Hannover

As of: September 15, 2023 6:45 p.m

Deutsche Bahn wants to renovate almost a dozen routes in Lower Saxony by 2030. This also includes the controversial general renovation of the Hamburg-Hannover route. A date has not yet been set.

Nationwide, 40 important routes are to be renovated, eleven of these routes run through Lower Saxony. This was presented on Friday in Frankfurt at the so-called rail summit. Work on the Hamburg-Hannover line was previously scheduled for 2026, but Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) recently suggested postponing the general renovation until 2029. The reason for this is the dispute over the route of the planned expansion or new construction of the important ICE route. Lies would like to use the general renovation to carry out initial work for the later expansion or new building. But for this to happen, the route must be determined.

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Renovation in Lower Saxony: Bahn names possible time windows

The railway named two possible time windows for the general renovation: the first half of 2026 or 2029. “The Hamburg-Hannover route is listed twice because a final decision has not yet been made for the general renovation of this route during the year,” explained a railway spokeswoman. The coordination between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the state is still ongoing. According to the railway, stations, tracks, switches, control and safety technology are to be modernized on the 189 kilometer long route.

General renovation: Which routes are affected?

In addition to the Hamburg-Hannover route, the following routes in Lower Saxony and Bremen are to be completely renovated:

Berlin-Lehrte (227 kilometers, first half of 2027)Bremen-Bremerhaven (92 kilometers, second half of 2027)Hamburg-Bremen (181 kilometers, first half of 2028)Uelzen-Stendal (107 kilometers, second half of 2028)Nordstemmen-Göttingen (81 kilometers , second half of 2028)Lehrte-Groß-Gleidingen (37 kilometers, first half of 2029)Bremen/Rotenburg-Wunstorf (129 kilometers, second half of 2029)Bremen-Osnabrück (117 kilometers, first half of 2030)Osnabrück-Münster (50 kilometers, also first half of 2030)Wunstorf-Minden (42 kilometers, second half of 2030)

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NDR 1 Lower Saxony | Current | Sep 15, 2023 | 17:00 o’clock

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