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Owing to the size and complexity of the German railway system, the [[#LL|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 and Deletions since previous edition can be found at the end of this document.
==Introduction==


DB operates a significant number of ''AutoZüge'', all of which only convey passengers with cars. These trains are coded ‘''AZ''’ and are listed separately in the tables below.   
Owing to the size and complexity of the German railway system, the [[#LL|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 [[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 valid from 12 December 2010, unless otherwise shown. (Hessen still showing 2009 details)
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)===
 
{| width="80%" |
| [[Germany_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Baden-Württemberg]]
| Includes Mannheim and Stuttgart
| entries starting with 'DExx/601'
|-
| [[Germany_(Bayern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Bayern]]
| Includes München and Nürnberg
| entries starting with 'DExx/651'
|-
| [[Germany_(Berlin_and_Brandenburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Berlin and Brandenburg]]
| Includes Falkenberg (Elster) and Cottbus
| entries starting with 'DExx/251'
|-
| [[Germany_(Hamburg)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hamburg]]
|
| entries starting with 'DExx/051'
|-
| [[Germany_(Hessen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Hessen]]
| Includes Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt
| entries starting with 'DExx/501'
|-
| [[Germany_(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]
| Includes Rostock and Stralsund
| entries starting with 'DExx/101'
|-
| [[Germany_(Niedersachsen_and_Bremen)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services|Niedersachsen and Bremen]]
| Includes Hannover and Osnabrück
| entries starting with 'DExx/151'
|-
| [[Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
| Includes Köln and Dortmund
| entries starting with 'DExx/351'
|-
| [[Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Rheinland-Pfalz]]
| Includes Koblenz and Ludwigshafen
| entries starting with 'DExx/401'
|-
| [[Germany (Saarland) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Saarland]]
| Includes Saarbrücken
| entries starting with 'DExx/451'
|-
| [[Germany (Sachsen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen]]
| Includes Leipzig and Dresden
| entries starting with 'DExx/301'
|-
| [[Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen-Anhalt]]
| Includes Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg
| entries starting with 'DExx/201'
|-
| [[Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Schleswig-Holstein]]
| Includes Lübeck and Kiel
| entries starting with 'DExx/001'
|-
| [[Germany (Thüringen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Thüringen]]
| Includes Erfurt and Nordhausen
| entries starting with 'DExx/551'
|}


<div id="LL"></div>'''List of Länder (Provinces)''':-
==Trams==
* [[Germany (Baden-Württemberg) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Baden-Württemberg]]
See [[Germany_-_Tram_services_over_obscure_routes|Germany - Tram services over obscure routes]]
* [[Germany (Bayern) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Bayern]]
* [[Germany (Berlin and Brandenburg) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Berlin and Brandenburg]]
* [[Germany (Hamburg) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Hamburg]]
* [[Germany (Hessen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Hessen]]
* [[Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]
* [[Germany (Niedersachsen and Bremen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Niedersachsen and Bremen]]
* [[Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
* [[Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Rheinland-Pfalz]]
* [[Germany (Saarland) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Saarland]]
* [[Germany (Sachsen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen]]
* [[Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Schleswig-Holstein]]
* [[Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Sachsen-Anhalt]]
* [[Germany (Thüringen) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services|Thüringen]]


==Other Sparse Services==
==Other Sparse Services==
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country), with fewer than 6 trains each way on at least 3 days a week – or do not run each weekday. Lines listed here exclude those appearing in ''Kursbuch'' tables 12000 to 12999, which themselves are only a selection of the services shown in the ''Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen'' (published annually by Verlag Uhle & Kleimann).
{| class="osstable3"
| 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. <!---Also used by ''NJ468/469'' Wien Hbf – Paris Est MThSO and v.v. TFSuO--->
|}


