Federal Railway Authority
The section through the planned mining area between the branch junction Alversdorf and Schöningen was shut down by the Federal Railway Authority ("Eisenbahn-Bundesamt") on 15 November 2008; the Jerxheim–Schöningen section followed on 21 May 2009 and the Helmstedt–Alversdorf section on 26 April 2010, this section remains open for freight as a siding to the "e.On" company.