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The Lübeck–Puttgarden railway is part of the international
Vogelfluglinie
The (German) or (Danish) is a transport corridor between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Hamburg, Germany.
As the Danish and German names (literally: '' bird flight line'') imply, the corridor is also an important bird migration route between arctic ...
(Bird Flight Line) between Germany and Denmark and connects Lübeck
Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...
with Puttgarden
is a ferry harbour and a village on the German island of Fehmarn. It lies on an important route between Germany and Denmark known as the Vogelfluglinie which crosses the strait, the Fehmarnbelt, to Rødby on the island of Lolland.
Overview
...
on the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
island of Fehmarn
Fehmarn (, da, Femern; from Old Wagrian Slavic "''Fe More''", meaning "''In the Sea''") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rüg ...
in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
. The line is now closed north of Neustadt for the construction of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
The Fehmarn Belt fixed link ( da, Femern Bælt-forbindelsen, german: Fehmarnbelt-Querung) or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel, which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, cros ...
.
Route
The tracks of the Kiel–Lübeck railway are used from Lübeck toBad Schwartau
Bad Schwartau is the largest city in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Trave and the Schwartau creek, approx. 5 km north of Lübeck. Bad Schwartau is a spa, well known for its iodide sali ...
. The line then runs along the Baltic coast through Timmendorfer Strand
Timmendorfer Strand (Timmendorf Beach) is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck (Baltic Sea), approximately northwest of Lübeck, and southeast of Eutin.
Notable Pe ...
, Scharbeutz
Scharbeutz (, Polabian ''Scorbuze'') is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck (Baltic Sea), approx. 20 km north of Lübeck, and 15 km southeast of Eutin
Euti ...
, Haffkrug
Scharbeutz (, Polabian ''Scorbuze'') is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck (Baltic Sea), approx. 20 km north of Lübeck, and 15 km southeast of Eutin.
See ...
and Sierksdorf
Sierksdorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, situated on the Bay of Lübeck. The Hansa Park amusement park is located in Sierksdorf.
References
External links
Internet presence of Sierksdorfon t ...
. In the Neustadt in Holstein
Neustadt in Holstein (; Holsatian: ''Niestadt in Holsteen'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on the Bay of Lübeck 30 km northeast of Lübeck, and 50 km southeast of Kiel.
History
In World War I ...
freight yard a branch line separates and runs to Neustadt station. The main line continues through eastern Holstein and runs via Lensahn
Lensahn is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km south of Oldenburg in Holstein, and 40 km northeast of Lübeck.
Lensahn is the seat of the ''Amt (subnational en ...
, Oldenburg in Holstein
Oldenburg in Holstein () is a town at the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea. The nearest city is Lübeck. The town belongs to the (historical) region of Holstein, today in the state Schleswig-Holstein of Germany.
Oldenburg was the chief tow ...
, Großenbrode
Großenbrode is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite Fehmarn, approx. 8 km (5 mi) east of Heiligenhafen. Until 1963 it had a ferry connection to G ...
and after crossing the Fehmarn Sound on the Fehmarn Sound Bridge
The Fehmarn Sound Bridge (german: Fehmarnsundbrücke) connects the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea with the German mainland near Großenbrode.
Description
The crossing includes the network arch bridge which carries road and rail o ...
it ends at Puttgarden station
Puttgarden station is a major ferry terminal on the Vogelfluglinie (bird flight line) on the island of Fehmarn in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It lies between the town of Puttgarden and Marienleuchte.
All rail traffic was discontinued ...
on Fehmarn.
History
The first section of the Lübeck–Puttgarden line to be built was the 23 kilometre section from Neustadt to Oldenburg. This was built by theOldenburg District Railway Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
(''Kreis Oldenburger Eisenbahn'', KOE) and opened on 30 September 1881. On 17 January 1898, the line was extended towards Lütjenbrode and Heiligenhafen
Heiligenhafen (; Holsatian: ''Hilligenhaven'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite the island Fehmarn, approx. 60 km northeast of Lübeck, and 55 km ...
(20 km).
A direct connection from Lübeck to Neustadt was missing for decades, as Neustadt was only connected with Lübeck via the Eutin–Neustadt line, requiring a change in Eutin. The direct connection opened between Lübeck and Neustadt by Deutsche Reichsbahn
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...
was not opened until 1 June 1928.
