The Hanoverian Western Railway ( German : Hannoversche Westbahn ) was a line from the Löhne to Emden , built by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways in the mid-19th century in the west of the Kingdom of Hanover in the modern German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia .
12-760: The development of Hanover's western railways began in 1847 with the construction of the Hanover–Minden line . This line connected to the trunk line of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company from Cologne via Hamm . The Hanoverian Western Railway branches off the Hamm–Minden line at Löhne station and runs along the valleys of the Else and the Hase south of the Wiehen Hills via Bünde and Melle to Osnabrück . As
24-766: A division of the Prussian state railways , based in Hanover. The section of line between Emden and Rheine was acquired by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on 1 January 1868. Hanover%E2%80%93Minden railway The Hanover–Minden railway is one of the most important railways in Lower Saxony and railway in Germany . It connects the capital of Lower Saxony, Hanover via Wunstorf , Stadthagen and Bückeburg with Minden , Osnabrück , Amsterdam and
36-633: Is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Eilsen . After World War II, Bad Eilsen hosted the headquarters of the Royal Air Force (British Air Force of Occupation) in the British Zone of Occupation until the opening of JHQ Rheindahlen in 1954. The HQ was served by the airfield at RAF Bückeburg (now Bückeburg Air Base ), which also served the nearby HQ of the British Army of
48-724: Is heavy freight traffic. Between Minden and Hanover hourly RE trains run ( Braunschweig to Bielefeld or Rheine ) as doubledeck sets and S-Bahn line S1 (Haste–Hannover–Minden). On the Wunstorf–Hanover section, services are supplemented by line S2 (Haste–Hanover– Nienburg ). This route is also served by RE trains on the Hanover–Bremen– Norddeich route. The line has six tracks between Hannover-Nordstadt and Seelze, between Hannover Hbf and Hannover-Nordstadt there are separate S-Bahn-tracks and between Seelze and Wunstorf there are four tracks. However, there are only two tracks on
60-725: The Ruhr . The line was opened on 15 October 1847 by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways . It opened up the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe , including its capital city, Bückeburg and provided a continuous link between Hanover and the Rhineland . On 23 December 1847, a branch was opened from Wunstorf to Bremen , which has ever since formed one of the main railway of Germany because it connects Bremen with southern industries. More connections and access routes are (or were) provided by
72-839: The Stadthagen–Stolzenau Railway , the Weser–Aller Railway to Rotenburg an der Wümme , the Cologne-Minden trunk line , which continues the line to the Rhineland, the Rinteln–Stadthagen Railway , the Minden District Railway and the Bad Eilsen Light Railway from Bückeburg to Bad Eilsen and briefly via Meissen to Minden. The first Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (1973) identified
84-497: The Dortmund–Hannover–Brunswick line as one of eight railway development projects. In 1984, a 23.5 kilometre section between Bückeburg and Haste was cleared for scheduled speeds of 200 km/h. In 1985, a 13.0 kilometre stretch between Hanover and Wunstorf followed. The whole line is continuously electrified and served by Intercity-Express , InterCity , Regional-Express and S-Bahn services. In addition, there
96-538: The Emden–Papenburg section was completed on 24 November 1854, without any connection to other lines. The Löhne–Osnabrück section was opened on 21 November 1855 to a temporary terminus at the Hannöversche Bahnhof ("Hanoverian station"). The Lingen–Papenburg section was opened on 2 May 1856 and the remaining Osnabrück–Lingen section was put into operation on 23 June 1856. At the same time the central workshops for
108-515: The Wunstorf–Minden section. Therefore, freight traffic on this section needs to go into sidings from time to time to allow faster passenger trains to pass through. The provision of four-tracks as already exists on the adjacent Hamm-Minden railway line to the west is planned. However, it is still being debated as whether the existing line will be rebuilt, or whether a new high-speed line will be built between Haste and Seelze, bypassing Wunstorf, with
120-751: The entire route were established in Lingen. In the following years, Rheine developed as a railway junction. On 27 June 1856, the Münster–Rheine line was opened and in 1865 the Almelo–Salzbergen line was opened, connecting to the Dutch network. After the Austro-Prussian War , the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia. The Royal Hanoverian State Railways became Prussian property and on 15 December 1866, it became
132-528: The line west of Haste being rebuilt on its existing route. The construction of one or two S-Bahn tracks between Seelze and Wunstorf by the Hanover region is also under discussion. Bad Eilsen Bad Eilsen ( West Low German : Ahlsen ) is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) southwest of Stadthagen , and 13 km (8.1 mi) southeast of Minden . Bad Eilsen
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#1732851975121144-636: The next section from Osnabrück via Ibbenbüren to Rheine was located in the Prussian Province of Westphalia , it was built by the Prussian government and leased by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways. From Rheine, the line then runs along the Ems river to the north and through Salzbergen , Lingen , Meppen and Papenburg to Emden. The line was opened in stages between 1854 and 1856. First,
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