Lower Saxon State Railway Office
Appearance
The Lower Saxon State Railway Office (German: Niedersächsische Landeseisenbahnamt) or NLEA was a central authority that managed the operation of many light railways (known as Kleinbahnen) in the North German state of Lower Saxony. These were predominantly those railways which the state had a financial stake in.
History
As in most Prussian provinces, a large number of Kleinbahn railway lines appeared in the Province of Hanover following the passing of the Prussian Kleinbahn law.
Railways managed by the NLEA
- Ankum-Bersenbrücker Eisenbahn
- Bleckeder Kreisbahn
- Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn GmbH
- Kleinbahn Buxtehude-Harsefeld GmbH
- Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn
- Gartetalbahn Göttingen Duderstadt
- Kleinbahn Farge-Wulsdorf GmbH
- Kleinbahn Gittelde-Grund GmbH
- Kleinbahn Hoya-Syke-Asendorf GmbH
- Kleinbahn Lüchow-Schmarsau GmbH
- Kleinbahn Lüneburg-Soltau GmbH
- Kleinbahn Neuhaus-Brahlstorf GmbH
- Kleinbahn Soltau-Neuenkirchen GmbH
- Kleinbahn Winsen-Evendorf-Hützel GmbH
- Kleinbahn Winsen-Niedermarschacht GmbH
- Kreisbahn Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel
- Kreisbahn Leer-Aurich-Wittmund
- St. Andreasberger Kleinbahn GmbH
- Steinhuder Meer-Bahn GmbH
- Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn
- Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Eisenbahn
Sources
- Hans Wolfgang Rogl: Archiv deutscher Klein- und Privatbahnen - Niedersachsen. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71022-2
- Gerd Wolff: Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 10: Niedersachsen 2. Zwischen Weser und Elbe. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2007, S. 9–11, ISBN 978-3-88255-669-8