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In 1973 the Soltau–Hützel section was incorporated into Celle's remotely controlled section. The signal box for this is at Soltau Süd. However, due to the decline in traffic, remote-control is superfluous and, since 2001, is no longer in use on this section. The signals in Hützel and Lüneburg Süd are
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were procured which handled all the passenger duties. Only schoolchildren and excursion services were operated by normal trains. The service was very modest; in 1938 there were three pairs of through trains daily, and other trains on the sections from Lüneburg to
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factory at Embsen. They transported a million tonnes of freight and, during their peak years, made up 30 per cent of the entire freight transported by the OHE. In 1989 fertiliser production in Embsen ceased. Until then there had been three local
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181:from Hamburg
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56:Route number
44:Lower Saxony
1527:Gebirgsbahn
1149:from Uelzen
1045:Harmelingen
664:Schafstall
343:rail ending
80:Track gauge
71:Line length
32:Line number
1713:Categories
1689:3882557303
1613:References
1602:fertiliser
1541:Operations
1535:signal box
1211:from Celle
972:Luhegrund
817:Grevenhof
746:Soderstorf
251:to Hanover
1618:Footnotes
1594:saltworks
1560:railbuses
1396:to Bremen
1070:Hambostel
1020:Timmerloh
943:Bispingen
717:-Sottorf
138:Route map
66:Technical
46:, Germany
1481:Lüneburg
890:(Lüneb)
557:Rettmer
308:Lüneburg
103: in
27:Overview
1653:Sources
1461:History
1311:61.12 m
1094:Harber
948:81.68 m
721:64.67 m
610:Heinsen
581:Melbeck
534:Oedeme
442:Ilmenau
98:⁄
51:Service
1729:Soltau
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1273:Soltau
917:Brunau
894:69.9 m
888:Hützel
640:90.9 m
585:Embsen
314:12.7 m
153:Legend
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40:Locale
1441:is a
690:Lopau
668:109 m
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1275:Süd
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310:Süd
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