Classic route
EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg
Ulzburg Süd → Elmshorn · Germany
Elmshorn to Barmstedt opened as a light railway on 15 July 1896; the Barmstedt to Oldesloe company carried it on to Ulzburg on 9 June 1907, and the AKN has run it since 1981.
- Distance
- 27 km
- Fastest time
- 37 min
- Average speed
- 44 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmUlzburg Süd
- 3 kmHenstedt-Ulzburg
- 8 kmAlveslohe
- 11 kmLangeln
- 17 kmBarmstedt
- 18 kmBarmstedt Brunnenstraße
- 20 kmVoßloch
- 21 kmBokholt
- 23 kmSparrieshoop
- 25 kmLangenmoor
- 27 kmElmshorn +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. 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 8670466: 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 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of A3
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg?
The EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg runs 27 km from Ulzburg Süd to Elmshorn.
How long does the EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 37 min for the 27 km. That is an average of 44 km/h end to end.
Who runs the EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg?
AKN, with A3.
How old is the EBOE Elmshorn–Ulzburg?
The line has been in service since 1907. 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.
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