Neumünster–Flensburg railway

Neumünster–Flensburg railway
Neumünster–Flensburg and branches to Kiel und Husum
Overview
Line number
  • 131 (Kiel–Husum)
  • 134 (Neumünster–Flensburg)
LocaleSchleswig-Holstein
Service
Route number1040
Technical
Line length101.542 km (63.095 mi)
Number of tracks2 (throughout)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
Route map

Flensburg port railway
177.305
Old Flensburg station
176.230
Flensburg
1.7
Flensburg Süd
(siding)
174.9
Flensburg Wilhelminental
(siding)
174.400
Flensburg Friedensweg
(siding)
172.916
Flensburg Weiche
(passenger station until 2014)
former to Lindholm
former to Husum
Holzkrug
168.21
Barderup
161.974
Tarp
former line to Husum (until 1867)
156.75
Eggebek
from Husum (since 1867)
149.427
Jübek
142.83
Schuby
former Schleswig-Klosterkrug Railway
Schleswig-Friedrichsberg
(until 1869)
138.389
Schleswig
(since 1869)
(new route from 1905)
former line from Oster-Ohrstedt
(until 1870)
Klosterkrug
(until 1869)
Schleswig Air Base
(siding)
Jagel
former Schleswig District Railway
to Friedrichstadt
132.49
Lottorf
Eckernförde District Railway
from Eckernförde
125.410
Owschlag
120.74
Alt Duvenstedt
(passenger station until May 1988)
115.35
Büdelsdorf
connection to Ahlmannkai
from Rendsburg-Obereider
(1.5 km, only freight)
113.869
Rendsburg
(originally Rendsburg-Glacis)
connection to canal port
and Rendsburg District Railway
(former route until 1913)
109.8
points
swing bridge until 1913 /
Rendsburg High Bridge
106.5
Osterrönfeld Brücke
(crossover)
105.008
Osterrönfeld
(passenger station until May 1962)
104.39
Osterrönfeld
(old station)
104.2
99.53
Bokelholm
95.13
Bokel
88.866
Nortorf
84.13
Aspe
74.688
Neumünster
Source: German railway atlas

The Neumünster Flensburg Railway is part of the Jutland line, the main north–south rail link through Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Together with the line to Husum, which diverges in Jübek, and the line to Kiel, which diverges in Rendsburg, it also serves as an important east–west axis between Kiel (on the east coast) and the Marsh Railway on the west coast. It consists of several sections that were parts of the first railways in the current territory of Germany.