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| Line number | 1940 |
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| Locale | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Route number | ex 312 (2007) |
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| Line length | 22.3 km (13.9 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Bahnstrecke Helmstedt–Börßum Karte.jpg
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-0.3
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Helmstedt
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to Weferlingen
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0.0
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(old route until ca. 1940)
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2.6
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EEW substation
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(old route until ca. 1940)
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(old route until ca. 1940)
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5.5
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Neu Büddenstedt
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6.5
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Büddenstedt
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Trendelbusch open cut mine siding
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8.4
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Gbf Schöningen EEW
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9.1
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Alversdorf
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(old route until ca. 1940)
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from Eilsleben
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10.9
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Schöningen
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to Brunswick and Oschersleben
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16.5
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Söllingen (Braunschweig)
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from Nienhagen
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22.3
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Jerxheim
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Jerxheim–Helmstedt railway is a 22 km-long railway line in the south-east of the German state of Lower Saxony that was opened in 1858. It opened up the area south of the Elm hills. Until 8 December 2007, there were passenger services on the route from Brunswick via Wolfenbüttel, Schöppenstedt, Jerxheim and Schöningen to Helmstedt, which was last marketed as the Südelmbahn. The section from Helmstedt to Alversdorf freight yard has since been operated as a connecting line to a facility of the Energy from Waste (EEW) company, formerly half owned by E.ON.