Bad Bramstedter Moorbahn, Field railway in Bad Bramstedt, Germany
Bad Bramstedter Moorbahn is a narrow-gauge railway with 600mm tracks that was originally built to transport materials and supplies to a health facility. The line runs through flat moorland over roughly 1.4 kilometers, linking the spa building complex to the peat extraction zones nearby.
Operations began in 1931 as a working transport line carrying peat and fuel supplies to the health facility. The railway was later restored and reopened as a museum line to preserve this chapter of local industrial history.
The railway preserves memories of industrial work in the region and how people once moved goods across the moorland. Today visitors can experience this local heritage firsthand on vintage trains.
The rides operate regularly on weekends and access is fairly straightforward since the terrain is flat and easy to navigate. Visitors should prepare for changeable weather and wear comfortable shoes, as some of the visit may involve walking across the moorland grounds.
A swing bridge once allowed this narrow-gauge line to cross a larger regional railway, enabling fuel deliveries to the facility's boiler house. This engineering solution was unusual for such a small railway and shows the ingenuity needed to keep operations running.
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