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A brief Guide to [[Germany - Railway Terminology|German railway terminology]] is available.
A brief Guide to [[Germany - Railway Terminology|German railway terminology]] is available.


This list is based on the timetable dated from 9 December 2018 to 14 December 2019, unless otherwise stated.  
This list is based on the timetable dated from 12 December 2021 to 10 December 2022, unless otherwise stated.  


===<div id="LL"></div>List of Länder (Regions)===
===<div id="LL"></div>List of Länder (Regions)===


{| width="100%" |  
{| width="80%" |  
| [[Germany_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Baden-Württemberg]]  
| [[Germany_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Baden-Württemberg]]
| Includes Mannheim and Stuttgart
| entries starting with 'DExx/601'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/601'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Bayern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Bayern]]  
| [[Germany_(Bayern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Bayern]]
| Includes München and Nürnberg
| entries starting with 'DExx/651'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/651'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Berlin_and_Brandenburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Berlin and Brandenburg]]  
| [[Germany_(Berlin_and_Brandenburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Berlin and Brandenburg]]  
| Includes Falkenberg (Elster) and Cottbus
| entries starting with 'DExx/251'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/251'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Hamburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hamburg]]  
| [[Germany_(Hamburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hamburg]]  
|
| entries starting with 'DExx/051'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/051'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Hessen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hessen]]  
| [[Germany_(Hessen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hessen]]  
| Includes Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt
| entries starting with 'DExx/501'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/501'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]  
| [[Germany_(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]  
| Includes Rostock and Stralsund
| entries starting with 'DExx/101'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/101'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany_(Niedersachsen_and_Bremen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Niedersachsen_and_Bremen]]  
| [[Germany_(Niedersachsen_and_Bremen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Niedersachsen and Bremen]]
| Includes Hannover and Osnabrück
| entries starting with 'DExx/151'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/151'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
| [[Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Nordrhein-Westfalen]]  
| Includes Köln and Dortmund
| entries starting with 'DExx/351'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/351'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Rheinland-Pfalz]]  
| [[Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Rheinland-Pfalz]]  
| Includes Koblenz and Ludwigshafen
| entries starting with 'DExx/401'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/401'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Saarland) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Saarland]]  
| [[Germany (Saarland) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Saarland]]  
| Includes Saarbrücken
| entries starting with 'DExx/451'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/451'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Sachsen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen]]  
| [[Germany (Sachsen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen]]  
| Includes Leipzig and Dresden
| entries starting with 'DExx/301'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/301'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen-Anhalt]]  
| [[Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen-Anhalt]]  
| Includes Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg
| entries starting with 'DExx/201'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/201'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Schleswig-Holstein]]  
| [[Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Schleswig-Holstein]]
| Includes Lübeck and Kiel
| entries starting with 'DExx/001'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/001'  
|-
|-
| [[Germany (Thüringen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Thüringen]]  
| [[Germany (Thüringen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Thüringen]]  
| Includes Erfurt and Nordhausen
| entries starting with 'DExx/551'  
| entries starting with 'DExx/551'  
|}
|}
==Other Services==
The [[Germany_-_Other_Services|Other Services Page]] contains trains not operated by DB and which do not appear in their journey planner or timetables. These are mainly seasonal overnight services run by foreign operators.


