The Lower Elbe Railway (german: Niederelbebahn or ''Unterelbebahn''), is a

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line between

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and

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in northwestern Germany, which was opened in 1881 by the ''Lower Elbe Railway Company'' (''Unterelbesche Eisenbahngesellschaft''). At 103.6 kilometres of length, the line runs close to the southern bank of the Lower Elbe river.

Line features

The Lower Elbe Railway is a main line since 1964 and is currently listed as

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121. The line is part of the ''Strecke 1720'', with the kilometrage starting at Lehrte near

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. The line features two tracks on most sections, except between the stations

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and

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. The line has been electrified between Hamburg and Stade since 1968. The Hamburg S-Bahn line to Neugraben runs parallel to the line since 1984; and since 2008, toward Stade, using dual-voltage vehicles. The trains between

and

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have been operated by

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since late 2007. File: Bahnstrecke_cadenberge.jpg, Lower Elbe Railway in Cadenberge File:Map_elbe_mouth_1910.jpg, Lower Elbe and Lower Elbe Railway on a 1910 map File:Belum_zug_kommt.jpg, Trail between Belum and Kedingbruch File:Neuhaus_oste_eisenbahnlinie.jpg, The line in Neuhaus (Oste)

References

External links

www.niederelbebahn.de

www.niederelbe-s-bahn.de

Railway lines in Hamburg Railway lines in Lower Saxony Hamburg S-Bahn 1881 establishments in Germany {{Hamburg-SBahn-stub