List of railway routes in Lower Saxony
The List of railway routes in Lower Saxony provides a list of all railway routes in Lower Saxony, northern Germany. This includes Intercity-Express, Intercity, Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services. In the route tables, the major stations are shown in bold text. Where intermediate stations are not given, these are replaced by three dots "...". The information is up to date to December 2015.
Intercity services[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Material | Frequency |
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IC 26 | (Westerland/Ostseebad Binz - Stralsund -) Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Lüneburg – Uelzen – Celle – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern (Bz Kassel) – Treysa – Marburg (Lahn) – Gießen – Friedberg (Hess) – Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstraße) – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe | |||
IC 26 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Lüneburg – Uelzen – Celle – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Steinach (b Rothenburg o.d. Tauber) – Ansbach – Gunzenhausen – Treuchtlingen – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Kempten - Obertsdorf/München (- Berchtesgaden/Innsbruck) | |||
IC 30 | (Westerland/Ostseebad Binz - Stralsund -) Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Bremen – Diepholz – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart/Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB – Zürich – Sargans – Landquart – Chur | |||
IC 31 | (Kiel/Fehmarn -) Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen – Köln – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Boppard – Bingen am Rhein – Mainz – Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof – Frankfurt (Main) – Hanau – Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Neumarkt (Oberpfalz) – Regensburg – Straubing – Plattling – Passau | |||
IC 55 | Köln Hbf - Köln Messe/Deutz - Solingen Hbf - Wuppertal Hbf - Hagen Hbf - Dortmund Hbf - Hamm (Westf) - Gütersloh Hbf - Bielefeld Hbf - Herford - Bad Oeynhausen - Minden - Hannover Hbf - Braunschweig Hbf - Magdeburg Hbf - Köthen - Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf - Riesa - Dresden-Neustadt - Dresden Hbf | Every 2 hours | ||
IC 56 | Norddeich Mole - Norddeich - Norden - Marienhafe - Emden Hbf - Leer - Augustfehn - Westerstede-Ocholt - Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg Hbf - Delmenhorst - Bremen Hbf - Verden (Aller) - Nienburg - Hannover Hbf - Braunschweig Hbf - Helmstedt - Magdeburg Hbf - Köthen - Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf | DB Class 146 + Double deck IC stock | Every 2 hours | |
IC 56 | Warnemünde - Rostock Hbf - Bützow - Bad Kleinen - Schwerin Hbf - Ludwigslust - Wittenberge - Stendal - Magdeburg Hbf - Köthen - Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf | Every 2 hours |
Regional services[]
The following Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services run through Lower Saxony. They are grouped by operator.
DB Regio[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Material | Frequency |
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RE 1 | Norddeich Mole - Norddeich - Norden - Marienhafe - Emden Hbf - Leer - Augustfehn - Westerstede-Ocholt - Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg Hbf - Hude - Delmenhorst - Bremen Hbf - Achim - Verden (Aller) - Dörverden - Eystrup - Nienburg - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Wunstorf - Hannover Hbf | 380, 390 | DB Class 146 + Double deck stock | 60 min/120 min |
RE 1 | Göttingen – Leinefelde – Gotha – Erfurt – Gera – Glachau | 600, 611 | DB Class 612 | |
RE 8 | Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven Hbf - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen Hbf - Achim - Verden (Aller) - Dörverden - Eystrup - Nienburg - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Wunstorf - Hannover Hbf | 380, 385 | DB Class 146 + Double deck stock | 60 min/120 min |
RE 9 | Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven Hbf - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen Hbf - Kirchweyhe - Syke - Bassum - Twistringen - Barnstorf - Diepholz - Lemförde - Bohmte - Osnabrück Hbf | 125, 385 | DB Class 146 + Double deck stock | 60 min/120 min |