Idea of a "bird flight line"
Already in the 1920s, Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) and the Danish State Railways (DSB) had adopted the idea of the engineer Gustav Kröhnke (1826–1904) to establish a rail ferry link across the Fehmarn Belt between Puttgarden andRødby
Rødby is a town, with a population of 1,983 (1 January 2022),line from Lübeck to Hamburg of the
Construction recommenced in 1949. The line the former KOE was modernised, a bypass curve was built around Lütjenbrode and the connecting line to bypass Neustadt was finished. A ferry terminal, Großenbrode Quay (''Großenbrode Kai'') was created on the grounds of the former Großenbrode airbase, which was connected by an existing siding to Grossenbrode station.
On 15 July 1951,
After the commissioning of
It is planned to open the
Schienenanbindung der Festen Fehmarnbeltquerung
(Official site for the Fehmarn belt connection) (German)
Lübeck-Büchen Railway Company
The Lübeck-Büchen Railway (german: Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn, LBE) was a German railway company that built railway lines from Lübeck to Büchen and to Hamburg in the 19th century.
History Background
The first plans to build a direct rail ...
(german: Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn, LBE) and the KOE from Neustadt in Holstein to Heiligenhafen
Heiligenhafen (; Holsatian: ''Hilligenhaven'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite the island Fehmarn, approx. 60 km northeast of Lübeck, and 55 km ...
. The KOE also owned the Fehmarn Island Railway (''Inselbahn Fehmarn''), which operated a train ferry
A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train f ...
to Fehmarn.
The first construction plans for the bird's flight line were drawn up in 1940 by Heinrich Bartmann. A formal intergovernmental agreement was signed between Deutsche Reichsbahn and the occupied Kingdom of Denmark on 8 April 1941. The LBE was acquired by the DRG on 1 January 1938. It took over the Eutin-Lübeck Railway Company (''Eutin-Lübecker Eisenbahn'', ELE), which owned part of the Kiel–Lübeck railway, in January 1941 and the KOE on 1 August. In September of that year construction work began, both in Germany and in Denmark. Second World War priorities brought work to a halt in 1943.
To 1951: Großenbrode Quay
Construction recommenced in 1949. The line the former KOE was modernised, a bypass curve was built around Lütjenbrode and the connecting line to bypass Neustadt was finished. A ferry terminal, Großenbrode Quay (''Großenbrode Kai'') was created on the grounds of the former Großenbrode airbase, which was connected by an existing siding to Grossenbrode station.
On 15 July 1951, Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained ...
and the DSB opened with a train ferry service between the Großenbrode Quay and Gedser
Gedser is a town at the southern tip of the Danish island of Falster in the Guldborgsund Municipality in Sjælland region. It is the southernmost town in Denmark, and also the southernmost point of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. The town ...
on the Danish island of Falster
Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.
.
From 1963: Fehmarn Sound Bridge
The construction of the connection from Großenbrode to Puttgarden on the north coast of Fehmarn began in 1958. On 14 May 1963, theFehmarn Sound Bridge
The Fehmarn Sound Bridge (german: Fehmarnsundbrücke) connects the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea with the German mainland near Großenbrode.
Description
The crossing includes the network arch bridge which carries road and rail o ...
was opened in the presence of German President Heinrich Lübke
Karl Heinrich Lübke (; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who served as president of West Germany from 1959 to 1969.
He suffered from deteriorating health towards the end of his career and is known for a series of emba ...
and the Danish King Frederik IX
Frederick IX ( da, Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was List of Danish monarchs, King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Born into the House of Glücksburg, Frederick was the elder son of Ch ...
. The ferry link across the Fehmarn Belt
Fehmarn Belt (), (, former spelling ''Femer Bælt''; ) is a strait connecting the Bay of Kiel and the Bay of Mecklenburg in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland. Ferries oper ...
was opened along with Fehmarn Sound Bridge, creating the Bird Flight Line in its present form. The nearby train ferry across the Fehmarn Belt from Grossenbrode was closed at the same time.
The Bird Flight Line was subsequently used by many important long-distance trains such as the Nord Express
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and the ''Italia Express'' (Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
–Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
). Added to this was busy freight traffic. Thus, for example, according to Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
190,757 freight wagons used the train ferry in 1994. "D-trains" ( D-Züge: long-distance expresses), the Trans Europ Express
The Trans Europ Express, or Trans-Europe Express (TEE), was an international first-class railway service in western and central Europe that was founded in 1957 and ceased in 1995. At the height of its operations, in 1974, the TEE network compri ...
