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Following the nationalisation of private railways in
Prussia and because the line's profits were below expectations as a result of growing competition from other railways, the company agreed to be bought by the Prussian State, which took control on 1 January 1887. The company was dissolved and its
1127:(Nordhausen-Erfurt Railway, NEE) company could be founded on 24 April 1867 and it received a licence for the project from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on 17 June 1867. The aim of the railway construction was to connect the cities of
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It is planned to upgrade the line from
Nordhausen and Erfurt to allow a line speed of 120 km/h. It is envisaged that travel time will be reduced to less than an hour and services will connect to the
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signed on 21 December 1866. Agreements were reached for the provision of government investment and guarantees from
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and the adjacent districts and cities of Prussia so that the
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The line was built by a consortium of the companies of
Plessner, Schultze and Steinfeld of Berlin and was opened on 17 August 1869. It ran for its first eight kilometres from Nordhausen to
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2009: up to 17 pairs of services daily with additional services between
Nordhausen and Sondershausen during peak hours, hourly services, every second service is an RE, running time: 1:15.
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The construction of the Erfurt-Nordhausen railway was constructed in accordance with a treaty between
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at that time), and at the same time establish the first rail connection to part of the
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is a 71 kilometre-long single-track main line railway in the German state of
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1234:, but was soon transferred to the railway division of Erfurt.
1297:(10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. pp. 56, 68, 132.
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Deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835-1935
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1880: three pairs of trains per day, running time: 2:18.
1214:(opened in 1874) branched off from Straußfurt and the
1320:"In zweieinhalb Stunden von Nordhausen nach Nürnberg"
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16:Main line railway in the German state of Thuringia
1295:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
1269:, hourly services, every second services was a
1218:(opened in 1897) branched off from Kühnhausen.
1198:was opened from Greußen in 1901, connecting to
1348:(in German). Berlin: Deutsche Reichsbah. 1935.
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1383:Buildings and structures in Gotha (district)
1194:was opened from Hohenebra in 1883 and the
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978:Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway
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1368:Defunct railway companies of Germany
1245:Intercity-Express line to the south
1210:(opened from 1889 to 1906) and the
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1196:Greußen-Ebeleben-Keula railway
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1125:Nordhausen-Erfurter Eisenbahn
1075:Wolkramshausen–Erfurt railway
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22:Wolkramshausen–Erfurt railway
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1192:Hohenebra-Ebeleben railway
1273:(RE), running time: 1:19.
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794:From Bad Langensalza
377:To Bad Frankenhausen
919:Nordhäuser Bahnhof
1251:Passenger services
1228:Eisenbahndirektion
1188:Kyffhäuser Railway
1184:Thuringian Railway
1137:Province of Saxony
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1322:(in German)
1180:the station
1032:To Eisenach
895:Erfurt Nord
771:Walschleben
475:Niederspier
426:To Ebeleben
78:Track gauge
69:Line length
32:Line number
1357:Categories
1339:References
1326:5 February
1176:Straußfurt
1156:Eichenberg
1150:along the
1129:Nordhausen
820:Kühnhausen
693:Straußfurt
255:Kleinfurra
165:Nordhausen
1232:Frankfurt
1168:Hainleite
1079:Thuringia
742:Ringleben
403:Hohenebra
280:Großfurra
229:To Kassel
118:Route map
64:Technical
46:, Germany
44:Thuringia
1238:Planning
1200:Ebeleben
1154:towards
305:Glückauf
101: in
27:Overview
1267:KBS 601
1182:of the
1172:Greußen
1116:Prussia
1085:History
844:Erfurt-
746:Gebesee
716:Unstrut
615:Greußen
96:⁄
51:Service
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1206:. The
1160:Kassel
1133:Erfurt
1009:Erfurt
328:Wipper
133:Legend
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40:Locale
1281:Notes
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