South Harz Railway

Northeim–Nordhausen railway
Overview
Line number	1810
Locale	Lower Saxony and Thuringia, Germany
Service
Route number	357
Technical
Line length	69 km (43 mi)
Number of tracks	2: Northeim–Walkenried (formerly throughout)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	1.06%
Route map Legend Solling Railway from Ottbergen Hanoverian Southern Railway from Kassel 88.6 Northeim 120 m Hanoverian Southern Railway to Hanover Northeim-Mühlentor (planned) 93.8 Hammenstedt until 1988 97.3 Katlenburg Rhume B 241 from Leinefelde 103.5 Wulften 108.0 Sieber 108.1 Hattorf 115.0 B 27 115.3 to Seesen (only freight) 115.4 former B 27 117.8 from Seesen (Westharzstrecke) 117.9 Herzberg (Harz) 233 m 116.7 to Bleicherode and to Siebertal 119.7 Scharzfeld-West until 1983 121.3 Scharzfeld (passenger services until 2005) 121.6 to St. Andreasberg 121.7 Oder 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 Helme Valley Railway to Nordhausen "lowland line" 130.3 to Steinbruch Wolfskuhle 130.8 Helme Valley Railway to Nordhausen "upland line" (only planned, never built) 131.2 former B 243 131.3 B 243 131.9 Helme Valley Railway 133.4 Tettenborn until 1976[1] 135.7 Bad Sachsa 138.4 from Braunlage (narrow gauge) 138.4 Walkenried (separate stations) Walkenried Tunnel (269 m) 142.0 Inner German border Lower Saxony/Thuringia 142.5 from Zorge 142.9 Ellrich 244 m 147.7 Woffleben Woffleben Zorge 151.0 Niedersachswerfen Zorge 154.5 Nordhausen-Salza 157.5 from Hann. Münden 157.5 Nordhausen 183 m 158.4 B 4 to Halle 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.