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During the 1980s DB started building high speed lines, the first being from Hannover to Würzburg and Mannheim to Stuttgart. The high speed line between Lehrte and Berlin-Spandau was completed in 1998 followed by those from Köln to Frankfurt am Main, including a new station at Frankfurt Flughafen, and between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt.
During the 1980s DB started building high speed lines, the first being from Hannover to Würzburg and Mannheim to Stuttgart. The high speed line between Lehrte and Berlin-Spandau was completed in 1998 followed by those from Köln to Frankfurt am Main, including a new station at Frankfurt Flughafen, and between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt.
The railway bridge at Wolgast to the island of Usedom opened to passengers on 28 May 2000. Also opened on 28 May 2000 were the branch from Langenhagen to Hannover Flughafen and the cross-border line from Klingenthal to Kraslice (Czech Republic).  Rail traffic also resumed between Kremmen and Neuruppin, following several years' closure for reconstruction.  The service from Andernach to Mayen West was extended to Kaisersesch from 6 August 2000.
A passenger service to Dresden Flughafen commenced operation on 24 March 2001, using the previously-closed branch from Dresden Klotzsche to Grenzstraße, which was extended to the airport.  A new curve avoiding Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station, allowing services between Nürnberg and Dresden to run direct between Bayreuth and Hof, came into use in June 2001.  The Dürener Kreisbahn introduced a passenger service between Jülich and Linnich from June 2001. A passenger service was reintroduced between Gronau and Eschede (Netherlands) in 2001.


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| Dresden Klotzsche - Grenzstraße - Dresden Flughafen (new line)
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| Nördlingen - Dinkelsbühl (tourist trains; Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum)  
| Nördlingen - Dinkelsbühl (tourist trains; Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum)  
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| Ramsen - Eiswoog (Rheinland-Pfalz): summer weekend trains  
| Ramsen - Eiswoog (Rheinland-Pfalz): summer weekend trains  
| 10 June
| 10 June
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| Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg avoiding curve
| 10 June?
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| Jülich - Linnich
| 10 June?
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| Kaisersesch - Daun - Gerolstein: summer weekend trains
| Kaisersesch - Daun - Gerolstein: summer weekend trains
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*Züssow - Wolgast Hafen - Wolgaster Fähre
*Züssow - Wolgast Hafen - Wolgaster Fähre
Seasonal services between Niebüll DB and Tønder DSB started on 2 July.
Seasonal services between Niebüll DB and Tønder DSB started on 2 July.
Mayen West - Kaisersesch on 6 August 2000


===Closures===
===Closures===

Revision as of 18:39, 5 May 2012

Introduction

This document acts as an archive for Recent and Future Changes in the past.

General

Following the unification of Germany in 1990, the two railway systems Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) and Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) were amalgamated as a government-owned company, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) on 1 January 1994.

In order to improve its poor financial position, DB has ceased operating Inter-Regio, semi-fast long distance services, loss-making part of DB Reise and Touristik. They were replaced by Regional Express trains, worked by DB Regio and subsidised by the Länder.

Openings

In the years following reunification, extensive work was undertaken to re-open lines across the former border between East and West Germany, and it is now extremely difficult to see where the border was. Most railways were rebuilt on their previous alignment, although the line from Stapelburg to Vienenburg was new, replacing that to Bad Harzburg. Unification resulted in major changes to the railway system in Berlin, as most lines that were severed by the wall were reinstated. An entirely new north-south main line was opened through the centre of Berlin, approximately on the course of the former Berlin Wall and serving the new Berlin Hbf, on the site of the former Lehrter Bf. Most former DR main lines have been entirely rebuilt and there have been several electrification schemes.

During the 1980s DB started building high speed lines, the first being from Hannover to Würzburg and Mannheim to Stuttgart. The high speed line between Lehrte and Berlin-Spandau was completed in 1998 followed by those from Köln to Frankfurt am Main, including a new station at Frankfurt Flughafen, and between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt.

2001

Dresden Klotzsche - Grenzstraße - Dresden Flughafen (new line) 24 March
Nördlingen - Dinkelsbühl (tourist trains; Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum) 7 April
Monsheim - Marnheim - Langmeil (Pfalz): summer weekend trains 26 May
Stolberg Hbf - Stolberg-Altstadt (formerly Stolberg-Hammer) 9 June
Berlin: Abzw Eichgestell - Wuhlheide Rbf - Biesdorfer Kreuz 10 June
Kassel trams: Kaufungen-Papierfabrik - Helsa (on former DB line) 10 June
Ramsen - Eiswoog (Rheinland-Pfalz): summer weekend trains 10 June
Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg avoiding curve 10 June?
Jülich - Linnich 10 June?
Kaisersesch - Daun - Gerolstein: summer weekend trains 16 June
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel - Bederkesa: summer Sunday tourist trains 24 June
Karlsruhe light rail: Heilbronn Hbf - Heilbronn Stadtmitte - Harmonie 21 July
Berlin S-Bahn: Gesundbrunnen - Bornholmer Strasse - Pankow 17 September
Berlin S-Bahn: Gesundbrunnen - Schönhauser Allee (Innenring) 17 September
Stuttgart S-Bahn: Flughafen - Filderstadt 29 September
Essen light rail: Altenessen Bf - Gelsenkirchen-Fischerstrasse 30 September
Berlin: Biesdorfer Kreuz Nord - Biesdorfer Kreuz Süd 3 November
Gronau (Westfalen) DB - Glanerbrug NS - Enschede 18 November

2000

The following lines opened on 28 May:

  • Dresden: Neucoswig - Radebeul-Naundorf
  • Düren - Distelrath: experimental summer Sunday service
  • Klingenthal DB - Hranicna CD
  • Kremmen - Neuruppin Rheinsberger Tor
  • Langenhagen - Hannover Flughafen
  • Magdeburg-Sudenburg - Magdeburg-Buckau
  • Neuruppin Rheinsberger Tor - Herzberg (Mark)
  • Röderau - Zeithain Bogendreieck
  • Züssow - Wolgast Hafen - Wolgaster Fähre

Seasonal services between Niebüll DB and Tønder DSB started on 2 July.

Mayen West - Kaisersesch on 6 August 2000

Closures

There were extensive cuts in the passenger network in West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, mainly involving little-used rural lines. This has largely come to an end and some railways are reopening. The former DDR had a public transport system appropriate for a population where the level of car ownership was very low, and most vehicles were unsuitable for long journeys. As a result traffic has fallen away severely on many local lines, and large numbers have closed. Poor infrastructure has also forced closure, and some train services have been withdrawn at very short notice.

The poorer, Eastern Länder cannot easily afford to support rail services. There have been particularly extensive closures in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (one of the least-populated parts of Germany) and Brandenburg. Sachsen has a stated preference for bus services in rural areas, and lines in this Land are particularly at risk.

See also