==Trams==
==Trams==
Line 63: Line 74:
==Other Sparse Services==
==Other Sparse Services==
{| class="osstable3"  
{| class="osstable3"  
| 112
| 174
| Lüneburg - Dannenberg Ost
| Inselstadt Malchow – Karow (Meckl) – Plau am See / Parchim
| Only five trains each way daily
| Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays in summer only; Malchow – Alt Schwerin also on weekdays in high summer
|-
|-
| 133
| 186
| Kiel Hbf - Kiel-Oppendorf
| Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West
| No Sunday service
| Five train pairs in winter; more in summer
|-
| 173
| Neustrelitz - Mirow
| No early morning service; only five trains daily during winter
|-
|-
| 186
| 190
| Bad Doberan - Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West
| Bergen auf Rügen – Sassnitz-Mukran Fährhafen
| Limited winter service
| Two train pairs on summer Saturdays only in 2023. Details of 2024 service awaited.
|-
|-
| 209.20
| 209.20
| Priort – Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b Berlin)
| Priort – Falkenhagen ''and'' Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b. Berlin)
| No weekend service
| No weekend service over these sections
|-
|-
| 209.27
| 209.27
| Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen
| Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen
| Weekends only
| Weekend daytime service only  
|-
| 209.73
| Kyritz Am Bürgerpark – Pritzwalk
| Four train pairs on weekdays; three at weekends
|-
| 209.74
| Pritzwalk West – Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See]
| Five train pairs on weekdays. Three train pairs at weekends, extending to Plau am See in the summer. Very limited schoolday-only service to Pritzwalk West.
|-
| ''RB TES''
| Erkner – Fangschleuse Tesla Süd
| No weekend service on this recently-opened branch
|-
|-
| 238  
| 238  
| Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf/Kurort Oybin
| Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf / Kurort Oybin
| Limited service for most of the winter
| Limited winter service; better (but still fairly sparse) in the summer
|-
|-
| 257
| 257
Line 96: Line 115:
|-
|-
| 326
| 326
| Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle
| Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle – Ifield Neanderklinik
| Variable, but limited, service
| Very limited winter service of between one and three trains each way
|-
|-
| 333
| 333
| Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle
| Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle
| Variable, but limited, service
| Only two train pairs in the winter
|-
| 357.1
| Einbeck Mitte – Einbeck BBS/PS-Speicher
| Limited service weekdays, no service at weekends on this recently reopened section
|-
|-
| 397
| 397
| [Leer -] Ihrhove - Weener
| [Leer ] Ihrhove Weener
| No trains until further notice, following destruction of the River Ems bridge
| No trains until December 2024 at the earliest, pending rebuilding of the River Ems bridge
|-
| 479
| Boppard – Boppard Süd
| Very limited schoolday-only service
|-
|-
| 509
| 509
| Moritzburg – Radeburg  
| Radebeul Ost – Radeburg  
| Only three trains each way daily
| Five train pairs daily; only two beyond Moritzburg. Closed most of March and November.
|-
|-
| 513
| 513
| Freital Hainsberg - Kurort Kipsdorf
| Freital Hainsberg Kurort Kipsdorf
| Only two trains each way daily
| Three train pairs daily; only two beyond Dippoldiswalde. Closed most of March and November.
|-
|-
| 517
| 517
| Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ)
| Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ) [– Chomutov]
| Summer weekends only; limited service
| Three train pairs on summer weekends only
|-
|-
| 518
| 518
| Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal
| Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal
|  
| Four train pairs daily; closed most of March and November
|-
|-
| 544
| 544
| Bad Brambach - Plesná (CZ)
| Bad Brambach Plesná (CZ) [– Cheb]
|  
| Five train pairs daily
|-
|-
| 566
| 566
| Ilmenau - Rennsteig  
| Ilmenau Rennsteig  
| Weekends only  
| Four train pairs, weekends and holidays only  
|-
|-
| 662.1
| 662.1
| Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz)
| Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz)
| Summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only. Service was expected to resume on 1 April 2024 after four-year pause, but has been further delayed until an unknown date.
|-
|-
| 666
| 666
| Ramsen – Eiswoog  
| Ramsen – Eiswoog  
| Wednesdays and Sundays only  
| Weekends only  
|-
|-
| 675.1
| 675.1
| Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost  
| Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost  
| Summer Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays only  
| Summer Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays only  
|-
|-
| 692
| 692
| Perl – Thionville [France]
| Perl – Thionville (FR)
| Weekends only; limited service
| Two train pairs on weekends only. A full service is expected to resume in December 2024.
|-
|-
| 707
| 707
| Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt   
| Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt   
| Weekends and certain Wednesdays during the summer
| Summer Sundays and alternate Wednesdays only. Only four train pairs beyond Siegelsbach.
|-
|-
| 723
| 732.1
| Riegel-Malterdingen - Breisach 
| Stockach – Mengen
| Limited service at weekends
| Three train pairs on summer Sundays only
|-
|-
| 743
| 737
| Lauchringen – Blumberg-Zollhaus
| Lauchringen – Weizen
| Service over the entire route on Summer Sundays only
| Five train pairs on schooldays to Stühlingen; two train pairs on summer Sundays to Weizen
|-
|-
| 743
| 743
| Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus  
| Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus  
| Limited service at weekends
| Limited service
|-
|-
| 752
| 752
| Aulendorf - Bad Wurzach  
| Aulendorf Bad Wurzach  
| Summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
| 754
| 754
| Aulendorf - Pfullendorf  
| Aulendorf Pfullendorf  
| Summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
Line 175: Line 202:
| Summer Sundays only  
| Summer Sundays only  
|-
|-
| 759
| 759  
| Schelklingen – Münsingen - Engstingen
| Gammertingen – Schelklingen  
|
| Limited service, better on schooldays
|-
| 759
| Engstingen - Gammertingen
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
| 767
| 767
| Eyach - Hechingen (HzL)  
| Eyach Hechingen (HzL)  
| Summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
Line 196: Line 219:
|-
|-
| 790.11
| 790.11
| Kornwestheim - Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
| Kornwestheim Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
| Mondays to Fridays peak hours only
| Mondays to Fridays peak hours only. <!---Also used by ''NJ468/469'' Wien Hbf – Paris Est MThSO and v.v. TFSuO--->
|-
| 947
| Garching - Hörpolding
| Mondays to Fridays limited service; no weekend service
|}
|}


