The Malente–Lütjenburg railway was a standard gauge, branch line in the north German state of

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. It was built by the businessman, Janus, who ran the ''Holsteinische Schweiz'' hotel, that gave its name to the local station on the line. It is currently closed. The line was planned to use a

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railway for tourist traffic prior to the railway's closure. The future of the railway is uncertain.

Route

The route has a length of about and links the resort of Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen with Lütjenburg in ''

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(''Holsteinischen Schweiz'').

List of stations and halts

Its stations and halts are: * Gremskamp (Flohmarkthalle) (former Malente-Güterbahnhof - goods station) * 0.00 Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen; formerly a "wedge station" (''

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'') between the Kiel–Lübeck railway and this line; from 31 May 1866 * Malentino (''Kleinbahn'' halt); since 5 December 2006 * Malente Markt (''Kleinbahn'' halt); since 2007 * Malente-Neversfelde; since 19 July 2008 * 2.01 Malente-Nord (since 13 September 2008 Eggersdorf); from summer 1954 * 3.89

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; from 25 May 1890 * 5.49 Bruhnskoppel; from 1890 * 6.72 Malkwitz; from summer 1954 * 8.32 Benz; from 1890 * 9.60 Flehm; from summer 1955 * 11.15 Kletkamp; from 8 December 1890 * 13.00 Blekendorf; from summer 1954 * 15.20 Friederikenthal; from summer 1954 * Schmiedendorf; from 1 June 1891 to 14 October 1892 * 17.26 Lütjenburg

History

The contract for the construction of the line was signed on 15 May 1888. The railway was opened in several stages.

References

Sources

* Hamelau, Olaf (2008). ''Hein Lüttenborg. Die Nebenbahn Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg''. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2008, * Hamelau, Olaf (2010). ''Die Eisenbahn in Ostholstein''. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2010,

External links

History of the line, track plans, etc.
* ttp://www.hein-luettenborg.de/ Hein Lüttenborg Museum Railwaybr>Feld- und Kleinbahn Betriebs gGmbH
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