The Harz Railway or Trans-Harz Railway (German : Harzquerbahn ) was formerly the main line of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB ) and runs north to south right across the Harz Mountains from Wernigerode to Nordhausen . However, the tourist attraction of the Brocken , the highest mountain in the Harz, is so great that the Brocken Railway is effectively the main line today. The Trans-Harz Railway joins up with the Selke Valley Railway to Quedlinburg at Eisfelder Talmühle where all trains are organised to make good connections.
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Harz Railway Native name Harzquerbahn Line number 9700 Locale Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia , GermanyTermini Route number
326 Nordhausen–Drei Annen Hohne
325 Drei Annen Hohne–Wernigerode
Line length 60.5 km (37.6 mi) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge Minimum radius 60 m (196.9 ft) Operating speed 40 km/h (24.9 mph) (maximum) Maximum incline 3.3%
Route map
The Harz Railway is shown in blue as part of the HSB network
Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz
0.0
184 m
0.2
1.1
Nordhausen Übergabebahnhof
1.5
Nordhausen Hesseröder Straße
2.2
Nordhausen Altentor
189 m
3.0
Nordhausen Ricarda-Huch-Straße
3.8
Nordhausen Schurzfell
4.5
Nordhausen Krimderode
198 m
6.0
Niedersachswerfen Herkulesmarkt
from Harzungen Lager
7.0
Niedersachswerfen Ost
213 m
8.0
Niedersachswerfen Ilfelder Straße
9.9
Ilfeld Schreiberwiese
10.7
Ilfeld earlier Ilfeld-Wiegersdorf
254 m
11.5
Ilfeld Neanderklinik (terminus of line 10 )
267 m
B 4
11.7
Paper factory siding
12.6
Ilfeld Bad
287 m
Bere, Ilfeld Viaduct
B 4
14.0
Netzkater
309 m
Brandesbach
Kleiner Merkelsbach
Großer Merkelsbach
17.3
Eisfelder Talmühle
352 m
Bere
19.5
Tiefenbachmühle
411 m
21.5
Sophienhof
445 m
25.1
Dammbach
29.8
Benneckenstein
530 m
33.4
Sorge (since 1974)
490 m
33.9
34.2
Sorge (lower station / NWE)
until 1974
490 m
37.4
Kleiner Allerbach
38.2
line peak
556 m
Ochsenbach
40.5
41.1
41.6
Elend
509 m
Dammastbach
Steinbach
46.4
Drängetalwasser
50.4
Drängetal
51.6
Thumkuhlenkopf Tunnel (58 m)
52.7
Schotterwerk Thumkuhlental
54.6
Steinerne Renne
311 m
54.9
Marble works siding
Holtemme
Holtemme
Holtemme
56.2
Wernigerode-Hasserode
280 m
55.7
Stone loading siding
57.1
Hasserode II - Frankenfeldstraße (until 1922)
57.5
Paper factory siding
58.0
256 m
58.5
Marschhausen paper factory siding
59.0
Westerntor (until 1936)
59.3
Westerntor crossing
B 244
59.5
Wernigerode-Westerntor
238 m
Wernigerode transfer station
60.5
234 m
Source: German railway atlas[1] [2]
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