Nienburg–Minden railway

Nienburg–Minden railway
Overview
Line number1741
LocaleLower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number124
Technical
Line length53.0 km (32.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

from Liebenau,
former line from Diepholz
0.0
Nienburg (Weser)
4.4
Langendamm (Han)
(siding)
7.7
Schäferhof
(siding)
11.1
Estorf (Weser)
14.9
Landesbergen (Han)
(siding)
18.8
Leese RWG
(siding)
20.8
Leese-Stolzenau
former Steinhuder Meer Railway
20.9
former line to Stadthagen
22.7
24.9
Schlüsselburg (Weser)
28.9
Heimsen
33.0
Döhren (Weser)
(siding)
36.3
Windheim
40.8
Petershagen-Lahde
45.1
Frille
50.4
Dankersen
51.8
Minden goods yard
53.0
Minden (Westf)
Source: German railway atlas

The Nienburg–Minden railway is a single track branch line in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, which connects Nienburg station on the Wunstorf–Bremen railway with Minden station on the Hamm–Minden railway. The most important traffic of the line is the freight running from the marshalling yard at Hamburg to the Ruhr and on to southern Germany as well as the container traffic from the seaports to the hinterland. It is sometimes called the Natobahn (NATO railway) because of its former military importance.