The Oker–Bad Harzburg railway is a

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industr ...

between Oker and Bad Harzburg on the northern edge of the

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. It was opened on May 1, 1912.

Route

The 6.9 kilometre long route is single-tracked between Oker and Bad Harzburg.

Operations

The line is worked by regional trains on the

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Seesen Seesen is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range, approx. west of Goslar. History The Saxon settlement of ''Sehusa'' was first mentioned i ...

–Goslar–Bad Harzburg and

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–Goslar–Bad Harzburg route.

References

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