Maschen Marshalling Yard

Maschen Marshalling Yard near Maschen south of Hamburg on the Hanover–Hamburg railway in Germany is the largest marshalling yard in Europe, its size only being exceeded worldwide by the Bailey Yard in the US state of Nebraska.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maschen station and Stelle station.

Maschen station

Railway station

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Maschen station is a railway station, which is situated 650 metres southeast of Maschen Marshalling Yard.

Stelle station

Railway station

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Stelle station is a railway station, which is situated 4 km southeast of Maschen Marshalling Yard.

Meckelfeld station

Railway stop

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Meckelfeld station is a railway stop, which is situated 3 km northwest of Maschen Marshalling Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maschen and Meckelfeld.

Maschen

Village

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Maschen is a village in the municipality of Seevetal in Hamburg district in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies south of Hamburg on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and within the commuter zone of the city of Hamburg. Maschen Marshalling Yard is the largest of its kind in Europe and the second biggest in the world.

Meckelfeld

Village

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Meckelfeld is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Maschen Marshalling Yard.

Over

Village

Over is a village in the municipality of Seevetal in Lower Saxony, Germany with about 1,400 citizens. In 1972, Over and 18 other municipalities were assembled to form the new municipality of Seevetal. Over is situated 4 km northeast of Maschen Marshalling Yard.

Maschen Marshalling Yard

Type: Railway
Description: railway station in Maschen, Germany
Categories: classification yard and transportation
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

53.40747° or 53° 24′ 27″ north

Longitude

10.05934° or 10° 3′ 34″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

9F5GC345+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 97812290

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

GeoNames ID

3336907

Wikidata ID

Q870016

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Maschen Marshalling Yard” goes by many names.

Chinese: “馬申編組站”
Chinese: “马申编组站”
Danish: “Maschen Rangierbahnhof”
Dutch: “Maschen Rangierbahnhof”
German: “Bahnstrecke Buchholz-Maschen Rbf”
German: “Bahnstrecke Buchholz–Maschen Rbf”
German: “Bahnstrecke Maschen Rbf-Buchholz”
German: “Bahnstrecke Maschen Rbf–Buchholz”
German: “Maschen Rangierbahnhof”
German: “Maschen Rbf”
German: “Rangierbahnhof Maschen”
German: “Verschiebebahnhof Maschen”
Low German: “Rangeerbahnhoff Maschen”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Maschen Skiftestasjon”
Swedish: “Maschen Rangierbahnhof”
Urdu: “ماشن مارشلنگ یارڈ”

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