page_title: Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Share of the Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, issued 1. May 1870 Deutsch: Stamm-Prioritäts-Actie über 200 Thaler Courant der Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft vom 1. Mai 1870; Gründeraktie; Referenzen: HP-Magazin 8/1998, S. 7-10; Aktiensammler 03/13, S. 18
context_page_description: The Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway is a non-electrified, single-track railway line, from Halberstadt via Langenstein and Börnecke to Blankenburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The Rübeland Railway connects to the line at Blankenburg station. Until 1968, there was a branch to Derenburg. The branch line originally ran to Minsleben.
context_section_description: Construction for the first section of the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway (Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn, HBE) started on  28 July 1870 and the line was opened on 31 March 1873. A siding to the Blankenburg iron works, which was about 3 km-long, was opened on 12 July 1875. 
  Since the operation as a main line incurred large operating expenses, the line was reclassified as a branch line in 1877. This allowed, among other things, numerous guards to be saved at level crossings.
caption: Share certificate of the Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft of 1 May 1870[2]
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