==Regular services not in the ''Kursbuch''==
==Regular services not in the ''Kursbuch''==
The following lines are not included in the DB ''Kursbuch'', though some have a frequent service.  Timetables can be found on the websites shown. Many ''ICE'', ''IC'' and cross-border services do not appear in the ''Kursbuch'' either, so the [http://www.europeanrailtimetable.eu/ European Rail Timetable] is the best guide to these.  Urban metro systems are not included in this list.
The following lines are not included in the online DB ''Kursbuch'', but timetables can be found on the websites shown. Long-distance services appear in some, but not all, tables in the ''Kursbuch'' where they would be expected to be found, so the [https://int.bahn.de/en DB journey planner] or the [http://www.europeanrailtimetable.eu/ European Rail Timetable] is often the best guide to these.


{| class="osstable3"  
{| class="osstable3"  
|  
|  
| Stuttgart - Berlin (limited service)
| All Flixtrain services
| [https://www.flixtrain.com Flixtrain]
| [https://www.flixtrain.com/all-timetables flixtrain.com/all-timetables]. Note that both flixtrain.com and flixtrain.de just redirect to the Flixbus site so this particular address needs to be used.
|-
| 101.1
| Hamburg Flughafen / Poppenbüttel – Wesel (''S1'')
| [https://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/ S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)]
|-
| 101.2
| Hamburg-Altona – Bergedorf (''S2'')
| [https://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/ S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)]
|-
|-
|
| 101.3
| Köln - Hamburg (limited service)  
| Pinneberg – Neugraben (''S3'')
| [https://www.flixtrain.com Flixtrain]
| [https://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/ S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)]
|-
| 101.5
| Stade – Elbgaustraße (''S5'')  
| [https://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/ S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)] (the Stade - Hamburg section of ''S5'' is shown in '''Table 121''')
|-
| 132
| Neumünster – Heide – Büsum
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 133
| Kiel – Oppendorf
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 133
| 134
| Kiel Hbf - Kiel-Oppendorf
| Kiel – Schleswig – Husum
| [https://www.nah.sh AKN Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 135
| Husum – Bad St. Peter-Ording
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 136
| Niebüll – Dagebüll Mole
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 136.1
| 136.1
| Niebüll – Tønder – (Esbjerg)
| Niebüll – Tønder (DK) [– Esbjerg]
| [https://www.neg-niebuell.de neg]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 137
| 137
| Neumünster – Kaltenkrchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt
| Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt
| [https://www.akn.de/ AKN Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 138
| 138
| Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte
| Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte
| [https://www.akn.de/ AKN Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 139
| 139
| Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd
| Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd
| [https://www.akn.de/ AKN Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 140
| Lübeck – Neustadt (Holst.) (trains) – Puttgarden (buses)
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| former 172
| 145
| Waren (Müritz) - Inselstadt Malchow
| Lüneburg – Lübeck – Kiel
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 173
| 146
| Neustrelitz Mirow
| Kiel Flensburg
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-  
|-  
| 202
| 174
| Wismar Berlin Cottbus (in ''Kursbuch'' as Wismar – Wittenberge only)
| Waren (Müritz) Malchow [Parchim / Plau am See (summer weekends only)]
| [https://odeg.de/liniennetz-und-fahrplaene/linien-fahrplaene Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-  
|-  
| 204
| 201
| Stendal – Berlin – Jüterbog
| Magdeburg – Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) – Cottbus
