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==Introduction==
==Introduction==


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.
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 in force from 13 December 2015 until 10 December 2016, 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 60: Line 73:


==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
{| width="100%"
| Inselstadt Malchow – Karow (Meckl) – Plau am See / Parchim
| 122
| Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays in summer only; Malchow – Alt Schwerin also on weekdays in high summer
| Lüneburg – Dannenberg Ost
|-
|  
| 186
| Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West
| Five train pairs in winter; more in summer
|-
|-
| 206
| 190
| Berlin-Jungfernheide - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
| Bergen auf Rügen – Sassnitz-Mukran Fährhafen
| No weekend service on main line
| 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  
|-
|-
| 209.35
| 209.73
| Bad Saarow Klinikum - Fürstenwalde (Spree)
| Kyritz Am Bürgerpark – Pritzwalk
| Buses replace trains 11 March to 25 August 2016
| Four train pairs on weekdays; three at weekends
|-
|-
| 209.54
| 209.74
| Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark)
| Pritzwalk West – Pritzwalk – Meyenburg [– Plau am See]
| No winter service  
| 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.
|-
|-
| 218
| ''RB TES''
| [Lutherstadt Wittenberg -] Pratau - Bad Schmiedeberg
| Erkner – Fangschleuse Tesla Süd
| Summer weekends only
| No weekend service on this recently-opened branch
|-
|-
| 238  
| 238  
| Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf
| Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf / Kurort Oybin
| Limited service for part of the winter
| Limited winter service; better (but still fairly sparse) in the summer
|-
| 238
| Bertsdorf – Kurort Oybin
| Limited service for part of the winter
|-
|-
| 257
| 257
Line 104: Line 115:
|-
|-
| 326
| 326
| Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle
| Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle – Ifield Neanderklinik
|  
| Very limited winter service of between one and three trains each way
|-
|-
| 333
| 333
| Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle
| Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle
|  
| Only two train pairs in the winter
|-
|-
| 337
| 357.1
| Klostermansfeld - Wippra
| Einbeck Mitte – Einbeck BBS/PS-Speicher
| Summer weekends only
| Limited service weekdays, no service at weekends on this recently reopened section
|-
|-
| 397
| 397
| [Leer -] Ihrhove - Neuweschans [Netherlands]
| [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
|  
| 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
| 517
| Cranzahl - Vejprty [Czech Republic]  
| Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ) [– Chomutov]
| Summer weekends only
| 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 - Františkovy Lázně [Czech Republic]
| Bad Brambach – Plesná (CZ) [– Cheb]
|  
| Five train pairs daily
|-
|-
| 566
| 566
| Ilmenau - Rennsteig  
| Ilmenau – Rennsteig  
| Weekends only  
| Four train pairs, weekends and holidays only  
|-
| 632
| Beienheim – Wölfersheim-Södel
| No weekend service
|-
|-
| 662.1
| 662.1
| Monsheim – Hochspeyer
| 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
| Two train pairs on weekends only. A full service is expected to resume in December 2024.
|-
|-
| 707
| 707
| Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt   
| Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt   
| Summer Sundays and a few other dates only
| Summer Sundays and alternate Wednesdays only. Only four train pairs beyond Siegelsbach.
|-
| 732.1
| Stockach – Mengen
| 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
|-
|-
| 752
| 752
| Aulendorf - Bad Wurzach  
| Aulendorf – Bad Wurzach  
| Some summer Sundays and holidays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
| 754
| 754
| Aulendorf - Pfullendorf  
| Aulendorf – Pfullendorf  
| Some summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
| 758
| 758
Line 183: Line 202:
| Summer Sundays only  
| Summer Sundays only  
|-
|-
| 759
| 759  
| Schelklingen – Münsingen - Kleinengstingen - Gammertingen
| Gammertingen – Schelklingen  
|  
| Limited service, better on schooldays
|-
|-
| 767
| 767
| Eyach - Hechingen (HzL)  
| Eyach – Hechingen (HzL)  
| Summer Sundays only
| Summer Sundays only
|-
|-
Line 199: Line 218:
| Summer Sundays only  
| Summer Sundays only  
|-
|-
| 947
| 790.11
| Hörpolding – Trostberg
| Kornwestheim – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
| Mondays to Fridays peak hours only. <!---Also used by ''NJ468/469'' Wien Hbf – Paris Est MThSO and v.v. TFSuO--->
|}
 