RE 20 | Uelzen - - Wieren - - - Salzwedel - - Stendal - Tangerhütte - Wolmirstedt - Magdeburg Neustadt - Magdeburg Hbf - - Schönebeck - - - - - - Köthen - - - - - - Halle (Saale) Hbf | 305, 340 | DB Class 112/114 + Double deck stock | 120 min |
RE 78 | Porta-Express
Bielefeld Hbf - Herford - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Petershagen-Lahde - Leese-Stolzenau - Nienburg |
124, 378 | DB Class 425 | 120 min, Monday to Friday only |
RE 83 | Kiel - Lübeck – Büchen – Lüneburg | 143 | DB Class 648 | |
RB 32 | Uelzen - - - - - Salzwedel - - - - - - - - Stendal - - Tangerhütte - - - - Wolmirstedt - Magdeburg-Eichenweiler - Magdeburg-Neustadt - Magdeburg Hbf - Schönebeck | 305 | DB Class 425 | |
RB 35 | Wolfsburg Hbf - Oebisfelde - Miesterhorst - Mieste - Solpke - Gardelegen - Jävenitz - Uchtspringe - Vinzelberg - Möringen (Altm) - Stendal | 301 | Class 642 | 120 min |
RB 36 | Wolfsburg Hbf - Oebisfelde - - - - - Haldensleben - Vahldorf - - - - Magdeburg-Eichenweiler - Magdeburg-Neustadt - Magdeburg Hbf | 308 | DB Class 642 | 120 min |
RB 40 | Braunschweig Hbf - Weddel (Braunschw) - Schandelah - Königslutter - Frellstedt - Helmstedt - - – - - - - - - Magdeburg-Sudenburg - Magdeburg Hbf - Magdeburg-Neustadt - Magdeburg-Herrenkrug - - - - | 310 | DB Class 143 + Double deck stock | |
RB 44 | - - - – Braunschweig Hbf | 352 | 628 | |
RB 45 | Braunschweig Hbf – - – | 312 | DB Class 628 | |
RB 46 | Braunschweig Hbf - - – - - - - - – | 358 | 648 | |
RB 76 | Rotenburg (Wümme) - Verden (Aller) - Dörverden - Eystrup - Nienburg - Leese-Stolzenau - Petershagen-Lahde - Minden | 124 | DB Class 425, DB Class 111 | 120 min |
RB 80 | Göttingen - – Northeim (Han) - - - – - - - - - - - – Nordhausen | 357 | 648 | |
RB 81 | Bodenfelde - Uslar - Volpriehausen - Hardegsen – Northeim (Han) | 356 | 648 | |
RB 82 | Göttingen - Northeim - Einbeck-Salzderhelden - Kreiensen - - Seesen - - Goslar - - Bad Harzburg | 353, 354 | 648 |
S-Bahn Hannover[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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S 1 | Minden - Bückeburg - Kirchhorsten - Stadthagen - Lindhorst - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze - Letter - Hannover-Leinhausen - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - - - - - - - - - - - - - Haste (Han) | 360.1 | 60 mins | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 2 | Nienburg - Linsburg - Hagen (Han) - Eilvese - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Poggenhagen - Wunstorf - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze - Letter - Hannover-Leinhausen - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - - - - - - - - - - - - - Haste (Han) | 360.2 | 60 mins | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 3 | Hannover Hbf - Hannover-Kleefeld - Hannover Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Hannover-Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten - Lehrte - - - - Hildesheim Hbf | 360.3 | 60 mins | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 4 | Bennemühlen - - - - Langenhagen Pferdemarkt - - - - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover Messe/Laatzen - - Sarstedt - - - Hildesheim Hbf | 360.4 | 30 mins (Bennemühlen-Hannover)/60 mins (Bennemühlen-Hildesheim) | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 5 | Hannover Flughafen - Langenhagen Pferdemarkt - - - - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - - - - - - - Hameln - - - - - - Altenbeken - Paderborn Hbf | 360.5 | 30 mins (Hannover Airport-Paderborn)/60 mins Hannover Airport-Hameln | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 6 | Hannover Hbf - Hannover Karl-Wiechert-Allee - - - - - Celle | 360.6.7 | 60 mins | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 7 | Hannover Hbf - Hannover-Kleefeld - Hannover Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Hannover-Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten - Lehrte - - - - - Celle | 360.6.7 | 60 mins | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 8 | Hannover Flughafen - - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover Messe/Laatzen | Hannover–Hamburg Hanoverian Southern Railway |