| [https://odeg.de/liniennetz-und-fahrplaene/linien-fahrplaene Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-  
|-  
| 209.46
| former 203
| Berlin – Elsterwerda (''RE8S'')
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 209.12
| Berlin – Löwenberg (Mark) – Templin Stadt
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.25
| Berlin – Werneuchen
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.26
| Berlin – Küstrin-Kietz [– Kostrzyn (PL)]
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.27
| Berlin-Karow – Groß Schönebeck/Schmachtenhagen
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.33
| Potsdam Hbf – Jüterbog
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 209.35
| Furstenwalde (Spree) – Bad Saarow-Pieskow
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.36
| Königs Wusterhausen – Frankfurt (Oder)
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.46  
| Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz)
| Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz)
| [https://odeg.de/liniennetz-und-fahrplaene/linien-fahrplaene Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 209.51
| Rathenow – Brandenburg
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-   
|-   
| 209.54
| 209.54
| Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark)
| Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark)
| [http://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.60
| Eberswalde – Wriezen – Frankfurt (Oder)
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-  
|-  
| 209.63
| 209.63
| Eberswalde - Templin
| Eberswalde – Joachimsthal
| [http://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-  
|-  
| 209.73
| 209.73
| Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk
| Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/de/ Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-  
|-  
| 209.74
| 209.74
| Pritzwalk – Meyenburg
| Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See (summer weekends only)]
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/de/ Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-
| ''RB TES''
| Erkner – Fangschleuse Tesla Süd (new service from 04.09.23)
| [https://www.eberswalde-ffo.de/tesla-shuttle-fahrplan-erkner-fangschleuse-sued.html eberswalde.ffo.de] (Links to VRR timetable pdf)
|-
|-
| 220
| 220
| Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau
| Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau
| [https://odeg.de/liniennetz-und-fahrplaene/linien-fahrplaene Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-  
|-  
| 229
| 229
| Görlitz – Hoyerswerda
| Görlitz – Hoyerswerda
| [https://odeg.de/liniennetz-und-fahrplaene/linien-fahrplaene Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 230
| Dresden - Bautzen - Görlitz
| [https://www.laenderbahn.com/trilex/ Trilex]
|-
| 235
| Dresden - Ebersbach - Zittau
| [https://www.laenderbahn.com/trilex/ Trilex]
|-
|-
| 236
| 236
| Seifhennersdorf - Zittau
| Seifhennersdorf Zittau
| [https://www.laenderbahn.com/trilex/ Trilex]
| [https://www.laenderbahn.com/trilex/fahrplan/fahrplan-aenderungen/ Trilex]
|-
|-
| 238
| 238
| Zittau - Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf
| Zittau Kurort Oybin / Kurort Jonsdorf
| [https://www.zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de/ SOEG]
| [https://www.zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de/ SOEG]
|-
|-
| 257
| 257
| Dessau Hbf - Wörlitz
| Dessau Wörlitz
| [https://www.dvg-dessau.de DWE]
| [https://www.dvv-dessau.de/verkehr/fahrplan-woerlitzer-eisenbahn/#Fahrplan Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn]
|-
| 269
| Stendal – Tangermünde
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-
| 325
| Wernigerode – Brocken
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
| 326
| Nordhausen – Drei Annen Hohne
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
| 333
| Quedlinburg – Eisfelder Talmühle
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
| 360.1
| Minden (Westf) – Hannover – Haste (''S1'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
| 360.2
