Emsland Railway

Emsland Railway
Overview
Native name	Emslandstrecke
Line number	395
Locale	Lower Saxony, Germany
Termini	Norddeich-Mole Rheine
Service
Route number	2931 (Rheine–Emden Süd) 1570 (Emden Süd–Norden) 1572 (Emden Hbf–Außenhafen) 1574 (Norden–Norddeich Mole)
Technical
Line length	176 km (109 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	140 km/h (87.0 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend 36.700000 Norddeich-Mole 36.200000 Norddeich 31.800000 Norden Stadt East Frisian Coastal Railway to Dornum 30.400000 Norden 27.800000 Nadörst 25.800000 Osteel 22.200000 Marienhafe 17.700000 Engerhafe line to Aurich 14.800000 Abelitz 9.600000 Loppersum 7.400000 Suurhusen 5.700000 Hinte-Harsweg A 31 former light railway to Greetsiel 2.2    -0.6 Emden Hbf (formerly Emden West) line from Volkswagen works Emden 1.7     0.0 ← line to Emden Außenhafen navigation channel (bascule bridge) 348.6 Emden Süd 0.0 348.1 Emden Rbf, line no change (two tracks from here) 347.8 Emden marshalling yard junction 344.4 Petkum 339.4 Oldersum 331.5 Neermoor 328.4 Nüttermoor siding line to Oldenburg 323.1 Leer Leda (single track) 320.6 Leer Süd crossover 317.1 Westoverledingen community siding former light railway to Westrhauderfehn 315.5 Ihrhove line to Groningen (NL) 312.3 Steenfelde 306.1 Papenburg 300.8 Aschendorf B70 296.4 Dörpen-Lehe crossover B401 Küsten Canal (single track) 291.5 Dörpen 287.1 Kluse B 70 former light railway 279.0 Lathen Transrapid test facility Hümmling District Railway to Werlte 270.4 Haren (Ems) B 408 267.1 Meppen RWE siding 265.0 Hemsen (Ems) B402 (E233) B70 Nordradde line to Essen (Oldb) 260.1 Meppen former railway to Essen (Oldb) Hase 248.8 Geeste B70 243.8 Holthausen (Ems) junction 242.3 Lingen (Ems) Stadt siding former light railway to Quakenbrück 239.8 Lingen (Ems) 236.2 Lingen (Ems) textile factory siding B213 234.2 Hanekenfähr Ems 232.0 Elbergen 225.6 Leschede 223.7 Emsbüren siding line to Almelo (NL) 216.7 Salzbergen line to Quakenbrück former line to Ochtrup 208.9 Rheine line to Osnabrück former line to Dorsten line to Münster Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Emsland line (German: is a railway from Rheine via Salzbergen, Lingen, Meppen, Lathen, Papenburg and Leer to Emden, continuing to Norden and Norddeich-Mole in East Frisia in the German state of Lower Saxony. The line is named after the Ems river, which it follows for almost its entire length. The line opened in 1854 and 1856 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.