As required for Fair traffic | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 21 | Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - - - - | 360.2 | 60 mins (peak hours only) | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
S 51 | Seelze - Letter - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Bismarckstraße - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - - Hameln | 360.5 | 60 mins (peak hours only) | DB Class 424, DB Class 425 |
Erixx[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RE 10 | Die Harz-Heide-Bahn
Hannover Hbf - Sarstedt - Hildesheim - Hildesheim Ost - - - - - Goslar - Bad Harzburg |
320/330 | 60 mins | LINT 54 |
RB 32 | Wendlandbahn
Lüneburg - - - - - - - - - |
112 | 5-8x per day | LINT 54 |
RB 37 | Amerikalinie
Bremen Hbf - Achim - Langwedel - Visselhövede - Soltau - - - - Uelzen |
116 | 120 mins | LINT 41 |
RB 38 | Heidebahn
Buchholz ... Soltau ... Walsrode ... Bennemühlen ... Hannover Hbf |
123 | 60 mins | LINT 41 |
RB 42 | Braunschweig Hbf – - - – – Bad Harzburg | 353 | 60 mins | LINT 54 |
RB 43 | Braunschweig Hbf – - - – - – Goslar | 353 | 60 mins | LINT 54 |
RB 47 | Mühlenbahn
Uelzen - Stederdorf - Wieren - Bad Bodenteich - - Knesebeck - Vorhop - Schönewörde - Wahrenholz - Neudorf-Platendorf - Triangel - - Gifhorn - - Meine - - Braunschweig Hbf |
115 | 120 min | LINT 54 |
Metronom[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RE 2 | Uelzen - - - - - - - – Hannover Hbf - Sarstedt - Nordstemmen – - - - – Kreiensen - Einbeck Salzderhelden – Northeim (Han) - – Göttingen | 110 | 60 min | Class 146 + Double deck stock |
RE 3 | Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg-Harburg - - Lüneburg - - - Uelzen | 110 | 60 min | Class 146 + Double deck stock |
RE 4 | Bremen Hbf - Rotenburg - Tostedt - Buchholz - Hamburg-Harburg - Hamburg Hbf | 120 | 60 min | Class 146 + Double deck stock |
RE 5 | Cuxhaven - - - - - - - - - - Buxtehude - Hamburg-Harburg - Hamburg Hbf | 121 | 60 min | Class 246 + Double deck stock |
RE 30 | Hanover Hbf - Lehrte - Immensen-Arpke - Dollbergen - Dedenhausen - Meinersen - Leiferde bei Gifhorn - Gifhorn - Calberlah - Fallersleben - Wolfsburg Hbf | 300 | 60 min | Coradia Continental |
RE 50 | Hildesheim Hbf - - - – Braunschweig Hbf - Weddel (Braunschw) - Fallersleben - Wolfsburg Hbf | 313 | 60 min | Coradia Continental |
RB 31 | Hamburg-Harburg - - - - - - - - Lüneburg | 110 | 60 min | Class 146 + Double deck stock |
RB 41 | Bremen Hbf - - - - - Rotenburg - - - Tostedt - - Buchholz - - - Hamburg-Harburg - Hamburg Hbf | 120 | 60 min | Class 146 + Double deck stock |
NordWestBahn[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RE 18 | Osnabrück Hbf - Osnabrück-Hasetor - Bramsche - - - - - - - - Sandkrug – Oldenburg - Rastede - Varel - Sande - Wilhelmshaven Hbf | 392 | LINT 41 | 90 min |
RB 58 | Osnabrück Hbf - Osnabrück-Hasetor - Halen - Achmer - Bramsche - Hesepe - Rieste - Neuenkirchen (Oldb) - Holdorf (Oldb) - Steinfeld (Oldb) - Mühlen (Oldb) - Lohne (Oldb) - Vechta - Lutten - Goldenstedt - Rechterfeld - Wildeshausen - Brettorf - Ganderkesee - Delmenhorst - Bremen Neustadt - Bremen Hbf | 394 | Lint 41 | 60 min |
RB 59 | - - - - - - Sande - Wilhelmshaven | 393 | LINT 41 | 60 min |
RB 75 | Haller Willem
Osnabrück Hbf - Osnabrück-Sutthausen - Oesede - Kloster Oesede - Wellendorf - Hilter - Dissen-Bad Rothenfelde - Westbarthausen - Borgholzhausen - Hesseln - Halle Gerry-Weber-Stadion - Halle (Westf) - Künsebeck - Steinhagen - Steinhagen Bielefeldstrasse - Quelle - Quelle-Kupferheide - Brackwede – Bielefeld Hbf |
402 | Bombardier Talent | 60 min |
RB 77 | Weser-Bahn
Bünde - Kirchlengern - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen Süd - Vlotho - Rinteln - - Hameln - - - - - Nordstemmen - - Hildesheim Hbf |
372 | LINT 41 | 60 min |
RB 79 | Lammetalbahn
Hildesheim Hbf - Hildesheim Ost - - - - - |
373 | LINT 41 | 60 min |
RB 84 | Egge-Bahn
Paderborn Hbf - Altenbeken - - - Ottbergen - - Höxter Rathaus - - - Kreiensen |
403 | Bombardier Talent | 60 min |
RB 85 | Oberweserbahn
Ottbergen - Wehrden - Lauenförde-Beverungen – Bad Karlshafen – Bodenfelde - Vernawahlshausen - Offensen - Adelebsen - Lödingsen - Lenglern – Göttingen |
356 | Bombardier Talent |
S-Bahn Bremen[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RS 1 | ... Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Sebaldsbrück - Bremen-Mahndorf - Achim - - - Langwedel - Verden | 60 min | Coradia Continental | |
