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 edit

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 edit

Sources edit

  • 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.