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could run at 160 km/h and from
Ludwigslust at 130 km/h. The platforms at Schwerin Hauptbahnhof were extended and equipped with an electronic interlocking, from which the section from Hagenow Land to Bad Kleinen is controlled. The upgraded section went into operation in 1996. As a result, the travel time from Rostock via Hagenow to Hamburg is now shorter than that via Lübeck.
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In 1996, the line was duplicated and electrified as a German Unity
Transport Project and upgraded to allow a top speed of 160 km/h. The 18 km section from Hagenow Land to Holthusen was doubled and electrified. Holthusen station was rebuilt so that trains from Hagenow Land towards Schwerin
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from the section of line south of
Holthusen and it was subsequently mainly used for local traffic. For example, in 1905 there were five pairs of passenger train between Hagenow Land station and Schwerin and six in 1934, some continiong to Wismar. In the 1980s there were four pairs of trains, which
896:, but were canceled at the timetable change in December 2012 by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as part of major austerity measures. Since then, the Kirch Jesar and Zachun have been served only irregularly by extra peak hour services on the RE 1 line.
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Initially, two pairs of trains a day ran between
Rostock and Hagenow with connections to services to Wismar and Güstrow. The construction of additional railway lines decreased the importance of this route. The
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819:. Immediately afterwards Mecklenburg-Schwerin began work on a link from Hagenow to Schwerin, which was opened on 1 May 1847. In the following years the line was extended to
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continued to the border station of
Schwanheide. Added to this was a pair of express trains and one interzonal train (travelling between
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876:) every two hours with some extra services in the peak. It is also served every the two hours by
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843:. The opening of the Ludwiglust–Holthusen line in 1888, diverted traffic towards Berlin and
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8:
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888:–Rostock–Schwerin–Hamburg route and continuing to western or south western Germany.
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joins, it runs almost due north towards
Schwerin. Before Schwerin-Görries the
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trains used to run between
Schwerin and Hagenow Land station, connecting to
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Lübeck/Hagenow Land-Rostock-Stralsund. Abschnitt
Hagenow Land-Bad Kleinen
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257:
96:
771:
400:
945:(in German). Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit. June 1993.
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885:
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815:, opened in 1846, was the first railway passing through the
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727:. It is the second oldest railway in Mecklenburg after the
839:, which opened in 1870, diverted traffic to Hamburg via
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is a double track electrified mainline railway in the
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connects. The railway crosses
Schwerin in a cutting.
921:(10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. p. 112.
919:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
981:
872:trains on the Rostock–Hamburg route (branded as
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1005:1847 establishments in the German Confederation
995:Buildings and structures in Ludwigslust-Parchim
990:Railway lines in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
783:The line runs in an almost straight line from
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750:Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft
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791:) northeast through wooded areas to
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965:(in German). Berlin: transpress.
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701:Source: German railway atlas
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151:160 km (99 mi) max.
24:Hagenow Land–Schwerin railway
1000:Railway lines opened in 1847
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963:Eisenbahnen in Mecklenburg
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733:oldest railways in Germany
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16:Railway line in Germany
868:The line is served by
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729:Berlin-Hamburg railway
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63:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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787:(east of the town of
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140:AC overhead catenary
813:Berlin–Hamburg line
52:Holthusen-Schwerin:
864:Current operations
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928:978-3-89494-146-8
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765:Hagenow Land
721:German state
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626:Schwerin Hbf
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511:from Parchim
254:Hagenow Land
228:from Hagenow
204:from Hamburg
167:
75:Route number
18:
308:Kirch Jesar
258:Keilbahnhof
97:Track gauge
88:Line length
43:Line number
984:Categories
947:(brochure)
900:References
559:Sacktannen
905:Footnotes
886:Stralsund
878:InterCity
845:Magdeburg
742:‹See Tfd›
674:to Wismar
465:Holthusen
355:Forsthof
161:Route map
83:Technical
65:, Germany
793:Schwerin
777:Schwerin
650:to Rehna
332:Badesee
120: in
38:Overview
955:Sources
829:Güstrow
825:Rostock
807:History
789:Hagenow
767:station
115:⁄
70:Service
969:
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841:Lübeck
821:Wismar
746:German
401:Zachun
351:10.650
176:Legend
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59:Locale
756:Route
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328:9.740
967:ISBN
923:ISBN
882:Binz
852:and
850:East
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715:The
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