*112 Lüneburg – Dannenberg Ost
==Regular services not in the ''Kursbuch''==
*186 Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West (''Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli'') (Limited winter service; more trains during the summer)
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.
*209.14 Senftenberg – Hosena
*209.20 Priort – Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b Berlin) (No weekend service)
*209.26 Müncheberg (Mark) – Buckow (Märk. Schweiz) (''Buckower Kleinbahn'') (Summer weekends only)
*209.27 Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen (Weekends only)
*209.46 Forst (Lausitz) – Tuplice [Poland]
*209.54 Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark) (No winter service)
*209.70 Pritzwalk – Putlitz (No weekend service)
*237.1 Ebersbach (Sachs) – Jiríkov-Filipov [Czech Republic] (Weekends only)
*238 Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf (''Sächsisch Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn'') 
*238 Bertsdorf – Kurort Oybin (''Sächsisch Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn'') (Limited winter service; more trains during the summer)
*257 Dessau Hbf – Wörlitz (''Anhaltische Bahn GmbH'') (Wednesday and weekend service only; no winter service)
*257 Oranienbaum (Anh) – Ferropolis (''Anhaltische Bahn GmbH'') (3 May, 7 June, 5 July, 2 August, 6 Sep, 4 Oct only)
*325 Drei Annen Hohne – Brocken (''Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH'') (Limited winter service; more trains during the summer)
*326 Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle (''Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH'')
*333 Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle (''Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH'')
*479 Boppard – Boppard Süd (This line is parallel with the Koblenz to Mainz main line)
*509 Moritzburg – Radeburg (''Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft GmbH'')
*513 Freital-Hainsberg – Dippoldiswalde (''Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft GmbH'')
*517 Cranzahl – Vejprty [Czech Republic]
*518 Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal (''Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft GmbH'')
*519 Pockau-Lengefeld – Marienberg (Sachs)
*551 Naumburg (Saale) Ost – Teuchern (Sparse weekday service; no trains at weekends)
*592 Berga-Kelbra – Stolberg (Harz) (Weekend service only)
*618 Wächtersbach – Bad Orb (''Dampfbahn Bad Orb Wächtersbach'') (Summer Sundays only) 
*632 Beienheim – Wölfersheim-Södel (No weekend service)
*662.1 Monsheim – Hochspeyer (Sundays only; no trains during the winter)
*666 Ramsen – Eiswoog (Sundays only)
*675.1 Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost (Summer Sundays only)
*681 Merchweiler – Wemmetsweiler Rathaus
*692 Perl – Apach [France] (Weekends only – no service from 14 June 2009)
*707 Meckesheim – Agalsterhausen (''SWEG'') (No trains at weekends)
*707 Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt (''SWEG'') (Limited service; no trains at weekends)
*733 Müllheim (Baden) – Mulhouse [France] (Sundays only, not throughout the year) 
*743 Lauchringen – Blumberg-Zollhaus (Service over the entire route on Summer Sundays only)
*743 Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus
*758 Amstetten – Gerstetten (''UEF-LAG'' and ''DB ZugBus RAB'') (Summer Sundays only)
*759 Schelklingen – Gammertingen (''HzL'' and ''DB ZugBus RAB'') 
*769 Balingen – Schömberg (HzL) (Summer Sundays only)
*772 Maulbronn West – Maulbronn Stadt (Summer Sundays only)
*790.11 Kornwestheim – Stuttgart-Unterturkheim (Limited service; no trains at weekends) (see also DE09/607)
*790.61 Heimerdingen – Weissach (''WEG'')
*862 Bayreuth Hbf – Weidenberg (No weekend service)
*875 Furth im Wald – Ceska Kubice [Czech Republic]
*10000 Borkum Reede – Borkum Bf (''Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffart GmbH'')
*10005 Langeoog Hafen – Langeoog Bf (''Inselbahn Langeoog'')
*10007 Westanleger – Wangerooge
*11030 Waching – Wendelstein (''Wendelsteinbahbn GmbH'') (Level of service varies seasonally)


