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Revision as of 21:59, 6 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.

2007

Bayreuth - Weidenberg on 8 January

(Trier -) Perl [DE] - Apach [FR] (weekend only) on 10 June

Bremen Vegesack - Bremen Farge on 16 December

2006

Kassel trams: Helsa - Hessisch-Lichtenau (on former DB line) on 28 January

Berlin Hauptbahnhof/Lehrter Bahnhof low level together with new 9km north-south tunnel and Nürnberg - Ingolstadt Neubaustrecke on 28 May

Müllheim - Neuenburg [DE] - Mulhouse [FR] (Sunday-only service) on 9 July

Traunreut - Hörpolding on 10 December

2005

Chemnitz - Burkhardtsdorf - Thalheim - Aue (following upgrade) on 15 January

Flöha - Olbernhau (after upgrade) on 29 January

Berlin S-Bahn: Lichterfelde - Teltow on 24 February

Neuruppin - Wittstock (Dosse) on 27 February

Dannenberg Ost - Lüchow (weekend trains) on 12 March

Frankenberg - Battenberg (Summer Saturdays) on 30 April

Osnabrück - Dissen-Bad Rothenfelde on 12 June

Heilbronn Pfühlpark - Öhringen (resumption of DB interregional services) on 10 December

Merkstein - Alsdorf-Annapark and Ilmenau - Ilmenau-Bad on 11 December

2004

Wemmetsweiler avoiding curve on 6 February

Berlin-Zoologischer Garten - Charlottenburg (S-Bahn) on 19 April

Kall - Gemünd (- Hellenthal) and Düren - Zülpich - Euskirchen (Summer Sundays only) on 10 May

Köln/Bonn airport loop off Neubaustrecke on 13 June

Grossbothen - Döbeln - Nossen on 22 August

Stolberg Hbf - Aue - Eschweiler West - Eschweiler Talbahnhof/Raiffeisen Platz - Eschweiler-Nothberg - Eschweiler-Weisweiler on 11 September

Schelklingen - Oberheutal - Münsingen - Gomadingen (- Kleinengstingen) on 13 September

Karlsruhe light rail: Heilbronn-Harmonie - Pfühlpark (- Öhringen) on 26 November

Herzogenrath - Merkstein (- Alsdorf), Chemnitz - Niederwiesa - Frankenberg - Hainichen and Immendingen - Hintschingen - Leipferdingen - Zollhaus-Blumberg on 12 December

2003

Bad Schussenried - Bad Schussenried Kloster (summer Sunday trains) on 13 April

Gummersbach - Marienheide on 29 April

Berlin S-Bahn: Schönhauser Allee - Bornholmer Strasse new alignment on 16 June

Flughafen Leipzig-Halle - Gröbers (- Halle Hbf) and Hüfingen - Bräunlingen on 30 June

Seligenstadt (bei Würzburg) - Prosselsheim - Volkach-Astheim tourist railway on 13 September

Bad Wildbad Bf - Bad Wildbad Kurpark on 5 October

Schifferstadt avoiding line (Ludwigshafen - Neustadt) on 19 November

New Egge tunnel (Altenbeken - Kassel), Offenbach Ost - Offenbach-Bieber - Rödermark-Ober Roden/Dietzenbach Bahnhof and Brilon Wald - Korbach Süd on 14-December

2002

Jülich - Linnich on 9 June

Westhafen - Wedding - Gesundbrunnen (completing the Berlin S-Bahn Innenring restoration) and Müncheberg (Mark) - Buckow (Märkische Schweiz) (tourist trains) on 15 June

Leer - Weener DB - Nieuweschans NS on 16 June

Köln - Montabaur - Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof (high-speed line) on 1 August

Cottbus - Cottbus-Willmersdorf - Peitz Ost (- Guben) on 13 August

The following lines (re)opened on 15 December:

  • Altchemnitz - Stollberg: after conversion to electric light rail
  • (Gotha -) Crawinkel - Gräfenroda
  • (Leipzig Hbf -) Neuwiederitzsch-Leipziger Messe - Flughafen Leipzig-Halle
  • Eisfeld - Rauenstein (Thüringen) - Sonneberg (Thüringen) Hbf
  • Neumünster - Bad Segeberg
  • Pforzheim - Bad Wildbad Bf (- Bad Wildbad Kurpark): after electrification
  • Rottenbach - Obstfelderschmiede - Mellenbach-Glasbach - Katzhütte
  • Sonneberg (Thür) Hbf - Lauscha - Ernstthal - Neuhaus-am-Rennweg

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