Volkmarsen–Vellmar-Obervellmar railway

Volkmarsen–Vellmar-Obervellmar
Wolfhagen station in 2008
Overview
Line number3903
LocaleHesse, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number612
Technical
Line length36.4 km (22.6 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

km
0.0
Volkmarsen
RE
Erpe, Wirtschaftsweg
L 3075
4.4
Ehringen
RE
from Wolfhagen Pommern barracks
10.8
L 3214
10.9
Wolfhagen RT4
RE
Erpe viaduct (Erpe)
L 3390
14.9
Altenhasungen
L 3312
L 3214
19.3
Oberelsungen
22.6
Zierenberg-Rosental
23.6
Zierenberg
RE
Warme valley viaduct (Warme, L 3211)
Zierenberg Tunnel (900 m)
Zierenberg Tunnel (815.5 m)
28.4
Fürstenwald
31.5
Ahnatal-Weimar
RE
Rasenallee (Landesstraße 3217)
34.1
Ahnatal-Heckershausen
34.8
Ahnatal Casselbreite
36.1
36.4
Vellmar-Obervellmar
RE
Harleshausen Curve to Kassel RT1RT4
Source: German railway atlas

The Volkmarsen–Vellmar-Obervellmar railway runs from Volkmarsen via Wolfhagen and Zierenberg to Vellmar-Obervellmar, where it meets the Kassel–Warburg railway. It begins in Volkmarsen, where it branches off the Warburg–Sarnau railway. The whole line and almost all the railway buildings next to the line are under heritage protection.