Wolfenbüttel–Oschersleben railway

Wolfenbüttel–Oschersleben railway
Overview
Line number1942
LocaleSaxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Germany
Technical
Line length53.1 km (33.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

from Groß Gleidingen
11.8
Wolfenbüttel Hp
12.6
Wolfenbüttel
14.5
Linden industrial area
Wendessen
(passenger ops closed)
16.2
Brunswick-Schöningen railway
21.6
Dettum
29.5
Schöppenstedt
(former Bf)
37.5
Watenstedt
41.2
Jerxheim
to Nienhagen
Aderstedt sugar mill siding
51.4
Gunsleben
56.5
Neuwegersleben
siding
from Schöningen Süd
65.7
Oschersleben (Bode)
Keilbahnhof
Source: German railway atlas

The Wolfenbüttel–Oschersleben railway runs through the border area of the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. It was opened in 1843 and was one of the oldest long-distance railways in Germany. All traffic from Berlin and Central Germany ran over it to Hanover and the Ruhr area until the beginning of the 1870s. Afterwards it lost importance, but remained an important line for East-West traffic.

After 1945, the line between Jerxheim and Gunsleben was interrupted by the inner German border. The section of line remaining in East Germany between Oschersleben and Gunsleben was downgraded to a branch line, but traffic ended on it in 1992. Only the section from Wolfenbüttel to Schöppenstedt has remained in operation since 2007.