History Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway
wolfenbuettel station
on 1 december 1838 first section of first state railway line in germany opened between brunswick (german: braunschweig) , wolfenbüttel. connected 2 important cities in former duchy of brunswick. in 1841 extended through schladen , vienenburg bad harzburg (then called neustadt, new town ). steep section between vienenburg , bad harzburg operated horse-haulage until 1843.
in 1843 wolfenbüttel–jerxheim–oschersleben line opened, magdeburg–halberstadt line formed connection berlin. 1844, brunswick–hanover line put service , east-west traffic ran between berlin , hanover via wolfenbüttel , 1847 opening of hanover-minden line far ruhr. in 1856 brunswick southern railway opened between börßum , kreiensen, creating connection towards kassel , frankfurt. 1866 vienenburg–goslar branch opened, creating first rail link hanoverian town of goslar.
the line lost significance long-distance traffic completion of berlin–lehrte line in 1871 , direct brunswick–magdeburg line in 1872.
in 1924 route deviated connect former vienenburg marshalling yard.
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