To 1945 Heudeber-Danstedt–Bad Harzburg/Vienenburg railway
wernigerode station
vienenburg station
there had been direct link between halberstadt, heudeber-danstedt , vienenburg since 1869. took shortest distance, missed out densely populated harz foreland , towns wernigerode , ilsenburg. spa town of wernigerode, important, able persuade berlin, magdeburg-halberstadt railway company obliged deliver 9 kilometre long branch line heudeber-danstedt. opened on 11 may 1872.
this following growing demands ilsenburg burgeoning iron , steel industry. there long negotiations rail link wernigerode via ilsenburg bad harzburg possible extension goslar, not considered commercially viable according estimates @ time. in end, prussian state railways had line built and, on 20 may 1884, ilsenburg , wernigerode linked 1 another. line of regional importance winding route accepted. questionmarks on planned route , resistance of landowners further delayed construction of section bad harzburg. not until 1 october 1894 services called here, going via stapelburg , eckertal. outset there through passenger trains bad harzburg halberstadt.
even if link served local region, there number of long-distance trains, including in 1930s going through coaches hamburg via wernigerode berlin.
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