==Deletions since previous edition==
{| class="osstable3"  
{| width="100%"
|  
| DE09/003
| All Flixtrain services
| Flintbek (Meimersdorf) – Suchsdorf (Kiel-Hassee) (Kiel avoiding line): Diversion of an overnight train via this curve once a week during summer 2009 has not been repeated.
| [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
| Pinneberg – Neugraben (''S3'')
| [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]
|-  
| 134
| Kiel – Schleswig – Husum
| [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
| Niebüll – Tønder (DK) [– Esbjerg]
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 137
| Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 138
| Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 139
| Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd
| [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]
|-
| 145
| Lüneburg – Lübeck – Kiel
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 146
| Kiel – Flensburg
| [https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/ nah.sh]
|-
| 174
| Waren (Müritz) – Malchow [– Parchim / Plau am See (summer weekends only)]
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 201
| Magdeburg – Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) – Cottbus
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 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)
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 209.51
| Rathenow – Brandenburg
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|- 
| 209.54
| Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark)
| [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
| Eberswalde – Joachimsthal
| [https://www.neb.de/service/downloads/fahrplaene/ Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)]
|-
| 209.73
| Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-
| 209.74
| Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See (summer weekends only)]
| [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
| Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-  
|-  
| DE09/051
| 229
| Pinneberg (Hamburg-Eidelstedt Gbf) – Hamburg-Harburg (Abzw Oberhafen) (via Hamburg-Lokstedt and Hamburg-Horn): There is currently no passenger use of this line.
| Görlitz – Hoyerswerda
| [https://www.odeg.de/linien-fahrplaene/liniennetz-fahrplaene ODEG]
|-
| 236
| Seifhennersdorf – Zittau
| [https://www.laenderbahn.com/trilex/fahrplan/fahrplan-aenderungen/ Trilex]
|-
| 238
| Zittau – Kurort Oybin / Kurort Jonsdorf
| [https://www.zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de/ SOEG]
|-
| 257
| Dessau – Wörlitz
| [https://www.dvv-dessau.de/verkehr/fahrplan-woerlitzer-eisenbahn/#Fahrplan Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn]
|-
|-
| DE09/157
| 269
| Osnabrück Schinkel and Stahlwerks Curves: Osnabrück ob Bf – Osnabrück unt Bf: Diversions via this route during autumn 2009 have not been repeated.
| Stendal – Tangermünde
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-
|-
| DE09/161
| 325
| Wunstorf – Hannover Messe/Laatzen or Hannover Hbf (via Seelze Rbf, Ahlem and Hannover-Linden (Abzw Waldhausen)): Special trains no longer operate to Hannover Messe.
| Wernigerode – Brocken
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
|-
| DE09/162
| 326
| Edesheim (Leine) Schnellfahrstrecke connection: Diversions via this route in 2009 have not been repeated.
| Nordhausen – Drei Annen Hohne
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
|-
| DE09/163
| 333
| Nörten-Hardenberg Schnellfahrstrecke connection: Diversions via this route in 2009 have not been repeated.
| Quedlinburg – Eisfelder Talmühle
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
|-
| DE09/203
| 360.1
| Halle (Saale) Hbf (Gröbers Fernbahn) – Großkugel (Gröbers Süd): The weekend train that used this line has been retimed and the compilers are not aware of any use of the route by passenger trains.  
| Minden (Westf) – Hannover – Haste (''S1'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE09/265
| 360.2
| Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen (Genshagener Heide Ost) – Ludwigsfelde (Birkengrund Süd): Diversions via this route in 2009 have not been repeated.
| Nienburg (Weser) – Hannover – Haste (''S2'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE09/275
| 360.3
| Falkenberg (Elster) – Glaubitz (b Riesa) (Zeithain Bogendreieck): Diversions via this route in 2009 have not been repeated.
| Hannover – Hildesheim (''S3'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE09/303
| 360.4
| Leipzig Hbf (Leipzig-Mockau) – Rackwitz (b Leipzig) (Leipzig Messe Nord): The compilers are not aware of any passenger use being made of line 6388 on the east side of the Fernbahn flyover.
