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Herzberg–Seesen railway

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Herzberg–Seesen railway
Route number:	358
Line number:	1812
Line length:	32 km
Track gauge:	1,435 mm
Maximum speed:	80
Legend from Brunswick and from Goslar Seesen to Kreiensen Herrhausen 91,3 Münchehof (Harz) 96,8 Gittelde Nord 98,4 Gittelde to the Gittelde–Bad Grund railway Badenhausen Lasfelde Crossing with the Kleinbahn Osterode-Kreiensen Transfer to the Kleinbahn Osterode-Kreiensen 105,3 Osterode (Harz) 106,1 Osterode am Harz Mitte Osterode Süd 108,2 Osterode am Harz Leege Düna-Papenhöhe 116,7 Herzberg Schloss to the South Harz Line to Northeim 117,9 Herzberg (Harz) South Harz Line to Nordhausen… … and formerly to Bleicherode and Siebertal

Historic railway station in Gittelde.

The Herzberg–Seesen railway, also known as the West Harz Line (German: Westharzstrecke), is a 32 km long railway line, that runs along the western edge of the Harz mountains and serves thetown and the district of Osterode am Harz. It is the shortest link fromBrunswick to Erfurt and is worked today by Lint multiples from Brunswick via Salzgitter, Seesen and Osterode to Herzberg mainly at hourly intervals. In Herzberg there are connexions to Göttingen andNordhausen.

The line was opened in 1871 as a link between the South Harz Lineand the Brunswick Southern Railway from Brunswick via Salzgitter toKreiensen. It was planned as a long-distance route; and its trackbed laid for two tracks. This, however, did not materialise. Today it is operated as a branch line.

At the beginning of the 1990s the Herzberg–Seesen railway was threatened with closure. Since then, introducing of weekend services and of a Taktfahrplan has made it significantly more attractive to travellers. In 2004 two new stops were opened in Osterode (O. Leege and O. Mitte) because the halts there were not particularly well sited. Some stations, e.g. the historic station built of wood in Gittelde, were renovated. In the medium term the line should be controlled from an electronic signal box in Göttingen which is currently under construction.

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