RS 2 | Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven Hbf ... Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Hemelingen - Dreye - Kirchweyhe - Barrien - Syke - Bramstedt (Syke) - Bassum - Twistringen | 125, 385 | Coradia Continental | |
RS 3 | Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg Hbf - Wüsting - Hude - Bookholzberg - Schierbrok - Hoyenkamp - Delmenhorst - Heidkrug - Bremen Neustadt - Bremen Hbf | 390 | Coradia Continental | |
RS 4 | Nordenham - Kleinensiel - Rodenkirchen (Oldb) - Brake (Unterweser) - Elsfleth - Berne - Hude - Delmenhorst - Bremen Hbf | 391 | Coradia Continental |
WestfalenBahn[]
Line | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RE 15 | Emsland-Express
Emden Hbf - Leer - Papenburg - Aschendorf - Dörpen - Lathen - Haren (Ems) - Meppen - Geeste - Lingen (Ems) - Leschede - Salzbergen - Rheine - Emsdetten - Greven - Münster |
395, 410 | Stadler FLIRT | 60 min |
RE 60 | Ems-Leine-Express
Rheine - Hörstel - Ibbenbüren-Esch - Ibbenbüren - Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck - Osnabrück Altstadt - Osnabrück Hbf - Melle - Bünde - Kirchlengern - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Bückeburg - Stadthagen - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Hannover Hbf - Lehrte - Hämelerwald - Vöhrum - Peine - Vechelde - Braunschweig Hbf |
375, 370, 310 | Stadler KISS | 120 min |
RE 70 | Weser-Leine-Express
Bielefeld - Herford - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Bückeburg - Stadthagen - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Hannover Hbf - Lehrte - Hämelerwald - Vöhrum - Peine - Vechelde - Braunschweig Hbf |
310, 370 | Stadler KISS | 120 min |
RB 61 | Wiehengebirgs-Bahn
Bad Bentheim - Schüttorf - Salzbergen - Rheine - Osnabrück Hbf - Herford - Bielefeld Hbf |
60 min | Stadler FLIRT | |
RB 66 | Teuto-Bahn
Osnabrück Hbf - Hasbergen - Natrup-Hagen - Langerich - Kattenvenne - Ostbevern - Westbevern - Münster Hbf |
60 min | Stadler FLIRT |
Smaller operators[]
Line | Operator | Route | KBS[1] | Frequency | Material |
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RB 57 | Arriva | Groningen - Groningen Europapark - Kropswolde - Martenshoek - Hoogezand-Sappemeer - Sappemeer Oost - Zuidbroek - Scheemda - Winschoten - Bad Nieuweschans - Weener - Leer | 60 min | Stadler GTW | |
R 1 | Cantus | Göttingen ... Eichenberg ... Hann. Münden ... Kassel Hbf | 611 | Stadler Flirt | |
R 7 | Cantus | Göttingen ... Eichenberg ... Bebra ... Bad Hersfeld ... Fulda | 613 | Stadler Flirt | |
RB 33 | EVB | Buxtehude - Apensen - Ruschwedel - Harsefeld - Bargstedt - Brest-Aspe - Kutenholz - Hesedorf - Bremervörde - Oerel - Heinschenwalde - Frelsdorf - Geestenseth - Wehdel - Sellstedt - Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf - Bremerhaven Hbf - Bremerhaven-Lehe - Wremen - - - Cuxhaven | 122, 125 | 60 mins | LINT 41 |
RE 4 | HarzElbeExpress | Harzexpress
Goslar - - - - - - Aschersleben - - - - - Halle (Saale) |
330 | 120 min | |
RE 21 | HarzElbeExpress | Goslar - Vienenburg – Wernigerode – Halberstadt – Aschersleben – Könnern – Halle | 330 | LINT 41 LINT 27 | |
S3 | Hamburg S-Bahn | Pinneberg - Thesdorf - Halstenbek - Krupunder - Elbgaustraße - Eidelstedt–Stellingen - Langenfelde - Diebsteich - Hamburg Altona - Königstraße - Reeperbahn - Landungsbrücken - Stadthausbrücke - Jungfernstieg - Hamburg Hbf - Hammerbrook (City Süd) - Veddel (BallinStadt) - Wilhelmsburg - Hamburg-Harburg - Harburg Rathaus - Heimfeld - Neuwiedenthal - Hamburg-Neugraben - Fischbek - Neu Wulmstorf - Buxtehude - Neukloster - Horneburg - Dollern - Agathenburg - Stade | 101.3 | DBAG Class 474 |
Future[]
In December 2017 the following changes will occur:
- RB61 (Bad Bentheim-Bielefeld) will be extended to Hengelo in the Netherlands and be operated by Eurobahn
- RB66 (Osnabrück-Münster) will be operated by Eurobahn
- RE78 (Nienburg-Bielefeld) will be operated by Eurobahn and will also operate at weekends
See also[]
External links[]
- kursbuch.bahn.de Timetables for all railway routes in Germany
- DB Regio Railway information Lower Saxony
- [1] Timetable changes due to construction works in Lower Saxony (including map of lines)
References[]
- Regional rail in Germany
- Transport in Lower Saxony
- Lower Saxony-related lists
- Lists of railway lines in Germany