History Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloe railway



last service of train 450 on 29 september 1973 in wakendorf-götzberg



henstedt-ulzburg station



akn train in barmstedt station


the 53 km-long standard gauge route passes through sparsely populated rural landscape. built throughout single track, because of strategic importance east-west connection , northern bypass of hamburg, stations given long passing loops.


passenger traffic worthwhile between elmshorn , barmstedt; section between barmstedt , bad oldesloe converted railcar services in 1931. freight traffic adequate. after division of germany in 1945 lacked through freight trains east. improved after opening of border crossing @ herrnburg near lübeck. business closures , modal shifts ended these traffic flows in 1970s. no money avaailble necessary route reconstruction , tracks still laid in gravel bed.


on 29 september 1973, passenger traffic between barmstedt , bad oldesloe closed; rail replacement service operated between barmstedt , alveslohe.


by end of 1973, eboe had abandoned freight traffic barmstedt. time akn still ran freight alveslohe via ulzburg henstedt. possible operate freight between ulzburg , blumendorf until 31 december 1981. 4 km-long remnant blumendorf station bad oldesloe operated industrial mainline track bad oldesloe. track between ulzburg , blumendorf has long since been dismantled. trackless route has been converted cycle path. there information boards close cycle path in wakendorf ii area , europe s longest path through fruit trees.


since 1965, elmshorn-barmstedt line has been designated line name of ebo hamburger verkehrsverbund (hamburg transport association, hvv).


the ebo part of akn eisenbahn

the eboe has been operated since 1981 akn eisenbahn, had managed since 1957. section barmstedt ulzburg used after closure operational movements. workshop in barmstedt not sufficient maintenance of modern vt e railcars, alternative upgrading workshop renew line between barmstedt , henstedt-ulzburg. implemented 1991 , workshop in barmstedt closed. passenger services resumed in 1992, few trains daily, , line incorporated in hvv. since 1999, line has been regularly operated ulzburg süd (on main line of akn) line a3.







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