| Nienburg (Weser) – Hannover – Haste (''S2'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 340
| 360.3
| Magdeburg - Halle (Saale)
| Hannover – Hildesheim (''S3'')
|  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 402
| 360.4
| Bielefeld Osnabrück (''Haller Willem'')
| Bennemühlen Hannover – Hildesheim (''S4'')
|  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 403
| 360.5
| Bielefeld Altenbeken Holzminden
| Hannover Flughafen Hannover Paderborn (''S5'')
|  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 404
| 360.6
| Bielefeld Lemgo
| Hannover Celle (''S6'')
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 405
| 360.7
| Herford Paderborn
| Hannover – Lehrte Celle (''S7'')
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| 406
| 391
| Münster (Westf.) – Bielefeld - Altenbeken
| Bremen – Hude – Nordenham (''RS4'')
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 411
| 392
| Dortmund Lünen Münster (Westf.)
| Osnabrück Oldenburg Wilhelmshaven (''RE18'')
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 416
| 393
| Düsseldorf Castrop-Rauxel Hbf – Hamm (Westf.)
| Sande Esens (''RB59'')
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 420
| 394
| [Arnhem -] Emmerich Oberhausen Hbf
| Bremen Vechta Osnabrück (''RB58'')
|  
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 430
| 470
| Münster (Westf.) Hamm (Westf.) Warburg
| Köln Hbf Bonn Hbf Koblenz Hbf
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://www.mittelrheinbahn.de/de/strecken/linien-fahrplaene Mittelrheinbahn (Transdev)] (stopping services. Use [https://int.bahn.de/en DB journey planner] for ''RE'' and long-distance services)
|-
|-
| 431
| 472
| Dortmund Unna – Soest
| Köln Hbf Frankfurt (Main) Hbf via the high-speed line
| [https://www.eurobahn.de/fahrplaene/ Eurobahn]
| [https://int.bahn.de/en DB journey planner]
|-  
| 479
| Boppard – Emmelshausen
| [https://www.hunsrueckbahn.de/ Hunsrückbahn]
|-
| former 483
| Düren – Linnich
| [http://www.rurtalbahn.de/ Rurtalbahn]
|-  
|-  
| former 484
| former 484
| Düren – Heimbach (Eifel)
| Düren – Heimbach (Eifel)
| [http://www.rurtalbahn.de/ Rurtalbahn]
| [https://www.rurtalbahn.de/fahrplaene/ Rurtalbahn]
|-
| 509
| Radebeul Ost - Radeburg
| [https://www.loessnitzgrundbahn.de/fahrplan-tarif/ Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft]
|-  
|-  
| 513
| 495
| Freital Hainsberg - Kurort Kipsdorf
| Düsseldorf Hbf – Kleve
| [https://www.weisseritztalbahn.com/fahrplan-tarif/ Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft]
| [https://www.rhein-ruhr-bahn.de/de/unsere-region/strecken Rhein-Ruhr-Bahn (Transdev)]
|-   
|-   
| 514
| 514
| Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau
| Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau
| [https://www.freiberger-eisenbahn.de/ Freiberger Eisenbahn]
| [https://www.freiberger-eisenbahn.de/de/linien-fahrplaene Freiberger Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 633
| Friedberg (Hess) – Hanau
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
| 636
| Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Friedberg (Hess)
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
| 637
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Brandoberndorf
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
| 640
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Maintal – Hanau – Aschaffenburg
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
| 662.1
| Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz)
| No timetable as yet. Services were expected to resume on 1 April 2024 but have been delayed until an unknown date.
|-  
|-  
| 518
| 758
| Cranzahl - Kurort Oberwiesenthal
| Amstetten (Württ) – Gerstetten
| [https://www.fichtelbergbahn.de/ Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft]
| [https://lokalbahn-amstetten-gerstetten-e-v.jimdosite.com/start/freizeitexpress-ostalb/ UEF Lokalbahn Amstetten Gerstetten]
|-  
|-
| 691
| 762
| Bullay Traben-Trarbach
| Nürtingen – Neuffen (''Tälesbahn'')
| [http://www.moselwein-bahn.de/ Moselweinbahn]
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-  
|-
 
