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in 1870 established an east–west line from
Hamburg to Stettin; it ran along the Bad Kleinen–Rostock line between Bad Kleinen and Bützow. In 1905 five pairs of passenger trains and one pair express trains (with an additional train in the summer months) ran on the line, mainly on the Hamburg to Stettin
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trains (stopping at all stations) and
Rostock–Berlin trains (not stopping at the minor stations on this line). With the timetable change in December 2008, the Bad Kleinen station was largely abandoned as an IC stop. Only one early morning IC train to Hamburg as well as an IC between Leipzig and
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and used for propaganda. The line became ever more important in the following decades, both for passenger and freight transport (especially to the port of
Rostock). Between 1973 and 1975, the line was duplicated again. Summer services in the 1980s consisted of up to ten pairs of express trains
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No. 1 and was originally planned to be completed by 2002. This upgrade, however, has not yet been completed. The
Ventschow–Blankenberg and Warnow–Schwaan (to the station's southern exit) sections were first upgraded to 160 km/h. At the end of 2008 this was followed by the section between
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between
Neustrelitz and Warnemünde in 1886, which had its own railway station in Rostock. As having two different stations in the city was undesirable, it was decided that all passenger trains should use the Lloyd station, which was later called
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Initially, two pairs of trains a day ran between
Rostock and Hagenow, stopping in Schwaan, Bützow, Blankenberg, Kleinen and Schwerin. Three pairs of trains ran between Wismar and Kleinen and between Bützow and Güstrow as feeder services.
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After 1945, the changed border significantly affected traffic flows on the line. East–west traffic on the link became negligible. The link between
Rostock and the south was more important. The Rostock–Bützow section was dismantled for
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to the
Hauptbahnhof in 1905, the old Friedrich Franz station became a freight yard only. Also significant for the line was the reconstruction of the Warnemünde station in 1903 and the establishment of a direct
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services operated on the
Stralsund–Rostock–Hamburg and Rostock–Leipzig routes every two hours. The connection to Leipzig was replaced in the mid-1990s by a connection in Bad Kleinen, except for a seasonal
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electrified several lines in the early 1980s. Electrification of the Schwaan–Rostock section was extended to Güstrow in May 1985 and the rest of the line was electrified in 1986 and 1987.
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is a double track electrified railway in the German state of
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Schultz, Lothar; Wilhelm, Peter; Pfafferott, Klaus (2000).
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1674:Train crash between Bützow and Schwaan in 1987
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1645:Jugendobjekt
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81:Route number
1641:reparations
1608:Scandinavia
1579:service to
1577:train ferry
1508:Bad Kleinen
1433:river near
1423:Blankenberg
1409:main line.
1370:Bad Kleinen
1366:Ludwigslust
1267:Rostock Hbf
401:from Wismar
271:Bad Kleinen
220:from Lübeck
146:AC overhead
103:Track gauge
94:Line length
44:Line number
1829:Categories
1741:References
1689:InterRegio
1679:Since 1990
1589:Copenhagen
1556:Warnemünde
1056:and Sanitz
1053:from Waren
1015:and Sanitz
1012:from Waren
693:to Güstrow
1746:Footnotes
1730:Stralsund
1722:Intercity
1696:service.
1694:Intercity
1647:) of the
1593:Stockholm
1587:–Rostock–
1399:Magdeburg
1379:‹See Tfd›
1291:to Wismar
926:Papendorf
849:Huckstorf
321:Ventschow
295:to Wismar
177:Route map
89:Technical
71:, Germany
1547:Szczecin
1500:Schwerin
1449:runs to
1403:Schwerin
719:Oettelin
490:to Karow
126: in
39:Overview
1781:Sources
1616:Leipzig
1585:Hamburg
1516:thalers
1496:Hagenow
1477:History
1455:Schwaan
1451:Güstrow
1407:Rostock
1395:Leipzig
874:Pölchow
797:Schwaan
121:⁄
76:Service
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1683:After
1654:Erfurt
1612:Uelzen
1581:Gedser
1504:Wismar
1471:Tessin
1439:Bützow
1435:Warnow
1431:Warnow
1383:German
1364:. The
823:Warnow
744:Kassow
666:Bützow
625:Zernin
600:Warnow
574:Warnow
192:Legend
184:
65:Locale
1620:D-Zug
1604:D-Zug
1413:Route
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1812:ISBN
1793:ISBN
1764:ISBN
1726:Binz
1597:Oslo
1595:and
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