Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services Temp
Obscure services
Waren (Müritz) (Lalendorf Ost) – Plaaz
[205 Nord] (ERA-E 44B3; ERA-R 85C1; S+W 15B3-15C3) DE26/101
This route is used by IC trains between Berlin and Rostock, which are not booked to call at Güstrow. These generally run every two hours. RE5 services run via Güstrow so do not use this route.
Stralsund Rügendamm – Wüstenfelde (Abzw Srg)
[190] (ERA-E 44C4; ERA-R 86B3; S+W 6A1) DE26/102
This east to south curve is used by trains between the island of Rügen and the Pasewalk or Neubrandenburg lines, if not booked to call at Stralsund Hbf.
Since the diversion of overnight trains between Malmö and Berlin to run via Padborg there has been no regular passenger use of this curve, but it is used occasionally by diverted trains to and from Rügen when Stralsund Hbf is unavailable. This last occured in June 2025, when RE services were diverted over this curve to and from Stralsund Rügendamm.
This curve may also be used by trips from or via Berlin to Rügen, including those to the Störtebeker Festspiele, held on Rügen throughout the summer each year, although some of these trains may instead run via Stralsund Hbf. Check for excursions operated by Pressnitztalbahn, Lausitzer Dampflok Club (LDC) and Dampflokfreunde Berlin (Berlin macht Dampf), among others.
Papendorf / Kavelstorf (Abzw Dalwitzhof) – Rostock-Kassebohm (Abzw Rostock Warnowbrücke West)
[100] (S+W 123 B3) DE26/103
This south to east route enables trains to run between the Schwerin or Neustrelitz lines and the Stralsund line without having to reverse at Rostock Hbf. There are separate connections from the Schwerin and Neustrelitz lines to Abzw Dalwitzhof Nordkopf.
The route to and from the Neustrelitz line is used by diverted IC/ICE services between Berlin and Stralsund when the line via Pasewalk is unavailable. Note that RE3 and RE5 services are usually unaffected and continue to run via Neubrandenburg and Prenzlau respectively.
The route to and from the Schwerin line is used by diverted ICE services between Hamburg and Stralsund. This can be discerned by services not calling at Rostock Hbf.
