Weddel loop

Weddel loop
An ICE train on the Weddel loop
Overview
Native nameWeddeler Schleife
Line number1956
LocaleLower Saxony, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number301/349
Technical
Line length24.8 km (15.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
Route map
from Hanover and Hildesheim
from Salzgitter and Bad Harzburg
3.4
 Brunswick Hbf
from and to Gifhorn
5.7
 Schmiedekamp junction
to Brunswick marshalling yard
7.0
 Grüner Jäger
7.6
Buchhorst junction
from Brunswick marshalling yard
9.5
 Weddel
9.7/3.7
Weddel junction
Brunswick-Magdeburg line
9.6
 Bundesautobahn 2
12.1
 Lehre passing loop
12.9
Schunter 249 m
13.5
 Bundesstraße 248
former route of Brunswick State Railway
(closed 1942)
former Brunswick-Gliesmarode line
(1942–1998)
14.7
 Groß Brunsrode
19.9
 Ehmen
22.0
Sülfeld junction
towards Fallersleben-Brunswick line
Line 6399 (track 3  to Oebisfelde) and
to the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line
from the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line
24.2/17.4
 Fallersleben
end of line 1956
continuation as line 6399,
three tracks to Oebisfelde
12.6
 Wolfsburg Hbf
to Berlin
Source: German railway atlas

The Weddel loop is a 21.1 km (13.1 mi) long German railway between Fallersleben (part of Wolfsburg) and Weddel (in the municipality of Cremlingen near Brunswick). It is double-track and electrified and forms part of route number 301 (Brunswick–Wolfsburg–Stendal). It connects the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line with the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed line for Intercity Express trains running between Frankfurt and Berlin.

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