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Gernrode and Quedlinburg, which however failed for a long time due to the lack of financial support from the state and Deutsche Bahn. After the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway bought this section of the line, it established its own financing for the conversion of the line to metre gauge and
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Freight traffic was discontinued in sections. No freight trains ran between
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Gernrode. At the same time, preparations began for the closure of the line. Operations between Aschersleben and Ermsleben was discontinued after 13 December 2003 and the last train ran between Gernrode and Quedlinburg on 31 January 2004. Traffic on the railway line between Quedlinburg and
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The
Ballenstedt Ost signal box was severely damaged by arson on 28 June 2003. Deutsche Bahn made no attempt to repair it, despite requests from the affected districts. Instead, rail replacement buses were operated between
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Quedlinburg station was opened in 1863 as a through station. Its track 3 had, before the conversion to metre-gauge, a connection towards
Halberstadt. A bypass track now allows locomotives to run around. The
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the renovation of all level crossings. The state of Saxony-Anhalt provided funds worth a total of €6.5 million for the project. The construction began on 18 April 2005.
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Eisenbahnchronik Harz - Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen im Harz
1238:"Neues Busangebot sichert Beförderung bis in die Abendstunden"
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pairs on the Quedlinburg–Aschersleben route under KBS 332:
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Crossing to Gernrode station looking towards Quedlinburg
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Der "Balkan" – Die Nebenbahn Frose-Gernrode-Quedlinburg
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1272:(in German). 13 December 2012. Archived from
1057:scheduled passenger traffic on 26 June 2006.
944:Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft
8:
1173:"Chronik der Strecke Gernrode – Quedlinburg"
956:Halberstadt–Aschersleben–Bernburg–Halle line
1424:History of the Quedlinburg–Gernrode section
1337:(in German). Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH.
1048:Since 1990 there had been plans to install
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1175:(in German). Selketalbahn. Archived from
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1213:Kramer, Urs; Brodkorb, Matthias (2008).
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950:to buy the Cöthen-Bernburg Railway (
946:, MHE) received the approval of the
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1385:(in German), EK-Verlag GmbH,
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896:branch line
800:Quedlinburg
670:(former Bf)
635:metre gauge
491:Ballenstedt
220:Halberstadt
152:metre gauge
93:Track gauge
84:Line length
44:Line number
1448:Categories
1132:References
1050:dual gauge
879:Ferkeltaxe
876:So-called
749:from Thale
345:Reinstedt
1411:1421-2811
1026:Ermsleben
970:Nebenbahn
417:Ermsleben
171:Route map
79:Technical
58:, Germany
1339:Archived
1310:Archived
1245:Archived
1076:Stations
978:Rollbock
912:Gernrode
466:Meisdorf
147: in
118: in
39:Overview
1361:Sources
1002:profile
934:History
566:(Harz)
142:⁄
113:⁄
73:(2004)
63:Service
1409:
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1070:Balkan
892:Balkan
564:Rieder
186:Legend
178:
52:Locale
1342:(PDF)
1335:(PDF)
1248:(PDF)
1241:(PDF)
1122:Quäke
908:Frose
808:122 m
795:29.52
726:152 m
675:187 m
662:22.29
642:
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598:210 m
585:20.85
559:19.43
536:15.38
515:B 185
486:13.51
461:10.56
440:Selke
391:B 185
367:Selke
249:Frose
1407:ISSN
1387:ISBN
1372:ISBN
1350:2017
1318:2017
1285:2017
1256:2017
1185:2017
1150:ISBN
1064:Name
1032:The
910:via
886:The
715:24.9
493:Ost
412:7.84
341:3.27
296:B 6n
241:-0.3
211:-0.7
47:6862
980:or
922:to
914:to
320:B 6
71:332
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