Berlin–Szczecin railway

The Berlin–Szczecin railway, also known in German as the Stettiner Bahn (Stettin Railway) is a mainline railway built by the Berlin-Stettin Railway Company between the German capital of Berlin and the now Polish city of Szczecin, then part of Prussia and known as Stettin. It is one of the oldest lines in Germany, built in 1842 and 1843 and was the company's trunk line. The line was duplicated between Berlin and Angermünde in 1863 and between Angermünde and Szczecin in 1873.

Berlin–Szczecin railway
Overview
Line number
  • 6002 S-Bahn Berlin
  • 6081 Gesundbr.–Angermünde
  • 6328 Angermünde–national border
  • 0409 national border–Szczecin Gumieńce
  • 0408 Sz. Gumieńce-Szczecin Gł
LocaleGermany and Poland
Termini
Service
Route number
  • 200.20 Nordbf.–Bernau
  • 200.80 Bornh. Str–Blankenburg
  • 203 00 Berlin–Angermünde
  • 209.60 Berlin–Eberswalde Hbf
  • 209.66 Angermünde–Szczecin Gł
Technical
Line length134.5 km (83.6 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2:Nordbahnhof–Buch (S-Bahn)
  • 2: Gesundbrunnen–Blankenburg
  • 2: Berlin-Karow–Passow
  • 2: Sz. Gumieńce-Szczecin Gł (part)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
  • Berlin S-Bahn: 750 V DC third rail
  • Berlin–Passow: 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
  • Sz. Gumieńce-Szczecin Gł: 3 kV DC
Maximum incline0.4%
Route map
from Stargard Szczeciński
0.0
 Szczecin
to Trzebież and Szczecin Dąbie
Szczecin Dąbie–Szczecin Turzyn railway
from Szc. Wg. Hetmanskie
and Szczecin Dąbie
4.8
0.0
 Szczecin Gumieńce
to Pasewalk
1.9
 Warzymice
7.1
 Kołbaskowo
10,1
119,6
Poland–Germany border
116.5
 Rosow
former station
111.0
 Tantow
22 m
to Gartz
103.8
 Petershagen (Uckermark)
99.6
Casekow
former station; former connection to CPO
94.7
 Schönow (Uckermark)
Randow
from Stendell
89.3
 Passow (Uckermark)
11 m
82.7
 Schönermark
to Damme
77.5
 Welsow-Bruchhagen
former station
from Stralsund
from Schwedt (Oder)
70.7
 Angermünde
48 m
to Bad Freienwalde
66.1
 Herzsprung
61.9
 Bk Serwest
57.5
 Chorin
former station
54.8
Chorin
(formerly Chorinchen; Chorin Kloster)
52.5
Ragösermühle junction
from Joachimsthal
50.0
 Britz
39 m
Oder-Havel Canal
from Frankfurt (Oder)
Finow Canal
45.2
 Eberswalde Hbf
31 m
from Finowfurt
43.7
 Eberswalde Wasserfall
42.0
 Bk Spechthausen
37.9
 Bk Wildtränke
former station
35.6
 Melchow
33.0
 Biesenthal
60 m
30.2
 Bk Danewitz
28.2
 Rüdnitz
former station
25.3
 Rüdnitz marshalling yard
24.6
 Bk Ladeburg
22.6
 Bernau (b Berlin)
, terminus of
67 m
21.2
 Bernau-Friedenstal
18.2
 Zepernick (b Bernau)
Panke
16.5
 Röntgental
Brandenburg–Berlin state border
14.4
 Berlin-Buch
Panke
from Basdorf
11.5
 Berlin-Karow
Connection from Berlin outer ring
 Karower cross
Berlin outer ring
from Berlin outer ring
8.3
 Berlin-Blankenburg
6.7
 Pankow-Heinersdorf
 Berlin-Pankow goods yard
4.8
 Berlin-Pankow
from Oranienburg
3.2
 Bornholmer Straße
from and to Ostkreuz
2.1
 Berlin Gesundbrunnen
to Westkreuz/Berlin Hbf
1.2
 Humboldthain
0.0
 Berlin Nordbahnhof
to Berlin Friedrichstraße
Source: German railway atlas

The line is still used by regional trains on the Berlin–Angermünde route (some to or from Stralsund) and on the Angermünde–Szczecin route as well as the long-distance trains on the entire Berlin–Szczecin line. Between central Berlin and the suburban station of Bernau the line also has its own suburban tracks used by the Berlin S-Bahn. The line is also a major route for the transport of freight between Germany and Poland. Except for the section between Passow and Szczecin Gumieńce the entire route is electrified.

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