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Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway

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Freight traffic operates to the lime works over the Rübeland Railway. Until the power was removed from the Rübeland Railway’s overhead line in 2005, haulage of traffic in Blankenburg was changed from
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Since the operation as a main line incurred large operating expenses, the line was reclassified as a branch line in 1877. This allowed, among other things, numerous guards to be saved at
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locomotives were often used for hauling passenger trains. From 2000, passenger trains from Halberstadt connected with services to
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on the Rübeland Railway, which ended in 2005. There were operated by push-pull trains, hauled by
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Construction for the first section of the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway (
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Eisenbahnchronik Harz. Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen im Harz
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The Harz Railway is shown in blue as part of the HSB network
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Passenger services run on the line every hour. After 1989,
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A special feature of the line is that the tracks of the
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is a non-electrified, single-track railway line, from
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Until 1968, there was a branch to 463:Rübeland Railway to/from Elbingerode 591:Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn 24: 673:are crossed twice in Halberstadt. 127:80 km/h (49.7 mph) (max) 25: 823: 657:, took over operations in 2005. 475: 451: 425: 424: 398: 375: 374: 349: 326: 303: 274: 250: 224: 200: 176: 531:Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway 452: 33:Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway 802:1873 establishments in Germany 792:Railway lines in Saxony-Anhalt 712: 664: 275: 201: 13: 1: 676: 603: 515:Source: German railway atlas 476: 251: 797:Railway lines opened in 1873 681: 7: 399: 350: 327: 304: 225: 177: 83:18.9 km (11.7 mi) 10: 828: 754: 572: 559:Blankenburg (Harz) station 581:Share certificate of the 487: 469: 460: 445: 436: 418: 410: 392: 383: 368: 361: 343: 338: 320: 315: 297: 286: 268: 259: 244: 236: 218: 209: 194: 185: 170: 131: 123: 87: 79: 74: 66: 61: 50: 42: 37: 32: 761:Högemann, Josef (2007). 723:(in German) (3/13): 18. 557:connects to the line at 655:Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt 549:in the German state of 27:Railway line in Germany 586: 316:Halberstadt-Oststraße 149: 812:Transport in the Harz 671:Halberstädter tramway 651:Connex Sachsen Anhalt 580: 147: 649:diesel locomotives. 659:Alstom Coradia LINT 439:to/from Quedlinburg 633:Passenger services 619:Diesel locomotives 609:Freight operations 587: 489:Blankenburg (Harz) 150: 772:978-3-88255-722-0 705:978-3-89494-139-0 527: 526: 523: 522: 519: 518: 510: 509: 386:to/from Minsleben 16:(Redirected from 819: 776: 748: 742: 733: 732: 716: 710: 709: 692: 555:Rübeland Railway 479: 478: 455: 454: 428: 427: 402: 401: 378: 377: 353: 352: 330: 329: 307: 306: 278: 277: 254: 253: 228: 227: 204: 203: 180: 179: 168: 167: 155: 133: 132: 119: 113: 111: 110: 106: 103: 95: 30: 29: 21: 827: 826: 822: 821: 820: 818: 817: 816: 782: 781: 773: 757: 752: 751: 743: 736: 718: 