| 790.21
| Schörndorf Oberrndorf (''Wieslauftalbahn'')
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 790.46
| Böblingen - Dettenhausen (''Schönbuchbahn'')
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 790.47
| Korntal – Heimerdingen (''Strohgäubahn'')
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| former 12474
| Düren - Euskirchen
| [https://www.rurtalbahn.de/fahrplaene/ Rurtalbahn]
|}
|}


==Deletions since previous edition==
==Deletions since previous edition==
{| class="osstable3"
{| class="osstable3"
| DE23/280
| Rheinsberg (Mark) – Stechlinsee
| Special trains have not run since 2021
|-
|-
|  
| DE23/302
|  
| Leipzig-Gohlis – Leipzig Hbf (main/high level station) via diveunder line
|  
| No rare track on a separate alignment used
|-
|-
| 136
| DE23/361
| Niebüll – Dagebüll Mole
| Bonn-Beuel Hangelar
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
| Special trains have not run since 2019. Line to be closed and railbuses used have been sold.
|-
| 209.12
| Berlin - Templin Stadt
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 209.25
| Berlin - Werneuchen
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 209.26
| Berlin - Kostrzyn
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 209.27
| Berlin-Karow - Groß Schönebeck/Schmachtenhagen
| Timetable reinstated in ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 209.35
| Fürstenwald (Spree) - Bad Saarow Klinikum
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|- 
| 209.36
| Königs Wusterhausen - Beeskow - Frankfurt (Oder)
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-  
| 209.60
| Eberswalde - Frankfurt (Oder)
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 218
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Bad Schmiedeberg Eilenburg
| Excursion services suspended owing to condition of track
|-
| former 672
| Mainz Hbf - Kaiserslautern Hbf
| Timetable replaced by Table 672.2 Bingen - Kaiserslautern
|-
| 710.3
| Odenheim/Menzingen - Karlsruhe - Rastatt
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 710.5
| Wörth - Karlsruhe - Pforzheim
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch''
|-
| 723
| Riegel am Kaiserstuhl - Breisach
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch'' following electrification
|-
| 790.72
| Böblingen - Dettenhausen
| Timetable reinstated to ''Kursbuch'' following electrification
|-
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 14:03, 22 March 2024

Introduction

Owing to the size and complexity of the German railway system, the Obscure Services listing is subdivided by Land (Province). Berlin and Bremen are separate Länder, but it is convenient to include them with Brandenburg and Niedersachsen respectively. Details of Other Sparse Services, Services not included in the DB Kursbuch and Deletions since previous edition can be found below.

The stations at which long-distance trains start and terminate may vary, depending on the date. Where there are more than two possibilities, such as a train terminating at Kassel, Hannover or Hamburg, only the shortest and longest itineraries are indicated in the lists on this site.

A brief Guide to German railway terminology is available.

This list is based on the timetable dated from 12 December 2021 to 10 December 2022, unless otherwise stated.

List of Länder (Regions)

Baden-Württemberg Includes Mannheim and Stuttgart entries starting with 'DExx/601'
Bayern Includes München and Nürnberg entries starting with 'DExx/651'
Berlin and Brandenburg Includes Falkenberg (Elster) and Cottbus entries starting with 'DExx/251'
Hamburg entries starting with 'DExx/051'
Hessen Includes Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt entries starting with 'DExx/501'
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Includes Rostock and Stralsund entries starting with 'DExx/101'
Niedersachsen and Bremen Includes Hannover and Osnabrück entries starting with 'DExx/151'
Nordrhein-Westfalen Includes Köln and Dortmund entries starting with 'DExx/351'
Rheinland-Pfalz Includes Koblenz and Ludwigshafen entries starting with 'DExx/401'
Saarland Includes Saarbrücken entries starting with 'DExx/451'
Sachsen Includes Leipzig and Dresden entries starting with 'DExx/301'
Sachsen-Anhalt Includes Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg entries starting with 'DExx/201'
Schleswig-Holstein Includes Lübeck and Kiel entries starting with 'DExx/001'
Thüringen Includes Erfurt and Nordhausen entries starting with 'DExx/551'

