Bergen auf Rügen–Lauterbach Mole railway
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Line number | 6775 (Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route number | 198 (Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 12.523 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bergen auf Rügen–Lauterbach Mole railway is a single-track branch line on the German island of Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Route description
The line branches off at Bergen auf Rügen station from the Stralsund–Sassnitz railway. It runs southeast, through Putbus to Lauterbach Mole and ends on the shore of the Rügischer Bodden. In Putbus there is a junction with the steam-operated, narrow gauge
History
Until the opening of the
After the bankruptcy of the Karsdorfer Eisenbahngesellschaft (KEG), who had developed the timetable after 2003/2004, the Ostmecklenburgische Eisenbahn (OME) were given the contract by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to run local passenger rail services. In February 2004, services were taken over by the OME. From 2005 to December 2009, services were delivered by the Ostseeland-Verkehr (OLA). This was formed by a merger of the Ostmecklenburgischen Eisenbahn (OME) and the Mecklenburg Bahn (MEBA). On the change of timetable in December 2009 the Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn (PRESS) took over operations on the line for 9 years.[1]
Services
Since the timetable change on 13 December 2009, the line has operated two-hourly services (hourly from May to August) by PRESS using a RegioShuttle unit from Stadler.
Gallery
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Putbus station with the narrow gauge line looking towards Lauterbach Mole
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Putbus station
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Lauterbach station
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Lauterbach Mole halt and buffer stop
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Number 650 032-4 at Lauterbach Mole halt
References
- ^ Pressemeldung Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Landesentwicklung Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine dated 5 August 2009