Bad Kleinen–Rostock railway

The Bad Kleinen–Rostock railway is a double track electrified railway in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Ludwigslust–Bad Kleinen section of the line is double track. The line was opened in 1850 by the Mecklenburg Railway Company (German: Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft) and is one of the oldest railways in Germany and is part of the Leipzig–Magdeburg–Schwerin–Rostock main line.

Bad Kleinen–Rostock railway
Route of the Bad Kleinen–Rostock line
Overview
Line number
  • Bad Kleinen–Bützow: 1122
  • Bützow–Rostock: 6446
LocaleMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Service
Route number100
Technical
Line length71 km (44 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed
  • Ventschow–Schwaan: 160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
  • rest of the line: 120 km/h (75 mph) (max)
Route map
from Lübeck
from Schwerin
59.3
 Bad Kleinen
to Wismar
67.6
 Ventschow
A 14
from Wismar
76.8
 Blankenberg (Meckl)
to Karow
81.2
 Bk Friedrichswalde (Meckl)
(former freight yard)
87.5
Warnow
89.7
 Warnow
93.2
 Zernin
99.9
-0.2
 Bützow
0.0
to Güstrow
4.2
 Oettelin
6.5
 Kassow
12.0
 Schwaan junction
from Güstrow
14.1
 Schwaan
16.9
Warnow
19.3
 Huckstorf
22.3
 Pölchow
23,5
A 20
25.4
 Papendorf
28.4
 Dalwitzhof junction
from Waren and Sanitz
from Waren and Sanitz
Warnowbrücke junction
from and to Stralsund
 from Stralsund
30.2
 Friedrich-Franz station/freight yard
30.7
 Rostock port
30.3
 Rostock Hbf
to Wismar
to Warnemünde
Source: German railway atlas
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