Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway

The Oldenburg south line through Vechta and Lohne, built in four pieces between 1888 and 1 May 1900, and still eighty kilometres an hour the whole way.

A single unelectrified track across Lower Saxony, opened in four pieces: Vechta–Lohne in 1888 as part of the Ahlhorn–Vechta railway, Delmenhorst–Vechta on 1 May 1898, Lohne–Neuenkirchen on 1 November 1899, and the last stretch to Hesepe on 1 May 1900. NordWestBahn has run the trains since November 2000, on a contract that continues to December 2026.

Stations

1. 1 kmDelmenhorst +1
2. 7 kmGanderkesee
3. 17 kmBrettorf
4. 25 kmWildeshausen
5. 32 kmRechterfeld
6. 36 kmGoldenstedt (Oldb)
7. Show 5 more stations

   1. 42 kmLutten
   2. 46 kmStation Vechta Stoppelmarkt
   3. 48 kmVechta
   4. 56 kmLohne (Oldb)
   5. 62 kmMühlen (Oldb)
8. 65 kmSteinfeld
9. 69 kmHoldorf (Oldb)
10. 79 kmNeuenkirchen (Oldb)
11. 83 kmRieste
12. 88 kmHesepe

The stations on this line, as Wikidata lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9187399: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RB 58
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway?

The Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway runs 88 km from Delmenhorst to Hesepe.

How long does the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 36 min for the 88 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.

Who runs the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway?

NordWestBahn, with RB 58.

How old is the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway?

The line has been in service since 1900. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway run?

17 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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