717: 713: 706: 694: 693: 689: 684: 679: 667: 635: 611: 606: 598:level crossings 575: 485: 480: 465: 456: 441: 434: 429: 408: 403: 388: 379: 359: 354: 336: 331: 313: 308: 293: 284: 279: 264: 255: 234: 229: 214: 212:from Vienenburg 205: 190: 181: 162: 138: 124:Operating speed 115: 108: 104: 101: 99: 98:4 ft  97: 93: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 825: 815: 814: 809: 804: 799: 794: 778: 777: 771: 756: 753: 750: 749: 734: 711: 704: 686: 685: 683: 680: 678: 675: 666: 663: 634: 631: 610: 607: 605: 602: 574: 571: 525: 524: 521: 520: 517: 516: 512: 511: 508: 507: 505: 503: 501: 499: 497: 495: 492: 491: 486: 483: 481: 474: 472: 470: 467: 466: 461: 459: 457: 450: 448: 446: 443: 442: 437: 435: 432: 430: 423: 421: 419: 416: 415: 409: 406: 404: 397: 395: 393: 390: 389: 384: 382: 380: 373: 371: 369: 366: 365: 360: 357: 355: 348: 346: 344: 341: 340: 339:Spiegelsberge 337: 334: 332: 325: 323: 321: 318: 317: 314: 311: 309: 302: 300: 298: 295: 294: 291: 285: 282: 280: 273: 271: 269: 266: 265: 260: 258: 256: 249: 247: 245: 242: 241: 235: 232: 230: 223: 221: 219: 216: 215: 210: 208: 206: 199: 197: 195: 192: 191: 188:from Magdeburg 186: 184: 182: 175: 173: 171: 164: 163: 158: 140: 139: 136: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 117:standard gauge 91: 85: 84: 81: 77: 76: 72: 71: 68: 64: 63: 59: 58: 52: 48: 47: 44: 40: 39: 35: 34: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 824: 813: 810: 808: 805: 803: 800: 798: 795: 793: 790: 789: 787: 780: 774: 768: 764: 759: 758: 747:, p. 97. 746: 745:Högemann 2007 741: 739: 730: 726: 722: 721:Aktiensammler 719:"Not known". 715: 707: 701: 697: 691: 687: 674: 672: 662: 660: 656: 653:, now called 652: 648: 644: 640: 630: 628: 624: 620: 616: 601: 599: 594: 592: 585:of 1 May 1870 584: 579: 570: 568: 564: 560: 556: 552: 551:Saxony-Anhalt 548: 544: 540: 536: 532: 514: 513: 506: 504: 502: 500: 498: 496: 494: 493: 490: 482: 473: 471: 468: 464: 458: 449: 447: 444: 440: 431: 422: 420: 417: 413: 405: 396: 394: 391: 387: 381: 372: 370: 367: 364: 356: 347: 345: 342: 333: 324: 322: 319: 310: 301: 299: 296: 289: 281: 272: 270: 267: 263: 257: 248: 246: 243: 239: 231: 222: 220: 217: 213: 207: 198: 196: 193: 189: 183: 174: 172: 169: 166: 165: 161: 157: 156: 153: 146: 142: 141: 135: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 94:1,435 mm 92: 90: 86: 82: 78: 73: 69: 65: 60: 56: 55:Saxony-Anhalt 53: 49: 45: 41: 36: 31: 19: 779: 762: 720: 714: 695: 690: 668: 650: 636: 621:, mostly of 612: 595: 590: 588: 582: 530: 528: 151: 67:Route number 665:Peculiarity 643:Elbingerode 547:Blankenburg 539:Langenstein 535:Halberstadt 363:Langenstein 238:Halberstadt 89:Track gauge 80:Line length 43:Line number 786:Categories 677:References 623:class 232 604:Operations 292:from Halle 729:1611-8006 682:Footnotes 647:Class 218 639:class 202 627:class 241 567:Minsleben 563:Derenburg 288:Harsleben 137:Route map 75:Technical 57:, Germany 615:electric 543:Börnecke 412:Börnecke 262:to Halle 112: in 38:Overview 755:Sources 573:History 414:(Harz) 290:siding 107:⁄ 62:Service 769:  727:  702:  553:. 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Index

Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway Company
Saxony-Anhalt
Track gauge
standard gauge

Legend
from Magdeburg
from Vienenburg
Halberstadt
to Halle
Harsleben
Langenstein
to/from Minsleben
Börnecke
to/from Quedlinburg
Rübeland Railway to/from Elbingerode
Blankenburg (Harz)
Halberstadt
Langenstein
Börnecke
Blankenburg
Saxony-Anhalt
Rübeland Railway
Blankenburg (Harz) station
Derenburg
Minsleben

level crossings
electric
Diesel locomotives

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