Braunschweig region plans battery-electric Harz-Heide network by 2030
- Location
- Southern Harz to Uelzen, Lower Saxony (over 200 km of network) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Conversion of the Harz-Heide network to battery-electric operation (partial electrification Vienenburg–Bad Harzburg–Goslar and Braunschweig–Gifhorn)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 750 million (federal government, state, regional association); of which EUR 32 million planning funds from the regional association
- Status
- Planned (planning resolution of 19 Mar 2026)
The Braunschweig regional association is converting its 200-km-plus regional rail network between the southern Harz and Uelzen from diesel to battery trains; on 19 Mar 2026 its assembly released about EUR 32 million for planning the sections to be electrified. Overhead wires are to be built between Vienenburg, Bad Harzburg and Goslar and between Braunschweig and Gifhorn, stations will be rebuilt and 30 battery trains bought; service is due to start in 2030 with a total investment of about EUR 750 million, mostly federal (LOK Report, 31 Mar 2026).
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