Classic route
Lübeck–Lüneburg railway
Lüneburg → Lübeck · Germany
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Single track, unelectrified, opened in sections between 1851 and 1864 — one of Germany's oldest railways, from the Elbe salt town to the Baltic.
Stations
- 0 kmLüneburg +1
- 13 kmEchem
- 17 kmLauenburg (Elbe)
- 30 kmBüchen
- 48 kmMölln (Lauenburg)
- 79 kmLübeck Hauptbahnhof +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 67427 — 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 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 83
- 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 Lübeck–Lüneburg railway?
The Lübeck–Lüneburg railway runs 78 km from Lüneburg to Lübeck.
How long does the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 10 min for the 78 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway?
erixx, with RE 83, Regional-Express.
How old is the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway?
The line has been in service since 1851. 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 Lübeck–Lüneburg railway run?
21 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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