Railway line Güstrow – Schwaan
| Guestrow – Schwaan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number : | 6445 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 17.4 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 120 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Güstrow – Schwaan railway is a single-track electrified main line in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
history
In 1850 the Bad Kleinen – Rostock railway was put into operation with a branch in Bützow to Güstrow . In the following years, the network was further expanded, among other things, Güstrow got a connection to Neubrandenburg in 1864 , which was continued to Stettin in 1867 . In 1882 the railway line from Güstrow to Plau was built. What was still missing was a direct connection between Rostock and Güstrow, the largest and fourth largest city in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . In 1886, the Lloydbahn was put into operation, which connected Rostock past Güstrow with Neustrelitz and Berlin . A year later, two lines between Rostock and Güstrow were built almost simultaneously. On the one hand, the Güstrow-Plauer-Eisenbahn built the Priemerburg – Plaaz railway line , creating a connection to Rostock via the Lloydbahn. On the other hand, the Grand Duchy built the line to Schwaan on the Bad Kleinen – Rostock railway line as a state network extension . Originally the line in Schwiesow and Rukieten branched off from the existing main lines, at the end of the 19th century the lines were led to the Güstrow and Schwaan stations so that they could be controlled from the signal boxes there.
In addition to local traffic, the route also became important for long-distance traffic. The trains from Berlin to Rostock and Copenhagen have been running since 1895 via Güstrow instead of the direct connection via Plaaz an der Lloydbahn.
In 1945 the Lloydbahn between Plaaz and Neustrelitz was dismantled as a reparation payment . Thus, after the reconstruction of the Schwaan-Rostock line, which also fell under the reparations, the Güstrow – Schwaan line received important tasks in passenger and freight traffic in 1948. The traffic between Berlin and Rostock was conducted via Neubrandenburg and Güstrow. The route via Karow also served as an alternative route. From 1952 to 1954 the Güstrow station was rebuilt due to the increased tasks in freight traffic. In 1954 the first switchboard of the Reichsbahndirektion Schwerin went into operation there.
Even after the reconstruction of the Lloydbahn in 1960, the route remained important for long-distance traffic between Rostock and Berlin, more than half of the D-trains continued to run via Güstrow. Electrical operation began in May 1985.
Since 1998 the local trains between Rostock and Güstrow have been included in the Rostock S-Bahn system. In the following years, the line speed was increased to 120 km / h and the last possible crossing in the former Mistorf station was removed.
Todays situation
The route is operated every hour (on weekends every two hours) by line S2 of the Rostock S-Bahn (Warnemünde – Rostock Hbf – Güstrow) . The regional express trains on the Rostock – Berlin – Elsterwerda line (RE5) run every two hours.
literature
- Lothar Schultz: Railways in Mecklenburg . 3rd edition, transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70732-9