Südharzstrecke or Südharzbahn) is a railway line through the German states of Lower Saxony and Thuringia. It runs from Northeim to Nordhausen, via Herzberg am Harz, Bad Lauterberg-Barbis, Bad Sachsa, Walkenried and Ellrich. The line is 69 kilometres (43 mi) long.

  1. ^ "Bahnhof Tettenborn" (in German). karstwanderweg.de. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.