page_title: Carl's Railway
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Carl's Railway / Route
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ehemaliger Abzweig der Carlsbahn im Bahnhof Hümme Fotograf: selbst fotografiert Datum: 12.02.2006
context_page_description: Carl's Railway is a disused railway line along the Diemel river between Hümme and Bad Karlshafen, which was opened on 30 March 1848 and finally closed on 27 September 1986. It was built as part of the northern section of the Frederick William Northern Railway; the rest of the northern section is now part of the Kassel–Warburg line.
  The 16.5 km-long single-track line was the only line in the Electorate of Hesse connecting to a port on the Weser. At that time the Fulda river had not yet been channelised and river boats could not reach Kassel. The Carl's Railway together with the Grebenstein–Hümme section of the Northern Railway was the first railway in Kurhessen and it was one of the oldest railways in Germany.
context_section_description: The Carl's railway branched off the main Kassel–Warburg line at the northern end of Hümme station. The 16.5 kilometre-long branch line was a single-track line in contrast to the main line. Its maximum grade was 1:100, its sharpest curve had a radius of 201 metres. The line ran above the right (eastern) bank of the Diemel on the western slope of the Reinhardswald. Its major structures were the 202 metre-long Deisel Tunnel between Trendelburg and Wülmersen that passed through the Kesselberg mountain, thus avoiding the Diemel valley flood plain, and a triple-arched viaduct over the Holzape, one of the streams that starts in the Reinhardswald. Stations were opened at Trendelburg (population of 1,014 at the opening of the line) and Helmarshausen (1,207) and Carlshafen (1,652 in the inner town). The line ran parallel to the Diemel through Karlshafen to the Weser port. The right-angled turn between the approach line and the Weser quay was overcome by two turntables.
caption: Former Carl's Railway junction on Kassel–Warburg line
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