Germany - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
Owing to the size and complexity of the German railway system, the Obscure Services listing is subdivided by Land (Province). Berlin and Bremen are separate Länder, but it is convenient to include them with Brandenburg and Niedersachsen respectively. Details of Other Sparse Services, Services not included in the DB Kursbuch and Deletions since previous edition can be found below.
A brief Guide to German railway terminology is available.
This list is based on the timetable dated from 11 December 2016 to 9 December 2017, unless otherwise stated.
List of Länder (Regions)
Baden-Württemberg | entries starting with 'DExx/601' |
Bayern | entries starting with 'DExx/651' |
Berlin and Brandenburg | entries starting with 'DExx/251' |
Hamburg | entries starting with 'DExx/051' |
Hessen | entries starting with 'DExx/501' |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | entries starting with 'DExx/101' |
Niedersachsen_and_Bremen | entries starting with 'DExx/151' |
Nordrhein-Westfalen | entries starting with 'DExx/351' |
Rheinland-Pfalz | entries starting with 'DExx/401' |
Saarland | entries starting with 'DExx/451' |
Sachsen | entries starting with 'DExx/301' |
Sachsen-Anhalt | entries starting with 'DExx/201' |
Schleswig-Holstein | entries starting with 'DExx/001' |
Thüringen | entries starting with 'DExx/551' |
Other Services
The Other Services Page contains trains not operated by DB and which do not appear in their journey planner or timetables. These are mainly seasonal overnight services run by foreign operators.
Trams
See Germany - Tram services over obscure routes
Other Sparse Services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country), with fewer than 6 trains each way on at least 3 days a week – or do not run each weekday. Lines listed here exclude those appearing in Kursbuch tables 12000 to 12999, which themselves are only a selection of the services shown in the Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen (published annually by Eisenbahn Kurier).
112 | Lüneburg – Dannenberg Ost | |
133 | Kiel Hbf - Kiel-Oppendorf | No Sunday service |
133 | Neustrelitz - Mirow | |
186 | Bad Doberan - Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West | Limited winter service |
209.20 | Priort – Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b Berlin) | No weekend service |
209.27 | Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen | Weekends only |
209.54 | Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark) - Stechlinsee | No winter service |
218 | [Lutherstadt Wittenberg –] Pratau – Bad Schmiedeberg – Eilenburg | Summer weekends only; limited service (2018 operation to be confirmed) |
238 | Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf/Kurort Oybin | Limited service for part of the winter |
257 | Dessau Hbf – Wörlitz | No winter service |
326 | Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle | |
333 | Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle | |
397 | [Leer -] Ihrhove - Weener | No trains until further notice, following destruction of the River Ems bridge |
509 | Moritzburg – Radeburg | |
513 | Freital Hainsberg - Kurort Kipsdorf | |
517 | Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ) | Summer weekends only; limited service |
518 | Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal | |
544 | Bad Brambach - Plesná (CZ) | |
566 | Ilmenau - Rennsteig | Weekends only |
662.1 | Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz) | Summer Sundays only |
666 | Ramsen – Eiswoog | Wednesdays and Sundays only |
675.1 | Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost | Summer Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays only |
692 | Perl – Thionville [France] | Weekends only; limited service |
707 | Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt | Weekends and certain Wednesdays during the summer |
723 | Riegel-Malterdingen - Breisach | Limited service at weekends |
743 | Lauchringen – Blumberg-Zollhaus | Service over the entire route on Summer Sundays only |
743 | Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus | Limited service at weekends |
752 | Aulendorf - Bad Wurzach | Summer Sundays only |
754 | Aulendorf - Pfullendorf | Summer Sundays only |
758 | Amstetten – Gerstetten | Summer Sundays only |
759 | Schelklingen – Münsingen - Engstingen | |
759 | Engstingen - Gammertingen | Summer Sundays only |
767 | Eyach - Hechingen (HzL) | Summer Sundays only |
769 | Balingen – Schömberg | Summer Sundays only |
772 | Maulbronn West – Maulbronn Stadt | Summer Sundays only |
790.11 | Kornwestheim - Stuttgart-Untertürkheim | No weekend service |
947 | Garching - Hörpolding | Mondays to Fridays limited service; no weekend service |
Regular services not in the Kursbuch
The following lines are not included in the DB Kursbuch, though some have a frequent service. Timetables can be found on the websites shown. Many ICE, IC and cross-border services do not appear in the Kursbuch either, so the European Rail Timetable is the best guide to these. Urban metro systems are not included in this list.
Stuttgart - Berlin (limited service) | Locomore | |
136.1 | Niebüll – Tønder – (Esbjerg) | neg |
137 | Neumünster – Kaltenkrchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt | AKN Eisenbahn |
138 | Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte | AKN Eisenbahn |
139 | Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd | AKN Eisenbahn |
172 | Waren (Müritz) - Malchow | Hanseatische Eisenbahn |
173 | Neustrelitz – Mirow | Hanseatische Eisenbahn |
202 | Wismar – Berlin – Cottbus (in Kursbuch as Wismar – Wittenberge only) | Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG) |
209.46 | Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz) | Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG) |
209.54 | Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark) | Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) |
209.73 | Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk | Hanseatische Eisenbahn |
209.74 | Pritzwalk – Meyenburg | Hanseatische Eisenbahn |
218 | Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Bad Schmiedeberg – Eilenburg | Elbe Saale Bahn |
220 | Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau | Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG) |
229 | Görlitz – Hoyerswerda | Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG) |
397 | Weener – Groningen | Arriva Nederlandse |
479 | Boppard – Emmelshausen | Hunsrückbahn |
former 483 | Düren – Linnich | Rurtalbahn |
484 | Düren – Heimbach (Eifel) | Rurtalbahn |
514 | Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau | Freiberger Eisenbahn |
691 | Bullay – Traben-Trarbach | Moselweinbahn |
Deletions since previous edition
DE17/161 | Hannover Hbf (Hannover Kurve) - Ahlem - Hannover-Linden - Hannover-Waldhausen - Hannover Messe/Laatzen (Hannover-Wülfel) | DE18/182 and #HAN183|DE18/183. |
DE17/518 | Wiesbaden avoiding line: Wiesbaden-Biebrich – Wiesbaden Ost | The train that used this route no longer runs. |
DE17/523 | Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim) | The junction has been remodelled as a conventional grade-separated one. |