Editing Celle (section)

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Celle lies on the [[Hanover–Hamburg railway|Hanover – Celle – Uelzen – Lüneburg – Hamburg line]]. [[InterCity|Intercity (IC)]] trains to Hanover and Hamburg stop hourly at the station as do individual [[Intercity-Express|ICE]] trains during the rush hour. [[Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft|metronom]] trains link Celle to Uelzen, Hanover and Göttingen as part of the regional transport network. Celle is the terminus for routes S&nbsp;6 and S&nbsp;7 of the [[Hanover S-Bahn]].

The section between Celle and [[Großburgwedel]] was built in the 1920s as a high-speed line for testing and record journeys across the heath-like, so-called Wietzenbruch. It was nicknamed the Hare Railway (''Hasenbahn'') due to its environment which was devoid of habitation and the numerous hares killed on the line in its early days. In 1965 this section via [[Langenhagen]] was electrified for the TEE and IC services from Hamburg to Hanover, in order to save routing them via Lehrte and having to change direction in Hanover. Later it was upgraded for traffic operating regularly at {{convert|200|km/h|0|abbr=on}}.
Formerly there were railway links from Celle via [[Schwarmstedt]] to [[Bremen]] ([[Aller Valley Railway]]) and via Plockhorst to [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]]; these were closed in the 1970s and have largely been dismantled. In 2004 the last remaining branch line from [[Gifhorn]] to Celle via [[Wienhausen]], that was still used in places for goods traffic, was finally closed and work on lifting the line in the area of the town has begun.

The [[East Hanoverian Railways]] run goods trains on several branch lines in the Celle area, including those to [[Wittingen]], [[Soltau]] and [[Munster (Örtze)|Munster]]. Occasionally [[heritage train]]s and specials also run on these lines.

The [[Lehrte–Celle railway]] is an important route for goods trains and was converted in 1998 into a modern S-Bahn line.

A tramway network of 2 lines had been operated since 1907 by the Celler Straßenbahn but this was closed and dismantled between 1954 and 1956.