Hanover freight bypass railway

Hanover freight bypass railway
Overview
Native name	Güterumgehungsbahn Hannover
Line number	1750
Locale	Lower Saxony
Termini	Wunstorf Lehrte Nord
Service
Route number	(only freight)
Technical
Line length	43.3 km (26.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Line from Minden, line from Bremen 0.0 Wunstorf (Keilbahnhof) (flying junction) 4.0 Seelze-Gümmerwald (junction) 5,1 Dedensen-Gümmer Mittelland Canal Seelze (separate S-Bahn line from here) 10.4 Seelze Rbf (marshalling yard) West 12.3 Seelze Rbf Line to Hanover-Hainholz/Hbf Linden side canal Connecting curve from Hannover-Hainholz 15.8 Ahlem Stadtbahn line 10 Linden port railway Stadtbahn line 9 19.8 Linden port Empelde curve to Hamelin Line from Hamelin 22.4 Hannover-Linden 23.2 Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof To Lokalbahnhof/Hannover Süd until 1909 Ihme Leine Hildesheimer Straße 26.6 Hannover-Waldhausen (junction) Würzburg–Hanover HSL Göttingen–Hanover line 27.7 Hannover-Waldheim (junction) Stadtbahn line 6 Stadtbahn line 5 Lehrte–Hanover line Mittelland Canal From port (also from Hbf until 2003) 34.6 Misburg A 7 Line from Hanover Lehrte Rbf (planned Mega Hub) 40.8 Lehrte West (junction) Line to Lehrte Line from Lehrte 43.3 Lehrte Nord Line to Celle Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Hanover freight bypass railway (German: Güterumgehungsbahn Hannover) is a freight railway in the German state of Lower Saxony, which relieves Hannover Hauptbahnhof of freight traffic. It separates freight from passenger traffic on several routes and runs through the western and southern outskirts of the city, bypassing the city centre and the main station.