Heath Railway

The Heidebahn crosses the Lüneburg Heath from Hanover to Buchholz — single track, no wires, and one of only two railways of any weight on the heath.

Stations

1. 0 kmBuchholz (Nordheide)
2. 2 kmSuerhop
3. 6 kmHolm-Seppensen
4. 8 kmBüsenbachtal
5. 11 kmHandeloh
6. 18 kmWintermoor
7. Show 8 more stations

   1. 27 kmSchneverdingen
   2. 37 kmWolterdingen
   3. 41 kmSoltau Nord
   4. 45 kmSoltau (Han)
   5. 56 kmDorfmark
   6. 63 kmBad Fallingbostel
   7. 71 kmWalsrode
   8. 82 kmHodenhagen
8. 93 kmSchwarmstedt
9. 102 kmLindwedel
10. 110 kmMellendorf
11. 123 kmLangenhagen Mitte
12. 133 kmHannover Hauptbahnhof

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.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 326153 — 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 38
• 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 Heath Railway?

The Heath Railway runs 133 km from Buchholz to Hannover.

How long does the Heath Railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 58 min for the 133 km. That is an average of 68 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Heath Railway?

Start Niedersachsen-Mitte, with RB 38, Regionalbahn.

How old is the Heath Railway?

The line has been in service since 1896. 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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