sheep ran from them via ramps directly into the wagons. In 1870, the tracks were crossed to the north by the railway crossing leading to the sugar factory and on the south by the railway crossing on Marienbergstraße. In 1871, there was an ice house on the east side of the railway tracks for the station restaurant. Many railway workers took up residence in Nordstemmen and the farming village was extended to the station. The former König Georgs V. von Hannover carriage house was built to the north of the entrance building in the wedge between the railway tracks. This carriage house has been preserved. It was used for the operations of Deutsche Bahn and on the north side of the building there is a parking area with an entrance from the L 410. Between 1905 and 1908 an elongated carriage house was built to the south of the station premises replacing a smaller wagon shed, of which the northern part was used for the dispatch of express freight and the southern part used for mail handling. This carriage house has been preserved and is a heritage-listed building. At the end of the 20th century, the northern part of the building was initially used for the sale of tickets and then as a waiting room until the depot was closed completely. The area of the carriage house has not been accessible to the public since 2007. In 2012 and 2013, the depot has been renovated under the Quaß training scheme (which provides training and work for the unemployed instead of social benefits) and converted into a workshop for the renovation of the entrance building. This carriage house and the station building were accessible until 1914 from the main road via a level crossing controlled by barrier to the south of the carriage house. Since 1914, there has also been a tunnel that enables safe access to the carriage house, to the toilet block and the entrance building. Until about 1970, the business centre of Nordstemmen was on the main street (now highway L 410), it then shifted to new residential areas in the town centre and in the south-east of Nordstemmen. Between 1961 and 1963, catenary masts were installed in Nordstemmen for the electrification of the North–South railway. The electric train began running between Hanover to Eichenberg on 26 May 1963 and from Nordstemmen via Hildesheim to Lehrte on 29