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The Oschersleben–Jerxheim Railway was a 24 km-long main line railway in the border area of the current German states of Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

 and Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. It was opened in 1843 and was one of the oldest railways in Germany and part of the main line between Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 and western Germany until the opening of the Berlin–Lehrte railway in 1871. It was disrupted by the inner German border with the division of Germany after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The remaining operations between Gunsleben

Am Großen Bruch

Am Großen Bruch is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Westliche Börde.-Geography:...

 and Oschersleben

Oschersleben

Oschersleben is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2005 about 18,000.-Geography:...

 ended in 1992.

History

On 10 July 1843 the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway

Duchy of Brunswick State Railway

The Duchy of Brunswick State Railway was the first state railway in Germany. The first section of its Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway line between Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel opened on 1 December 1838.-Opening:...

 opened the line as part of the first connection between Brunswick

Braunschweig

Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....

 and Magdeburg

Magdeburg

Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

 and so, after completion of connecting lines in 1847, between the Ruhr

Ruhr

The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...

 and Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 via Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

. To the east the line joined the Magdeburg–Halberstadt line at Oschersleben. To the west it connected with the Wolfenbüttel–Helmstedt line at Jerxheim

Jerxheim

Jerxheim is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

. In 1868, the Jerxheim–Börßum line was opened, connecting to the Brunswick Southern Railway

Brunswick Southern Railway

The Brunswick Southern Railway was built by the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway as a link from its Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway to the Hanoverian Southern Railway. It ran through the northwestern Harz Foreland from Börßum via Salzgitter, Ringelheim and Seesen to Kreiensen...

 to Kreiensen

Kreiensen

Kreiensen is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Kreiensen is situated on the river Leine, approx. 20 km north of Northeim, and 35 km south of Hildesheim....

 (the western section of this line is now the Warne Valley Railway from Börßum to Salzgitter-Bad

Salzgitter-Bad

With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter's name derives from it; the quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre of Salzgitter.-History:...

) and onwards to Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

, Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

 and Frankfurt am Main.

After the opening of the Berlin–Lehrte railway in 1871 and the direct Brunswick–Magdeburg line (via Helmstedt

Helmstedt

Helmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. Helmstedt has 26,000 inhabitants . In former times the city was also called Helmstädt....

) in 1872, it was mainly used for freight.

Following the division of Germany into occupation zones the line between Jerxheim and Gunsleben was interrupted and the last scheduled train ran on it on 30 June 1945. Operation between Gunsleben and Oschersleben in East Germany continued with four to six regional trains operating each day in each direction. On 30 May 1992, this section was closed "for technical reasons", and in 1993 services were replaced by buses. The line is no longer maintained.