Trams

See Germany - Tram services over obscure routes

Other Sparse Services

174 Inselstadt Malchow – Karow (Meckl) – Plau am See / Parchim Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays in summer only; Malchow – Alt Schwerin also on weekdays in high summer
186 Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West Five train pairs in winter; more in summer
190 Bergen auf Rügen – Sassnitz-Mukran Fährhafen Two train pairs on summer Saturdays only in 2023. Details of 2024 service awaited.
209.20 Priort – Falkenhagen and Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b. Berlin) No weekend service over these sections
209.27 Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen Weekend daytime service only
209.73 Kyritz Am Bürgerpark – Pritzwalk Four train pairs on weekdays; three at weekends
209.74 Pritzwalk West – Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See] Five train pairs on weekdays. Three train pairs at weekends, extending to Plau am See in the summer. Very limited schoolday-only service to Pritzwalk West.
RB TES Erkner – Fangschleuse Tesla Süd No weekend service on this recently-opened branch
238 Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf / Kurort Oybin Limited winter service; better (but still fairly sparse) in the summer
257 Dessau Hbf – Wörlitz No winter service
326 Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle – Ifield Neanderklinik Very limited winter service of between one and three trains each way
333 Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle Only two train pairs in the winter
357.1 Einbeck Mitte – Einbeck BBS/PS-Speicher Limited service weekdays, no service at weekends on this recently reopened section
397 [Leer –] Ihrhove – Weener No trains until December 2024 at the earliest, pending rebuilding of the River Ems bridge
479 Boppard – Boppard Süd Very limited schoolday-only service
509 Radebeul Ost – Radeburg Five train pairs daily; only two beyond Moritzburg. Closed most of March and November.
513 Freital Hainsberg – Kurort Kipsdorf Three train pairs daily; only two beyond Dippoldiswalde. Closed most of March and November.
517 Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ) [– Chomutov] Three train pairs on summer weekends only
518 Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal Four train pairs daily; closed most of March and November
544 Bad Brambach – Plesná (CZ) [– Cheb] Five train pairs daily
566 Ilmenau – Rennsteig Four train pairs, weekends and holidays only
662.1 Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz) Summer Sundays only. Service was expected to resume on 1 April 2024 after four-year pause, but has been further delayed until an unknown date.
666 Ramsen – Eiswoog Weekends only
675.1 Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost Summer Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays only
692 Perl – Thionville (FR) Two train pairs on weekends only. A full service is expected to resume in December 2024.
707 Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt Summer Sundays and alternate Wednesdays only. Only four train pairs beyond Siegelsbach.
732.1 Stockach – Mengen Three train pairs on summer Sundays only
737 Lauchringen – Weizen Five train pairs on schooldays to Stühlingen; two train pairs on summer Sundays to Weizen
743 Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus Limited service
752 Aulendorf – Bad Wurzach Summer Sundays only
754 Aulendorf – Pfullendorf Summer Sundays only
758 Amstetten – Gerstetten Summer Sundays only
759 Gammertingen – Schelklingen Limited service, better on schooldays
767 Eyach – Hechingen (HzL) Summer Sundays only
769 Balingen – Schömberg Summer Sundays only
772 Maulbronn West – Maulbronn Stadt Summer Sundays only
790.11 Kornwestheim – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim Mondays to Fridays peak hours only.

Regular services not in the Kursbuch

The following lines are not included in the online DB Kursbuch, but timetables can be found on the websites shown. Long-distance services appear in some, but not all, tables in the Kursbuch where they would be expected to be found, so the DB journey planner or the European Rail Timetable is often the best guide to these.

