Salzwedel–Dannenberg Railway
The Salzwedel–Dannenberg railway was a branch line between Salzwedel in the north of Saxony-Anhalt and Dannenberg (Elbe), Dannenberg in eastern Lower Saxony in Germany. It was built in 1891 by the Prussian state railways, initially as a stub line from Salzwedel to Lüchow (Wendland), Lüchow and extended in 1911 to Dannenberg. Shortly before the end of the Second World War the line between Salzwedel in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, Soviet Zone and Lübbow in the British Zone was cut. Passenger services ceased in 1975, goods trains continued tor run until the end of 1997. The section still being worked between Lüchow and the station at Dannenberg Ost has been owned since 2001 by the Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn (DRE) and is called the Jeetzel Valley Railway (''Jeetzeltalbahn'').''Von Bahnkunden – für Bahnkunden''. Selbstdarstellung. Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn, Berlin 22 February 2006, p. 9–12.914 KB Lüchow-Salzwedel (1891) In the 1860s two railways ...
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