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| Native name | Harzquerbahn |
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| Line number | 9700 |
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| Locale | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Germany |
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| Route number |
- 326 Nordhausen–Drei Annen Hohne
- 325 Drei Annen Hohne–Wernigerode
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| Line length | 60.5 km (37.6 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 60 m (196.9 ft) |
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| Operating speed | 40 km/h (24.9 mph) (maximum) |
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| Maximum incline | 3.3% |
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Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz |
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0.0 |
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184 m |
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0.2 |
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1.1 |
Nordhausen Übergabebahnhof |
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1.5 |
Nordhausen Hesseröder Straße |
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2.2 |
Nordhausen Altentor |
189 m |
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3.0 |
Nordhausen Ricarda-Huch-Straße |
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3.8 |
Nordhausen Schurzfell |
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4.5 |
Nordhausen Krimderode |
198 m |
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6.0 |
Niedersachswerfen Herkulesmarkt |
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from Harzungen Lager |
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7.0 |
Niedersachswerfen Ost |
213 m |
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8.0 |
Niedersachswerfen Ilfelder Straße |
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9.9 |
Ilfeld Schreiberwiese |
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10.7 |
Ilfeld earlier Ilfeld-Wiegersdorf |
254 m |
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11.5 |
| Ilfeld Neanderklinik | | (terminus of line 10) |
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267 m |
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B 4 |
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11.7 |
Paper factory siding |
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12.6 |
Ilfeld Bad |
287 m |
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Bere, Ilfeld Viaduct |
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B 4 |
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14.0 |
Netzkater |
309 m |
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Brandesbach |
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Kleiner Merkelsbach |
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Großer Merkelsbach |
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17.3 |
Eisfelder Talmühle |
352 m |
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Bere |
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19.5 |
Tiefenbachmühle |
411 m |
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21.5 |
Sophienhof |
445 m |
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25.1 |
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Dammbach |
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29.8 |
Benneckenstein |
530 m |
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33.4 |
Sorge (since 1974) |
490 m |
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33.9 |
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34.2 |
| Sorge | | (lower station / NWE) |
until 1974 |
490 m |
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37.4 |
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Kleiner Allerbach |
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38.2 |
line peak |
556 m |
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Ochsenbach |
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40.5 |
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41.1 |
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Elend |
509 m |
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Dammastbach |
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Steinbach |
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46.4 |
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Drängetalwasser |
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50.4 |
Drängetal |
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51.6 |
Thumkuhlenkopf Tunnel (58 m) |
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52.7 |
Schotterwerk Thumkuhlental |
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54.6 |
Steinerne Renne |
311 m |
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54.9 |
Marble works siding |
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Holtemme |
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Holtemme |
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Holtemme |
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56.2 |
Wernigerode-Hasserode |
280 m |
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55.7 |
Stone loading siding |
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57.1 |
| Hasserode II - Frankenfeldstraße | | (until 1922) |
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57.5 |
Paper factory siding |
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58.0 |
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256 m |
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58.5 |
Marschhausen paper factory siding |
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59.0 |
Westerntor (until 1936) |
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59.3 |
Westerntor crossing B 244 |
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59.5 |
Wernigerode-Westerntor |
238 m |
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Wernigerode transfer station |
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60.5 |
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234 m |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Harz Railway or Trans-Harz Railway (German: Harzquerbahn) was formerly the main line of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) and runs north to south right across the Harz Mountains from Wernigerode to Nordhausen. However, the tourist attraction of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz, is so great that the Brocken Railway is effectively the main line today. The Trans-Harz Railway joins up with the Selke Valley Railway to Quedlinburg at Eisfelder Talmühle where all trains are organised to make good connections.
