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The Lüneburg–Soltau railway is a standard gauge railway line in North Germany operated by the East Hanoverian Railways (''Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen'' or ''OHE''). == History == After a lengthy planning phase the long railway from Lüneburg to Soltau was opened on 13 June 1913 by the ''Lüneburg–Soltau Light Railway''. This company had been founded on 15 February 1911 by the Prussian state, the Province of Hanover and the districts of Lüneburg and Soltau. It ran from Lüneburg through the middle of the Lüneburg Heath via Amelinghausen-Sottorf and Hützel, where it was joined by the line from Winsen, which had been built by the Winsen–Evendorf–Hützel Light Railway. Finally it reached the railway hub of Soltau, where it share the same station as the Celle–Soltau railway and, from 1920, the Soltau–Neuenkirchen railway as well, which enabled passengers to transfer to the state railway. Running powers for the line in the period 1 June 1923 to July 1944 were the responsibility of the State Light Railway Office of the Province of Hanover. On 1 January 1944 the light railway company merged with the Soltau-Neuenkirchen Light Railway Company to form the ''Lüneburg-Soltau Railway Company'', but this was absorbed the same year, on 11 July 1944, into the East Hanoverian Railways. The inclines on the line are the most demanding in the OHE's network as its popular name ''Gebirgsbahn'' ('hill railway') testifies. It has a height difference of over 100 metres. In 1973 the Soltau–Hützel section was incorporated into Celle's remotely controlled section. The signal box for this is at Soltau Süd. However, due to the decline in traffic, remote-control is superfluous and, since 2001, is no longer in use on this section. The signals in Hützel and Lüneburg Süd are meanwhile controlled by Celle. The station of Melbeck-Embsen has its own signal box with push-button routing. 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「Lüneburg–Soltau railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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