All Flixtrain services flixtrain.com/all-timetables. Note that both flixtrain.com and flixtrain.de just redirect to the Flixbus site so this particular address needs to be used.
101.1 Hamburg Flughafen / Poppenbüttel – Wesel (S1) S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)
101.2 Hamburg-Altona – Bergedorf (S2) S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)
101.3 Pinneberg – Neugraben (S3) S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner)
101.5 Stade – Elbgaustraße (S5) S-Bahn Hamburg (journey planner) (the Stade - Hamburg section of S5 is shown in Table 121)
132 Neumünster – Heide – Büsum nah.sh
133 Kiel – Oppendorf nah.sh
134 Kiel – Schleswig – Husum nah.sh
135 Husum – Bad St. Peter-Ording nah.sh
136 Niebüll – Dagebüll Mole nah.sh
136.1 Niebüll – Tønder (DK) [– Esbjerg] nah.sh
137 Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt nah.sh
138 Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte nah.sh
139 Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd nah.sh
140 Lübeck – Neustadt (Holst.) (trains) – Puttgarden (buses) nah.sh
145 Lüneburg – Lübeck – Kiel nah.sh
146 Kiel – Flensburg nah.sh
174 Waren (Müritz) – Malchow [– Parchim / Plau am See (summer weekends only)] ODEG
201 Magdeburg – Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) – Cottbus ODEG
former 203 Berlin – Elsterwerda (RE8S) ODEG
209.12 Berlin – Löwenberg (Mark) – Templin Stadt Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.25 Berlin – Werneuchen Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.26 Berlin – Küstrin-Kietz [– Kostrzyn (PL)] Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.27 Berlin-Karow – Groß Schönebeck/Schmachtenhagen Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.33 Potsdam Hbf – Jüterbog ODEG
209.35 Furstenwalde (Spree) – Bad Saarow-Pieskow Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.36 Königs Wusterhausen – Frankfurt (Oder) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.46 Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz) ODEG
209.51 Rathenow – Brandenburg ODEG
209.54 Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.60 Eberswalde – Wriezen – Frankfurt (Oder) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.63 Eberswalde – Joachimsthal Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.73 Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk Hanseatische Eisenbahn
209.74 Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See (summer weekends only)] Hanseatische Eisenbahn
RB TES Erkner – Fangschleuse Tesla Süd (new service from 04.09.23) eberswalde.ffo.de (Links to VRR timetable pdf)
220 Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau ODEG
229 Görlitz – Hoyerswerda ODEG
236 Seifhennersdorf – Zittau Trilex
238 Zittau – Kurort Oybin / Kurort Jonsdorf SOEG
257 Dessau – Wörlitz Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn
269 Stendal – Tangermünde Hanseatische Eisenbahn
325 Wernigerode – Brocken Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
326 Nordhausen – Drei Annen Hohne Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
333 Quedlinburg – Eisfelder Talmühle Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
360.1 Minden (Westf) – Hannover – Haste (S1) Transdev Hannover
360.2 Nienburg (Weser) – Hannover – Haste (S2) Transdev Hannover
360.3 Hannover – Hildesheim (S3) Transdev Hannover
360.4 Bennemühlen – Hannover – Hildesheim (S4) Transdev Hannover
360.5 Hannover Flughafen – Hannover – Paderborn (S5) Transdev Hannover
360.6 Hannover – Celle (S6) Transdev Hannover
360.7 Hannover – Lehrte – Celle (S7) Transdev Hannover
391 Bremen – Hude – Nordenham (RS4) Nordwestbahn (Transdev)
392 Osnabrück – Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven (RE18) Nordwestbahn (Transdev)
393 Sande – Esens (RB59) Nordwestbahn (Transdev)
394 Bremen – Vechta – Osnabrück (RB58) Nordwestbahn (Transdev)
470 Köln Hbf – Bonn Hbf – Koblenz Hbf Mittelrheinbahn (Transdev) (stopping services. Use DB journey planner for RE and long-distance services)
472 Köln Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf via the high-speed line DB journey planner
former 484 Düren – Heimbach (Eifel) Rurtalbahn
495 Düsseldorf Hbf – Kleve Rhein-Ruhr-Bahn (Transdev)
514 Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau Freiberger Eisenbahn (Transdev)
633 Friedberg (Hess) – Hanau HLB (journey planner)
636 Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Friedberg (Hess) HLB (journey planner)
637 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Brandoberndorf HLB (journey planner)
640 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Maintal – Hanau – Aschaffenburg HLB (journey planner)
662.1 Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz) No timetable as yet. Services were expected to resume on 1 April 2024 but have been delayed until an unknown date.
758 Amstetten (Württ) – Gerstetten UEF Lokalbahn Amstetten Gerstetten
762 Nürtingen – Neuffen (Tälesbahn) Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)
790.21 Schörndorf – Oberrndorf (Wieslauftalbahn) Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)
790.46 Böblingen - Dettenhausen (Schönbuchbahn) Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)
790.47 Korntal – Heimerdingen (Strohgäubahn) Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)
former 12474 Düren - Euskirchen Rurtalbahn

Deletions since previous edition

DE23/280 Rheinsberg (Mark) – Stechlinsee Special trains have not run since 2021
DE23/302 Leipzig-Gohlis – Leipzig Hbf (main/high level station) via diveunder line No rare track on a separate alignment used
DE23/361 Bonn-Beuel – Hangelar Special trains have not run since 2019. Line to be closed and railbuses used have been sold.

See also