Lower Saxon State Railway Office

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The Lower Saxon State Railway Office (German: Niedersächsische Landeseisenbahnamt) or NLEA was a central authority that managed the operation of many light railways (known as Kleinbahnen) in the North German state of Lower Saxony. These were predominantly those railways which the state had a financial stake in.

History[]

As in most Prussian provinces, a large number of Kleinbahn railway lines appeared in the Province of Hanover following the passing of the .

Railways managed by the NLEA[]

• GmbH
• Gartetalbahn Göttingen Duderstadt
• Gittelde–Grund railway
• Kleinbahn Lüneburg-Soltau GmbH
• Kreisbahn Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel
• GmbH
• GmbH
• Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn

Sources[]

• Rogl, Hans Wolfgang (1996). Archiv deutscher Klein- und Privatbahnen - Niedersachsen (in German). Stuttgart: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-71022-2.
• Wolff, Gerd (2007). Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 10: Niedersachsen 2. Zwischen Weser und Elbe (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-3-88255-669-8.

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