Lübeck–Hamburg railway

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Lübeck–Hamburg
standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

Legend
from Kiel, from Puttgarden
from Lübeck-Travemünde
0.000
 Lübeck Hbf
to Bad Segeberg
2.150
 Lübeck main freight yard
Lübeck-Genin
2.488
to Lüneburg, to Bad Kleinen
Trave
Elbe-Lübeck Canal
4.747
5.800
less 1053 m
0
 Lübeck-Moisling
(in plannng)[1]
7.520
 Lübeck-Niendorf
Trave
15.833
Reinfeld (Holstein)
B 75
Trave
from Neumünster
(39.969) 23.887
 Bad Oldesloe
(S-Bahn planned)
to Elmshorn
to Ratzeburg
to Schwarzenbek
(33.885) 29.971
 Kupfermühle
(S-Bahn planned)
A 21
28.451 35.405
 Bargteheide
(S-Bahn planned)
(end of planned S-Bahn)
23.946 39.910
Ahrensburg-Gartenholz
(S-Bahn planned)
40.300
 Ahrensburg Nord
(siding)
41.242
Hünnau
21.419 42.437
 Ahrensburg
(S-Bahn planned)
43.491
U1 Volksdorf – Großhansdorf
Ahrensburg West
(planned)
16.827 47.029
Schleswig-Holstein
Hamburg
state border
16.079 00,000
Stellmoorer Quellfluss
13.583 00,000
Wandse
51.000
 Hamburg-Rahlstedt Bbf
12.691 00,000
Wandse
12.223 51.665
Hamburg-Rahlstedt
(S-Bahn planned)
10.864 00,000
Wandse
10.496 00,000
 Pulverhof
(planned)
9.273 54.436
Hamburg-Tonndorf (formerly
Wandsbek Ost, dismantling planned)
7.620 00,000
 Holstenhofweg
(planned)
6.829 00,000
System change DC/AC (planned)
6.038 00,000
 Bovestraße
(planned)
5.844 00,000
Gehölzgraben
58.200
Hamburg-Wandsbek
(passenger services closed in 2021)
5.329 00,000
 Claudiusstraße
(planned)
4.590 00,000
Freight bypass
4.300 00,000
S-Bahn from Ohlsdorf/Airport
S1
4.170 59.689
Hamburg Hasselbrook
2.793 00,000
 Landwehr
1.530 00,000
 Hamburg Berliner Tor
S-Bahn from Bergedorf,
from Berlin
S-Bahn from Harburg
to Berlin
0.110 63.896
 Hamburg Hbf
(Keilbahnhof)
to Hamburg-Altona
Source: German railway atlas[2]

The Hamburg–Lübeck railway is one of the most important mainline railways of the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. It connects the two Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Lübeck, and is part of the line to Denmark. The line was opened in 1865.

Route

The line runs the south-west from Lübeck through mostly agricultural, undulating land. The

rail freight bypass and then runs parallel to the S-Bahn line until Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
is reached from the east.

History

The first plans to build a direct rail link between Hamburg and Lübeck were put forward in 1831. Because of the refusal of the Danish authorities to allow a direct line to be built through

Berlin-Hamburg railway
, but meant that trains to Hamburg had to take the route via Büchen. This was approximately 32 km (20 mi) longer that the direct line, which was only opened by the LBE on 1 August 1865. In 1875/76 the track was duplicated.

In 1963, the Lübeck–Puttgarden and Rødby Havn–Copenhagen lines were completed as part of the Vogelfluglinie (literally: bird flight line) to Copenhagen. This increased the range of long distance trains between Lübeck and Hamburg. In addition to the trains to Copenhagen there were Interzone trains (trains between East and West Germany) to Rostock. Express trains, the Merkur Trans Europ Express and Trans-Europ-Express-Marchandises freight trains were hauled to Puttgarden by the class DB-221 diesel locomotives.

In the 1960s and 1970s express trains in

push-pull operations were hauled by class DB-220
diesel locomotives.

The

Intercity-Express trains have also operated between Munich
, Hamburg and Lübeck.

Operations

IC3 of the DSB in Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Lübeck–Hamburg Regional-Express in Bad Oldesloe station

The construction of the

Great Belt Bridge between Funen and Zealand significantly reduced long-distance rail traffic on the Hamburg–Lübeck–Copenhagen route. Since December 2007 Deutsche Bahn ICE TD (withdrawn from 2016) and DSB IC3
trains have operated on the route.

Between Lübeck and Hamburg Regional-Express trains run every twice an hour from morning to evening from Monday to Friday and hourly on weekends. This section has the greatest number of train passengers in Schleswig-Holstein. The Regional-Express trains stop only in Reinfeld, Bad Oldesloe and at times in Ahrensburg. Regionalbahn trains operate on the Hamburg–Bad Oldesloe section, stopping at all stations. They are almost always composed of double-decker coaches. They are propelled in push-pull mode by electric locomotives, either class 112 or 143.

Ahrensburg-Gartenholz halt was built between Ahrensburg and Bargteheide in 2009. It opened in 2010. The opening was delayed because the station had to be modified. Although international trains never stop there, they do pass through, so the station has to comply with international standards.

Future

The level crossing in Marienthal will be replaced by an underpass.

Starting in 2017, the Hamburg–Bad Oldesloe section will be upgraded for S-Bahn operations with new stations at Claudiusstraße, Bovestraße, Holstenhofweg and Pulverhof.[3] By 2018, the railway crossing at the Hammer Straße in Marienthal will be replaced by an underpass, which is seen as a prerequisite for the expansion of the S-Bahn.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Landesweite Verkehrsservicegesellschaft mbH (LVS) (April 2014). Landesweiter Nahverkehrsplan für die Jahre 2013–2017 (LNVP) (PDF) (in German). Kiel: Der Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Verkehr und Technologie des Landes Schleswig-Holstein. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0
    .
  3. ^ Christian Hinkelmann (24 August 2012). "Bauarbeiten für S-Bahn nach Bad Oldesloe sollen 2017 beginnen". Nahverkehr Hamburg. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Hammer Straße: Beide Bahnübergänge werden Unterführungen". Hamburger Abendblatt. 10 June 2013.

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