==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 [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"
|  
|  
| All Flixtrain services
| [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
| Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West
| Hamburg-Altona – Bergedorf (''S2'')
| Limited winter service; more trains during the summer
| [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]
|-
| 229
| 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]
|-
| 269
| Stendal – Tangermünde
| [https://www.hanseatische-eisenbahn.de/fahrplan-netz.html Hanseatische Eisenbahn]
|-
|-
| VGP70
| 325
| Pritzwalk – Putlitz 
| Wernigerode – Brocken
| No weekend service; CLOSES 29 July 2016 
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
|-
| RB93
| 326
| Boppard – Boppard Süd (this line is parallel to the Koblenz to Mainz main line)
| Nordhausen – Drei Annen Hohne
| Schooldays only
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|-
|-
|  
| 333
| Forst (Lausitz) – Tuplice [Poland]
| Quedlinburg – Eisfelder Talmühle
|  
| [https://www.hsb-wr.de/Fahrplan-Tarife/Fahrplaene/ Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]
|}
 
==Deletions since previous edition==
{| width="100%"
| DE15/001
| Flensburg avoiding line: Padborg (Flensburg Friedensweg) – Flensburg Weiche
| All trains now run via Flensburg Bahnhof.
|-
|-
| DE15/201
| 360.1
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg
| Minden (Westf) – Hannover – Haste (''S1'')
| There are now trains every two hours via both connections between the Falkenberg and Jüterbog lines.
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/202
| 360.2
| Köthen avoiding line: Frenz (Stw Köthen B4) – Arensdorf (Stw Köthen W7)  
| Nienburg (Weser) – Hannover – Haste (''S2'')
| No trains are scheduled to use this route
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/253
| 360.3
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (Abzw Berlin-Wedding) – Berlin-Jungfernheide (Berlin-Moabit)  
| Hannover – Hildesheim (''S3'')
| There is now a regular passenger service via this route, shown in KBS 206.
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/254
| 360.4
| (Berlin Wannsee) - Berlin Grunewald Gdr - Berlin Charlottenburg Abzw. - Berlin Jungfernheide - (Berlin Gesundbrunnen)  
| Bennemühlen – Hannover – Hildesheim (''S4'')
| The only long-distance passenger services to and from Berlin-Lichtenberg are the overnight trains between Moskva and Paris, so this route is no longer used.  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/259
| 360.5
| Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (Abzw. Berlin-Karow Ost) - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (Berlin-Blankenburg)  
| Hannover Flughafen – Hannover – Paderborn (''S5'')
| The only long-distance passenger services to and from Berlin-Lichtenberg are the overnight trains between Moskva and Paris, so this route is no longer used.  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/262
| 360.6
| Berlin-Lichtenberg (Abzw. Biesdorfer Kreuz West) – (Eichgestell Stw Egb) - Königs Wusterhausen/Berlin Schönefeld
| Hannover – Celle (''S6'')
| The only long-distance passenger services to and from Berlin-Lichtenberg are the overnight trains between Moskva and Paris, so this route is no longer used.  
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/265
| 360.7
| Großbeeren (Abzw. Großbeeren Süd) – Abzw. Großbeeren West – Abzw. Genshagener Heide Nord - Genshagen Heide - (Saarmund)  
| Hannover – Lehrte – Celle (''S7'')
| No trains are scheduled to use this route.
| [https://www.sbahn-hannover.de/de/liniennetz/linienuebersicht Transdev Hannover]
|-
|-
| DE15/302
| 391
| Kyhna (Delitzsch Gbf) – Zschortau (Delitzsch Abzw Ah)
| Bremen – Hude – Nordenham (''RS4'')
| Trains via this route are now empty stock only.
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE15/305
| 392
| Leipzig - Leipzig-Thekla - Leipzig-Schönefeld - Engelsdorf
| Osnabrück – Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven (''RE18'')
| No trains are scheduled to use this route.
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE15/352
| 393
| Preußen - Welver (Abzw Hamm Gallberg) (via Horstmar and Hamm (Westf) Rbf)  
| Sande – Esens (''RB59'')
| No trains are scheduled to use this route, but see DE16/351A.