| Bennemühlen – Hannover – Hildesheim (''S4'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
| 360.5
| Hannover Flughafen – Hannover – Paderborn (''S5'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
| 360.6
| Hannover – Celle (''S6'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
| 360.7
| Hannover – Lehrte – Celle (''S7'')
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
| 391
| Bremen – Hude – Nordenham (''RS4'')
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 392
| Osnabrück – Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven (''RE18'')
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 393
| Sande – Esens (''RB59'')
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 394
| Bremen – Vechta – Osnabrück (''RB58'')
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
| 470
| Köln Hbf – Bonn Hbf – Koblenz Hbf
| [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)
|-
| 472
| Köln Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf via the high-speed line
| [https://int.bahn.de/en DB journey planner]
|-  
|-  
| DE09/304
| former 484
| Schkeuditz (Abzw Leipzig-Wahren West) – Leipzig Hbf (Leipzig-Mockau) (via Wiederitzsch): The weekend train that used this line has been retimed and the compilers are not aware of any use of the route by passenger trains.  
| Düren – Heimbach (Eifel)
| [https://www.rurtalbahn.de/fahrplaene/ Rurtalbahn]
|-  
| 495
| Düsseldorf Hbf – Kleve
| [https://www.rhein-ruhr-bahn.de/de/unsere-region/strecken Rhein-Ruhr-Bahn (Transdev)]
|-  
| 514
| Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau
| [https://www.freiberger-eisenbahn.de/de/linien-fahrplaene Freiberger Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE09/312
| 633
| Freiberg (Sachs) – Muldenhütten (Freiberg Stw 1): Following track layout alterations there is no longer an alternative route between Freiberg (Sachs) Bahnhof and Freiberg Stw 1.
| Friedberg (Hess) – Hanau
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE09/314
| 636
| Herlasgrün East Curve: The winter sports train that has previously used this route ran via Lengenfeld (Vogtl) in 2011.
| Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Friedberg (Hess)
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE09/352
| 637
| Münster (Westf) avoiding line: Westbevern (Sudmühle) – Appelhülsen (Mecklenbeck): There is no longer any use of this line by ''AutoZüge''.
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Brandoberndorf
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE09/355
| 640
| Hagen-Vorhalle – Schwerte (Ruhr) (Abzw Hohensyburg): The tourist trains that used this curve no longer operate.  
| 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.
|-  
|-  
| DE09/356
| 758
| Düsseldorf-Rath – Oberhausen-Sterkrade (Oberhausen Hbf Obn) (via Duisburg-Wedau and Abzw Mathilde): The overnight train that was routed via this line now runs via the main line.
| Amstetten (Württ) – Gerstetten
| [https://lokalbahn-amstetten-gerstetten-e-v.jimdosite.com/start/freizeitexpress-ostalb/ UEF Lokalbahn Amstetten Gerstetten]
|-
|-
| DE09/356A
| 762
| Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn (Abzw. Düsseldorf-Rethel) – Düsseldorf-Rath Mitte (Abzw. Düsseldorf-Vogelsang) (via Düsseldorf-Dehrendorf Dnf and Düsseldorf-Dehrendorf Dn): The overnight train that was routed via this line now runs via the main line.
| Nürtingen – Neuffen (''Tälesbahn'')
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE09/406
| 790.21
| Frankenstein (Pfalz) (Hochspeyer Ost) – Enkenbach (Hochspeyer Nord): The summer Sunday trains that used this curve no longer operate.
| 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==
{| class="osstable3"
| DE23/280
| Rheinsberg (Mark) – Stechlinsee
| Special trains have not run since 2021
|-
|-
| DE09/654
| DE23/302
| Nürnberg-Dutzendteich – Nürnberg-Eibach (Abzw Muster) (via Nürnberg Rbf): The once-weekly ''ICE'' train that was routed via this line now runs via the main line.
| Leipzig-Gohlis – Leipzig Hbf (main/high level station) via diveunder line
| No rare track on a separate alignment used
|-
|-
| DE09/657
| DE23/361
| Dombühl - Feuchtwangen: Bayerisches Eisenbahn Museum is not currently advertising any services over this line.
| Bonn-Beuel – Hangelar
| Special trains have not run since 2019. Line to be closed and railbuses used have been sold.
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Germany]]
{{Navbox Germany}}
*[[Germany - General Information]]


[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]
[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]

Revision as of 15:03, 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

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