''Merkur'' and ''Trans-Europ-Express-Marchandises'' (TEEM) international freight trains ran to Puttgarden, hauled by diesel locomotives of class 221 and later of class 218 in double traction and the large Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
diesel locomotives of class 232.
In regional and local transport, Deutsche Bundesbahn continued to operate between Lübeck and Puttgarden with Silberling
Silberling is the colloquial name for the n-coaches of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, a type of regional passenger coach of which more than 5,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981. Nearly all of the coaches have undergone extensive modernisation †...
carriages hauled by class 212 locomotives, some of which ran on the branch line to Heiligenhafen
Heiligenhafen (; Holsatian: ''Hilligenhaven'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite the island Fehmarn, approx. 60 km northeast of Lübeck, and 55 km ...
and continued on to Fehmarn.
Also from 1963 to 1983 during the summer months, when the Baltic Sea was mainly used by tourists, the ''Fehmarn-Express'' ran from Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
via the Ruhr
The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...
, Westphalia
Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants.
The territory of the regio ...
, Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, Lauenburg
Lauenburg (), or Lauenburg an der Elbe ( en, Lauenberg on the Elbe), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. It is the southernmost town of Schleswig-Holstein ...
and some of the resorts on the Bay of Lübeck
The Bay of Lübeck (, ) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. It forms the southwestern part of the Bay of Mecklenburg.
The main port is Travemünde, a bor ...
to Puttgarden or Burg on Fehmarn. Not many seaside resorts were located on the route, so there were bus connections to, for example, Dahme and Grömitz
Grömitz () is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck, approx. 35 km northeast of Lübeck, and 23 km east of Eutin.
Grömitz is a settlement on the Baltic Sea. ...
.
Because of the heavy traffic on the single track line, it was equipped in 1971 with train radio, initially for experimental purposes. Already in the 1970s most stops between Neustadt and Puttgarden had been abandoned and were served by buses. Passenger services on the branch line from the rail triangle east of Lütjenbrode to Heiligenhafen were closed on 30 May 1976 and freight traffic on the branch was abandoned on 31 October 1984. The line is now closed.
From 1997 and 2019: rerouting of international trains
After the commissioning of Great Belt Fixed Link
The Great Belt Bridge ( da, Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link ( da, Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. It consists of a road suspension ...
between the Danish islands of Funen
Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...
and Zealand
Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.
It is the 1 ...
in 1997, freight train traffic ended on the Bird Flight Line across the Fehmarn Belt. International freight traffic between Germany and Sweden or the Copenhagen area now runs via Flensburg
Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...
and Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
. This means a detour of 160 km. Because of the reduced number of trains, the passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...
s at Sierksdorf, Hasselburg and Beschendorf were closed.
From the end of 2007, ICE TD
The DBAG Class 605, commonly known as the ICE TD is a high-speed diesel multiple unit (DMU) train, formerly in service with Deutsche Bahn and DSB.
History Development
Following the successful inauguration of the Intercity-Express system ...
trains were used in regular service on the Berlin–Hamburg–Copenhagen route.
It was decided to reopen a section of the Fehmarn Island Railway, to Burg, the largest town on Fehmarn. Construction was completed by the Easter of 2010 and the new station was finally opened at the timetable change in late July 2010. The Regional-Express
In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at f ...
trains from Lübeck have since branched off the main line at Burg-West and run to the new Fehmarn-Burg station. Some trains reverse immediately and continue on their journey to Puttgarden station
Puttgarden station is a major ferry terminal on the Vogelfluglinie (bird flight line) on the island of Fehmarn in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It lies between the town of Puttgarden and Marienleuchte.
All rail traffic was discontinued ...
; other trains return directly from Fehmarn-Burg station to Lübeck.
Since 2019, international passenger trains have gone through Flensburg
Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...
, Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
and the Great Belt Fixed Link
The Great Belt Bridge ( da, Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link ( da, Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. It consists of a road suspension ...
, not through Puttgarden, to enable the rebuilding of the connecting railway on the Danish side as double track. After this, only Lübeck–Puttgarden regional trains operated. These did not run over the ferry, which now only takes road vehicles.
