North Of Hamburg: The Akn Network

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  1. thearkerportian

    thearkerportian Well-Known Member

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    Moin,

    the landscape left and right of the tracks here may not be exactly spectacular, in fact is flat as a pancake and mostly suburban to rural, interrupted by a forest or industrial area here and there. But what makes this route intersting is the mode of operations - settled somewhere between a suburban train, S-Bahn and lightrail, all that with diesel only. The "VT2E" DMUs were a trademark of the AKN for many decades when they got replaced by modern LINT DMUs in 2015, hence I'd suggest to set the route in that era so we can have them both on the route. Other vehicles include the "Uerdinger" railbus, which the AKN still uses for special trains, and the MaK DE 1002 diesel loco for cargo services.

    General

    Location: Germany
    Era: ca. 2015
    Length end to end: 64 kilometers (Hamburg-Eidelstedt - Neumünster)
    max speed: 100 km/h
    # of passenger stations: 41
    Service types: Commuter, Cargo
    # of tracks: 1-2
    Electrified: No

    Lines included at least partially:

    A1 (Hamburg Hbf - Kaltenkirchen - Neumünster)
    A2 (Kaltenkirchen - Norderstedt)
    A3 (Kaltenkirchen - Elmshorn

    Suitable vehicles (among others):
    AKN VT2E
    AKN VT 622
    AKN DE 1002
    AKN VT95/VT98

    Maps
    AKN.PNG AKN-Map.PNG

    Key Locations
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    Henstedt-Ulzburg

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    Hamburg-Eidelstedt

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    Elmshorn

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    Neumünster

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    Norderstedt Mitte

    Further Impressions
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    Kaltenkirchen

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    Quickborn

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    Dodenhof

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    Hasloh

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    Elmshorn

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    Boostedt

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    Bokholt

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    Greetings, Mike.
     
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