Gauge (new): 600 mm (narrow gauge

Narrow gauge

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The Malente–Lütjenburg railway was a standard gauge, branch line in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

. It was built by the businessman, Janus, who ran the Holsteinische Schweiz hotel, that gave its name to the local station on the line. It is currently closed.

The line will be used as a narrow gauge railway (600 mm) for tourist traffic.

Route

The route has a length of about 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) and links the resort of Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen with Lütjenburg in Holstein Switzerland (Holsteinischen Schweiz).

List of stations and halts

Its stations and halts are:

• Gremskamp (Flohmarkthalle) (former Malente-Güterbahnhof - goods station)
• 0.00 Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen; formerly a "wedge station" (Keilbahnhof
  Keilbahnhof
  Keilbahnhof is the German word for a station located between branching tracks. There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term, which appears in the route diagrams of German railway lines....
  
  ) between the Kiel–Lübeck railway
  Kiel–Lübeck railway
  The Kiel–Lübeck railway is a non-electrified, mostly single-track railway line in eastern Schleswig-Holstein in north Germany. It links Kiel and Lübeck, the only two cities in the state...
  
   and this line; from 31 May 1866
• Malentino (Kleinbahn halt); since 5 December 2006
• Malente Markt (Kleinbahn halt); since 2007
• Malente-Neversfelde; since 19 July 2008
• 2.01 Malente-Nord (since 13 September 2008 Eggersdorf); from summer 1954
• 3.89 Holsteinische Schweiz
  Holsteinische Schweiz station
  Holsteinische Schweiz station is a railway station by the Kellersee lake on the Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg railway in Schleswig-Holstein. It was opened on 25 May 1890...
  
  ; from 25 May 1890
• 5.49 Bruhnskoppel; from 1890
• 6.72 Malkwitz; from summer 1954
• 8.32 Benz; from 1890
• 9.60 Flehm; from summer 1955
• 11.15 Kletkamp; from 8 December 1890
• 13.00 Blekendorf; from summer 1954
• 15.20 Friederikenthal; from summer 1954
• Schmiedendorf; from 1 June 1891 to 14 October 1892
• 17.26 Lütjenburg

History

The contract for the construction of the line was signed on 15 May 1888. The railway was opened in several stages.

Sources

• Hamelau, Olaf (2008). Hein Lüttenborg. Die Nebenbahn Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-86680-337-4
• Hamelau, Olaf (2010). Die Eisenbahn in Ostholstein. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-589-7

External links

• History of the line, track plans, etc.
• Zukunftspläne – Article by the Lübecker Nachrichten (2008)
• Hein Lüttenborg Museum Railway
• Feld- und Kleinbahn Betriebs gGmbH