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}} }} The Lehrte–Nordstemmen railway is a continuous double track, electrified main line railway in the German state of Lower Saxony. It connects the railway junction of Lehrte with Hildesheim and Nordstemmen, where it connects with the Hanoverian Southern Railway. The section from Lehrte to Hildesheim opened in 1842 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany. ==History== The Lehrte–Hildesheim line was the southern branch of the ''cross railway'' built by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways (German: ''Königlich Hannöverschen Staatseisenbahnen''), along with the east-west arms (the Hanover–Brunswick line) and the northern arm (the Lehrte–Celle line). It was opened on 12 July 1846. The previously insignificant town of Lehrte became a railway junction, as a result of the scepticism of King Ernst August I concerning railways and his opposition to substantial railway facilities in the city of Hanover. His son George V was more supportive of railways. In 1853 the first section of the Hanoverian Southern Railway opened from Hanover to Alfeld. A connecting line was opened on 15 September 1853 from Hildesheim to Nordstemmen station adjacent to the Southern Railway. This originally single-track line was duplicated in 1875 by the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company (German: ''Hannover-Altenbekener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') as part of a project to continue its Elze–Löhne railway to the east through Hildesheim to Vienenburg. After the Hanoverian Southern Railway was extended to Kassel in 1856, it was possible to operate from Harburg through Celle, Lehrte and Hildesheim to Kassel and Frankfurt. This line was mainly used by freight trains; passenger trains went through Hanover. The opening of the Hannover freight rail bypass in 1909 made the Southern Railway available for freight traffic to the south. The Lehrte–Hildesheim line also encouraged the opening of several potash mines. The Nordstemmen–Lehrte line was electrified on 29 May 1965. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lehrte–Nordstemmen railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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