Ostseebad Binz (german: Bahnhof Ostseebad Binz) is a
terminus
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railway station in the town of
Binz
Binz is the largest seaside resort on the German island of Rügen.
It is situated between the bay of Prorer Wiek and the ''Schmachter See'' (a lake) in the southeast of the island. To the north of Binz stretches the Schmale Heide (the "narrow he ...
,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
,
Germany
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. The station lies at the end of the
Lietzow-Binz railway and was opened in 1939. The train services are operated by
Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr and
Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH.
History
The station building was completed in 1938. A year later
Deutsche Reichsbahn
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officially opened the railway station together with the Lietzow–Binz railway.
Due to the Second World War, however, initially only a few trains operated. There were two pairs of trains per day in 1940. When the war was over, the track was dismantled for
reparations
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and thus the station was also closed. However, it was rebuilt within a few years, so the station became operational again in 1952.
During the time of the
GDR, the station was regularly served by express trains. The line was electrified in 1989 because of its relatively high importance for national and international long-distance traffic.
The first
Intercity
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services stopped in Binz station in 1991. In 2000, a fundamental restructuring of the station was completed, including the rebuilding of the platforms. These works cost about 9.5 million
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.
In March 2011, Binz station was connected to
Deutsche Bahn’s
Intercity-Express
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network, with a weekly train pair to
Munich
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.
Infrastructure
The station has three platform tracks. Platform track 2, which is a through track, and track 4, which is a bay platform and just north of the station building, are 55 cm high and attached to the station building. Platform 2 is 344 m long and platform 4 is 171 m long. Platform 3 is a side platform on a through track, which is connected by a protected passenger level crossing with the main platform. The side platform is 315 m long and 76 cm high. Between tracks 2 and 3 there Is a third through track, track 1. This is used exclusively for running through the station to the end of the track, 150 m to the south. Long-distance trains always stop on platforms 2 and 3 and regional trains stop on platform 4. North of the station there is a parking area. The signals are controlled by the electronic control centre in
Lietzow
Lietzow is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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. The station forecourt is served by several bus routes that are operated by ''Rügener Personennahverkehrs GmbH'' (RPNV). In addition, there is a taxi rank.
Rail services
In 2011, about 40 to 50 trains a day stopped at Binz station. Services as of 2023 are as follows:
Until the timetable change in December 2016, Ostseebad Binz was often served the summer by a night train to and from destinations in southern Germany that are often changed. During July/August 2014, the Zurich–Berlin
City Night Line
City Night Line, abbreviated CNL, was a train category of German railway company Deutsche Bahn for overnight passenger train services between Germany and neighbouring European countries. In late 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that it planned to t ...
service was extended once a week to Ostseebad Binz (arriving/departing Rügen on Saturday).
References
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Railway stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Binz
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1939
Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Rügen