The people's houses Mars tunnel is a building on the former railway line Göttingen - Dransfeld - Hann. Lead, which once belonged to the Hanoverian Southern Railway.
Construction of the 325.5 m long tunnel was in September 1852nd Well 3 years later, in autumn 1855, he was with the completion of the two portals completed.
On 8 May 1856 was the train on the route to Hann. Open officially opened.
the winter timetable 1947/48 first appeared in the immediate post-war on the south side of the tunnel scale breakpoint Volkmarshausen in the timetable.
in 1964, with the electrification of the adjacent railroad tracks, lost the non-electrified line over Dransfeld steadily increased. It went only Nahgüter and slow trains through the tunnel Volkmars houses.
At 31 May 1980 ended the era of passenger operations with the closure of the section Göttingen - Dransfeld. The freight operation was continued for a while in more modest scale, until this was finally suspended in April 1995.
In March 2000, the tracks built back in the tunnel and has since conquered the natural terrain. Large parts of the former railway line is already overgrown, and the People's Mars Homes tunnel is consistent with its adjacent stop now lost something and no function in the forest. Since he was not bricked, it is still accessible and secure a visit.
a readable report on the People's Mars tunnel houses, Manfred Hartmann written. It can be found here : http://www.volkmarshausen.de/Website4/Der_Tunnel_files/eisen.pdf
sources (extracts): Wikipedia; www.vampisol.de; photos indicated
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