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE15/359
| 394
| Köln-Mülheim (Abzw Berliner Straße) – Köln Süd (via Köln-Kalk Nord, Abzw Südbrücke and Köln-Bonntor)  
| Bremen – Vechta – Osnabrück (''RB58'')
| The trains that used this route no longer run; the only passenger train via the Südbrücke is shown in route DE16/360.
| [https://www.nordwestbahn.de/de/fahrplan Nordwestbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| DE15/360
| 470
| Köln-Messe/Deutz – Hürth-Kalscheuren (via Köln-Kalk Nord, Abzw Südbrücke, Köln-Bonntor and Köln-Eifeltor)  
| Köln Hbf – Bonn Hbf – Koblenz Hbf
| The trains that used this route no longer run; the only passenger train via the Südbrücke is shown in route DE16/360.
| [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)
|-
|-
| DE15/521
| 472
| Limburg Süd (Raunheim Caltex) – Kelsterbach (Raunheim Brunnenschneise)  
| Köln Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf via the high-speed line
| No trains have been scheduled to use this route in recent years.
| [https://int.bahn.de/en DB journey planner]
|-
| former 484
| 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)]
|-
|-
| DE15/612
| 633
| Freiburg (Breisgau) avoiding line: Gundelfingen – Freiburg (Breisgau) Gbf – Ebringen (Abzw Leutersberg)
| Friedberg (Hess) – Hanau
| The train that used to run this way is now routed via the Hauptbahnhof.
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE15/654
| 636
| Feuchtwangen - Dombühl
| Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Friedberg (Hess)
| The Christmas specials have not operated over this line since 2013.
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE15/659
| 637
| München-Pasing – München-Laim Rbf – Abzw. Friedenheimer Brücke – München-Ost (München Süd)  
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Brandoberndorf
| No trains are scheduled to use this route, except where in common with route DE16/657.
| [https://hlb-online.de/fahrplaene-tarife/ HLB (journey planner)]
|-
|-
| DE15/660
| 662.1
| München-Allach (Abzw. Obermenzing) – München-Laim Rbf – Abzw. Friedenheimer Brücke – München-Ost (München Süd)  
| Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz)
| No trains are scheduled to use this route, except where in common with route DE16/657.
| 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
| [https://lokalbahn-amstetten-gerstetten-e-v.jimdosite.com/start/freizeitexpress-ostalb/ UEF Lokalbahn Amstetten Gerstetten]
|-
|-
| DE15/661
| 762
| München Nordring: Olching – Rbf München Nord – München-Johanneskirchen and München-Daglfing – Gronsdorf (Abzw. München-Waldtrudering)  
| Nürtingen – Neuffen (''Tälesbahn'')
| No trains are scheduled to use this route, except where in common with route DE16/658.
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 199
| 790.21
| Göhren (Rügen) - Lauterbach Mole
| Schörndorf – Oberrndorf (''Wieslauftalbahn'')
| More frequent service
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 257
| 790.46
| Oranienbaum - Ferropolis
| Böblingen - Dettenhausen (''Schönbuchbahn'')
| No service advertised
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 513
| 790.47
| Freital-Hainsberg – Dippoldiswalde
| Korntal – Heimerdingen (''Strohgäubahn'')
| More frequent service
| [https://www.weg-bahn.de/ Württembergische Eisenbahn (Transdev)]
|-
|-
| 790.11
| former 12474
| Kornwestheim – Stuttgart-Unterturkheim
| Düren - Euskirchen
| More frequent service
| [https://www.rurtalbahn.de/fahrplaene/ Rurtalbahn]
|}
 
==Deletions since previous edition==
{| class="osstable3"
| DE23/280
| Rheinsberg (Mark) – Stechlinsee
| Special trains have not run since 2021
|-
|-
| 875
| DE23/302
| Furth im Wald – Ceska Kubice [Czech Republic]
| Leipzig-Gohlis – Leipzig Hbf (main/high level station) via diveunder line
| More frequent service
| No rare track on a separate alignment used
|-
|-
| R61 
| DE23/361
| Hemmingen – Weissach
| Bonn-Beuel – Hangelar
| Line closed
| Special trains have not run since 2019. Line to be closed and railbuses used have been sold.
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 13:42, 6 April 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)
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)
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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