Lehrte–Nordstemmen railway

Lehrte–Nordstemmen railway
Overview
Line number1770
LocaleLower Saxony
Service
Route number323, 363.3
Technical
Line length27 km (17 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph) (maximum)
Route map

16.1
Lehrte,
reversal of S 7
(former route until 1990)
(former route until 1990)
Potash mine
22.7
Sehnde
Hohenfels potash mine, HSM tram museum
30.1
Algermissen
Siegfried, Giesen potash mine
35.1
Harsum
Hildesheim-Peine District Railway
40.7
Hildesheim Hbf,
termini of S 3S 4
45.4
Himmelsthür junction
46.8
Emmerke
49.7
Rössing junction
52.2
Nordstemmen
Source: German railway atlas

The Lehrte–Nordstemmen railway is a continuous double track, electrified main line railway in the German state of Lower Saxony. It connects the railway junction of Lehrte with Hildesheim and Nordstemmen, where it connects with the Hanoverian Southern Railway. The section from Lehrte to Hildesheim opened in 1842 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany.