Lower Saxon State Railway Office
# Lower Saxon State Railway Office

The Lower Saxon State Railway Office (German: Niedersächsische Landeseisenbahnamt) or NLEA was a central authority that managed the operation of many light railways (known as Kleinbahnen) in the North German state of Lower Saxony. These were predominantly those railways which the state had a financial stake in.

## History

As in most Prussian provinces, a large number of Kleinbahn railway lines appeared in the Province of Hanover following the passing of the Prussian Kleinbahn law.

## Railways managed by the NLEA

* Ankum-Bersenbrücker Eisenbahn
* Bleckeder Kreisbahn
* Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn GmbH
* Kleinbahn Buxtehude-Harsefeld GmbH
* Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn
* Gartetalbahn Göttingen Duderstadt
* Kleinbahn Farge-Wulsdorf GmbH
* Gittelde–Grund railway
* Kleinbahn Hoya-Syke-Asendorf GmbH
* Kleinbahn Lüchow-Schmarsau GmbH
* Kleinbahn Lüneburg-Soltau GmbH
* Kleinbahn Neuhaus-Brahlstorf GmbH
* Kleinbahn Soltau-Neuenkirchen GmbH
* Kleinbahn Winsen-Evendorf-Hützel GmbH
* Kleinbahn Winsen-Niedermarschacht GmbH
* Kreisbahn Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel
* Kreisbahn Leer-Aurich-Wittmund
* St. Andreasberger Kleinbahn GmbH
* Steinhuder Meer-Bahn GmbH
* Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn
* Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Eisenbahn

## Sources

* Rogl, Hans Wolfgang (1996). Archiv deutscher Klein- und Privatbahnen - Niedersachsen (in German). Stuttgart: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-71022-2.
* Wolff, Gerd (2007). Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 10: Niedersachsen 2. Zwischen Weser und Elbe (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-3-88255-669-8.
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