From 2022: rebuilding the line and building the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel
It is planned to open the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
The Fehmarn Belt fixed link ( da, Femern Bælt-forbindelsen, german: Fehmarnbelt-Querung) or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel, which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, cros ...
in 2030 as a tunnel. A treaty in relation to the project was signed by the transport ministers of Germany and Denmark on 3 September 2008. The section from Puttgarden to Lübeck has to be electrified by the time of the completion of the new link, but the duplication of the lines is not required until seven years after the completion of the fixed link. The Fehmarn Sound Bridge
The Fehmarn Sound Bridge (german: Fehmarnsundbrücke) connects the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea with the German mainland near Großenbrode.
Description
The crossing includes the network arch bridge which carries road and rail o ...
may remain single track according to the treaty. A review of the project was published on 11 November 2010, which found that it would have a benefit-cost ratio of 6.7. Since then the cost has more than doubled.
Because of the increased traffic and reintroduction of freight traffic after the opening of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
The Fehmarn Belt fixed link ( da, Femern Bælt-forbindelsen, german: Fehmarnbelt-Querung) or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel, which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, cros ...
, it was decided to construct the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel
The Fehmarn Sound Tunnel between the German mainland and the island of Fehmarn is projected to be built by 2028, and is projected to cost €718 million. The tunnel will be near Großenbrode.
Background
The treaty of 2008 between Germany and Den ...
to relieve the Fehmarn Belt bridge. The line was closed north of Neustadt on 31 August 2022 for electrification and double-tracking works. The local traffic between Lübeck and Neustadt still runs.
In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (''Bundesverkehrswegeplan'') 2030, Germany ear-marked 1.518 billion Euros for the electrification of the Lübeck–Puttgarden railway.
The plans are now to stop all traffic Neustadt – Puttgarden 2022–2028 for rebuilding the route. Buses will have to be used instead of the trains on this section. Construction cost of duplicating tracks will be less if there is no traffic, so it's decided to finish it in time for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link, instead of waiting the seven years the treaty allows. The travel time Lübeck – Burg will be 49 minutes after reopening, 40 minutes faster than before.
The project is divided into sections. As of December 2022 no construction work has started. Planning has been delayed by new political requirements that go beyond the legal obligations and have required additional planning work.
*Lübeck–Bad Schwartau (8 km) is already double track, also used by trains on Kiel–Lübeck railway. But the site has a level crossing which must be converted to a bridge, and there are requirements to lower the tracks in order to reduce noise and not raising the road much.
*Bad Schwartau–Haffkrug (16 km) will have a new railway along the autobahn. It will also be used by trains to Neustadt, so the existing line through Timmendorfer Strand will be closed. This is a result of additional planning due to new political policy.
*A new line will be built between Haffkrug and Göhl (31 km) mostly along the autobahn, but going south of Oldenburg. This section has been submitted for approval as of the end 2022.
*Göhl–Puttgarden (32 km), except Fehmarn Sound, will mostly consist of the existing railway duplicated, although there will be a bypass of the village of Grossenbrode. There are many level crossings between Göhl and Grossenbrode which will be replaced by bridges. This section is submitted for approval as of the end of 2022. In total between Lübeck and Puttgarden 80 bridges will be built to make roads and the railway cross each other.
*The Fehmarn Sound Tunnel
The Fehmarn Sound Tunnel between the German mainland and the island of Fehmarn is projected to be built by 2028, and is projected to cost €718 million. The tunnel will be near Großenbrode.
Background
The treaty of 2008 between Germany and Den ...
and its connection will be built. It is still being planned as of the end of 2022. If the Fehmarn Sound tunnel is not finished when the Fehmarn Belt tunnel is completed, the Fehmarn Sound Bridge
The Fehmarn Sound Bridge (german: Fehmarnsundbrücke) connects the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea with the German mainland near Großenbrode.
Description
The crossing includes the network arch bridge which carries road and rail o ...
can be electrified and used during a transition period.
The following stations will exist along the new Lübeck–Puttgarden railway.
*Bad Schwartau (existing station but will need modification)
*Timmendorfer Strand/Ratekau (new station near Ratekau)
*Scharbeutz (new station near the Autobahn)
*Haffkrug (new station near the Autobahn)
**Sierksdorf (existing station along what will be a branch line)
**Neustadt (Holst) (existing station on the branch line)
*Lensahn (new station near the Autobahn)
*Oldenburg (Holst) (new station south of the city)
*Großenbrode/Heiligenhafen (new station between the two places)
**Fehmarn-Burg (existing station on the branch line)
Notes
External links
Schienenanbindung der Festen Fehmarnbeltquerung
(Official site for the Fehmarn belt connection) (German)
References
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