Germany - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

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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 13 December 2020 to 11 December 2021, unless otherwise stated.

List of Länder (Regions)

Baden-Württemberg entries starting with 'DExx/601'
Bayern entries starting with 'DExx/651'
Berlin and Brandenburg entries starting with 'DExx/251'
Hamburg entries starting with 'DExx/051'
Hessen entries starting with 'DExx/501'
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern entries starting with 'DExx/101'
Niedersachsen_and_Bremen entries starting with 'DExx/151'
Nordrhein-Westfalen entries starting with 'DExx/351'
Rheinland-Pfalz entries starting with 'DExx/401'
Saarland entries starting with 'DExx/451'
Sachsen entries starting with 'DExx/301'
Sachsen-Anhalt entries starting with 'DExx/201'
Schleswig-Holstein entries starting with 'DExx/001'
Thüringen entries starting with 'DExx/551'

Other Services

The 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

See Germany - Tram services over obscure routes

Other Sparse Services

173 Neustrelitz - Mirow No early morning service; only five trains daily during winter
186 Bad Doberan - Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West Limited winter service
209.20 Priort – Hennigsdorf – Birkenwerder (b Berlin) No weekend service
209.27 Wensickendorf – Schmachtenhagen Weekends only
238 Zittau – Kurort Jonsdorf/Kurort Oybin Limited service for most of the winter
257 Dessau Hbf – Wörlitz No winter service
326 Drei Annen Hohne – Eisfelder Talmühle Variable, but limited, service
333 Alexisbad – Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle Variable, but limited, service
397 [Leer -] Ihrhove - Weener No trains until further notice, following destruction of the River Ems bridge
509 Moritzburg – Radeburg Only three trains daily
513 Freital Hainsberg - Kurort Kipsdorf Only two trains daily plus one short working to Dippoldiswalde
517 Cranzahl – Vejprty (CZ) [-Chomutov] Three train pairs on summer weekends only in 2020; details of 2021 service awaited
518 Cranzahl – Kurort Oberwiesenthal Limited service in March and November. In 2021 the November service is by replacement bus
544 Bad Brambach - Plesná (CZ) Only five trains daily
566 Ilmenau - Rennsteig Weekends only
662.1 Monsheim – Münchweiler (Alsenz) Summer Sundays only
666 Ramsen – Eiswoog Wednesdays and Sundays only
675.1 Bundenthal-Rumbach – Hinterweidenthal Ost Summer Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays only
692 Perl – Thionville [France] Weekends only; limited service
707 Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Hüffenhardt Weekends and certain Wednesdays during the summer
743 Lauchringen – Blumberg-Zollhaus Service over the entire route on Summer Sundays only
743 Geisingen-Leipferdingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus Limited service
752 Aulendorf - Bad Wurzach Summer Sundays only
754 Aulendorf - Pfullendorf Summer Sundays only
758 Amstetten – Gerstetten Summer weekends only
759 Gammertingen - Engstingen Limited service at weekends and during school holidays
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 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 European Rail Timetable is the best guide to these. Urban metro systems are not included in this list.

Stuttgart – Berlin (limited service - temporarily suspended) Flixtrain
Köln – Hamburg (limited service - temporarily suspended) Flixtrain
136.1 Niebüll – Tønder (DK) [– Esbjerg] neg
137 Neumünster – Kaltenkrchen – Hamburg-Eidelstedt AKN Eisenbahn
138 Ulzburg Süd – Norderstedt Mitte AKN Eisenbahn
139 Elmshorn – Barmstedt – Ulzburg Süd AKN Eisenbahn
former 172 Waren (Müritz) – Inselstadt Malchow [– Karow (Meckl) (summer weekends)] Hanseatische Eisenbahn
173 Neustrelitz – Mirow Hanseatische Eisenbahn
174 Parchim – Karow (Meckl) – Plau am See (summer weekend service) Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)
202 Wismar – Berlin – Cottbus (in Kursbuch as Wismar – Wittenberge only) Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)
204 Stendal – Berlin [– Jüterbog] (Berlin – Jüterbog is included in KBS203) Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (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)
209.35 Furstenwalde (Spree) – Bad Saarow Klinikum Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.36 Königs Wusterhausen – Frankfurt (Oder) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.46 Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz) Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)
209.51 Rathenow – Brandenburg Hanseatische Eisenbahn
209.54 Löwenberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.60 Eberswalde – Wriezen – Frankfurt (Oder) Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.63 Eberswalde – Templin Stadt Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
209.73 Neustadt (Dosse) – Pritzwalk Hanseatische Eisenbahn
209.74 Pritzwalk – Meyenburg Hanseatische Eisenbahn
220 Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)
226 Dresden – Königsbrück Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
227 Dresden – Kamenz Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
229 Görlitz – Hoyerswerda Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG)
236 Seifhennersdorf – Zittau Trilex
238 Zittau – Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf SOEG
246 Heidenau – Kurort Altenberg Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
248 Pirna – Neustadt (Sachs) – Sebnitz Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
269 Stendal – Tangermünde Hanseatische Eisenbahn
396 Emden – Emden Außenhafen WestfalenBahn
479 Boppard – Emmelshausen Hunsrückbahn
former 483 Düren – Linnich Rurtalbahn
former 484 Düren – Heimbach (Eifel) Rurtalbahn
514 Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau Freiberger Eisenbahn
691 Bullay – Traben-Trarbach Moselweinbahn
former 12474 Düren - Euskirchen Rurtalbahn

Deletions since previous edition

DE20/103 Lietzow (Abzw Borchtitz) – Sassnitz Fährhafen [Mukran] Berlin - Malmö overnight services have not run via the Sassnitz - Trelleborg train ferry since 2019 and will be routed via Padborg in 2021
DE20/104 Kavelstorf - Rostock Seehafen Berlin - Malmö overnight services were planned to use this route in 2020 but did not run at all. In 2021 they will go via Padborg
DE20/254 Berlin Ostkreuz – Berlin-Bornholmer Straße Incorporated into new combined north-east Ringbahn Ferngleis entry DE21/253
DE20/354 Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal – Kalkum The one overnight train that ran this way ceased to do so after 12 June 2020. No services now use this curve.
DE20/393 Recklinghausen Hbf (Recklinghausen Blumenthal) - Gladbeck West (Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord) An hourly S9 service commenced running over this route on 11 September 2020.
DE20/533 Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt-Kranichstein Trains have not operated between Darmstadt Hbf (platform 1) and Darmstadt Kranichstein railway museum since 2018, if not earlier.
DE20/602 Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Schwetzingen Since 15 December 2019 this line has been used by a RB service between Frankfurt am Main and Schwetzingen.
DE20/664 Rosenheim – Rohrdorf (Oberbay) Special trains have not operated since 2018, because of the cost of obtaining a safety certificate.
112 Lüneburg - Dannenberg Ost Now eight trains each way Monday - Saturday; six on Sundays
113 Kiel Hbf - Kiel-Oppendorf Services now run every day
947 Garching - Hörpolding A regular service now operates

See also