By Diesel Rail-Car Between Nordhausen Nord And Eisfielder Talmühle Stations
I travelled between Nordhausen Nord And Eisfielder Talmühle stations in a vintage diesel rail-car.
I got the impression that this train was used by locals to come into town for work or shopping.
Note the rather unusual hybrid tram that duplicates part of the route.
Nordhausen
Nordhausen has two stations close together.
- Nordhausen is the main Deutche Bahn station.
- Nordhausen Nord is the Southern terminus of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways.
These pictures show the two stations, the Bahnhofsplatz that connects them, the trams and the town.
It’s certainly not difficult to get between the two stations.
I was hoping I’d find something to eat, but I couldn’t find a food shop, so had to be content with a good coffee and a banana. Although, since I’ve looked on the map and find that there is a Lidl in walking distance of the stations. I have struck lucky for gluten-free food in the former East Germany before, as I wrote about in Lunch In Chemnitz, but on this visit I wasn’t very lucky.
Along The South Harz Railway
Getting from Göttingen to Nordhausen for the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways was not the simple process it should have been.
My first attempt was to take a train changing at Eichenberg totally failed, as I wrote about in A Wasted Journey To Eichenberg.
After getting back to Göttingen, I took a direct train along what is known as the South Harz Railway.
The route is not electrified and it looked like it had been improved since the reunification of Germany.
A Wasted Journey To Eichenberg
This journey illustrated a lot of the problems of Deutsche Bahn.
They may have some good trains, but they use methods, that if a train company used in the UK, would see them featuring heavily in the pages of the tabl;oids.
I wanted to get from Göttingen to Nordhausen and I just missed the hourly direct train. So the ticket machines suggested I change at Eichenberg.
These pictures show Eichenberg station.
The train didn’t arrive and there was no announcement about what was happening. But there wasn’t any. Even the bahn.de web page gave no information on lateness. Eventually, as it was cold on the platform, I went looking for help, but the station was unmanned and totally devoid of any useful information. Whilst, I was away, the train turned up unannounced.
I then had a choice of wait two hours for the next train on a cold station or catch another train to civilisation. Luckily, it was Göttingen and I was able to restart my journey.
The moral of this story, is that if there is a direct train in Germany, then make sure you catch it. Even if you have to wait for an hour in the warm.
Göttingen
Göttingen is a German university town.
I took these pictures as I explored after a very good German gluten-free breakfast.
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