Lübeck–Lüneburg railway

Lübeck–Lüneburg railway
A local train crosses the Elbe near Lauenburg.
Overview
Line number
  • 1122 (Lübeck Hbf–Lübeck Hgbf junction)
  • 1121 (Lübeck Hgbf junction–Büchen)
  • 1150 (Büchen–Lüneburg)
LocaleSchleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number145
Technical
Line length77.3 km (48.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline< 2.0%
Route map

old route until 1908
0.0
Lübeck Hbf
Lübeck-Segeberg railway
0.0
Station of the Lübeck-Büchen Railway
1.2
Lübeck main freight yard (Hgbf)
2.2
Lübeck Hgbf junction
5.9
4.2
chainage change since realignment
old route until 1908
4.4
Lübeck-Hochschulstadtteil
7.4
Lübeck-Flughafen (Airport)
7.7
Lübeck-Blankensee
13.6
Pogeez
Ratzeburg light railway
20.0
Ratzeburg
29.2
Mölln (Lauenburg)
to Hollenbek
Elbe-Lübeck Canal
39.4
Güster
41.4
Roseburg
47.6
161.3
Büchen
158.8
Witzeeze
155.9
Dalldorf
Elbe-Lübeck Canal
old loading ramp for the former
Buchhorst Forest Railway (Feldbahn)
industrial siding
port railway
148.5
Lauenburg (Elbe)
148.2
147.9
Hohnstorf
147.5
Hohnstorf Uferladestelle
144.1
Echem
to Bleckede District Railway
141.2
135.9
Adendorf
134.4
133.4
Jäger
Connecting curve to Buchholz and Hamburg
from Buchholz and Hamburg
from Bleckede and from port
131.6
Lüneburg West and Ost
Source: German railway atlas

The Lübeck–Lüneburg railway line is a 77 kilometre-long, single-track non-electrified rail link from Lübeck on the Baltic coast of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein to Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. The line was opened in sections between 1851 and 1864 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.