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Transport in Germany - Rail transport

Transport in Germany - Rail transport: Encyclopedia II - Transport in Germany - Rail transport

Railways: total: 40,826 km, including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998) Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the major German railway company. Though Deutsche Bahn is a private company, the government still holds all shares and therefore Deutsche Bahn can still be called a state-company. Since its privatisation in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are about 280 privately or locally owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of th ...

Transport in Germany: Encyclopedia II - Transport in Germany - Rail transport

Transport in Germany - Rail transport

Railways:

total: 40,826 km, including
at least 14,253 km electrified and
14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the major German railway company. Though Deutsche Bahn is a private company, the government still holds all shares and therefore Deutsche Bahn can still be called a state-company.

Since its privatisation in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are about 280 privately or locally owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks and use DB tracks in open access.

There are significant differences between long-distance and short-distance (or local) trains. While long-distance trains can be run by any railway-company, these companies also run them on own costs and benefit. Local trains however are ordered by the German states (the "Länder"), which pay the operating companies for running these trains. This resulted in many private companies running the ordered local trains as they can provide cheaper service than the state-owned Deutsche Bahn. Long-distance-trains on the other side are mainly run by Deutsche Bahn as the initial investment in rolling stock is a lot higher and not state-supported for private companies.

Transport in Germany - Rail links in adjacent countries

Denmark - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/25kVAC
Poland - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC
Czech Republic - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC
Austria - same gauge - same voltage
Switzerland - same gauge - same voltage
France - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/(25kVAC or 1500VDC).
Luxembourg - same gauge
The Netherlands - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/1500VDC
Belgium - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC

Transport in Germany - International passenger trains

Amsterdam Centraal - Berlin Ostbahnhof:
- Amsterdam Centraal, North Holland, Netherlands
- Amersfoort, Utrecht (province), Netherlands
- Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Bad Bentheim, Bentheim, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Rheine, Steinfurt, Münster (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Osnabrück Hbf, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Bünde, Herford (district), Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Bad Oeynhausen, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Hanover Hbf, Hanover (region), Lower Saxony, Germany
- Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Stendal, Magdeburg (region), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Berlin Spandau
- Berlin Zoologischer Garten
- Berlin Ostbahnhof
Amsterdam Centraal - Vienna Westbf:
- (see also Transportation in the Netherlands)
- Emmerich, Cleves, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Wesel
- Oberhausen Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Duisburg Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Düsseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Cologne Hbf, Cologne (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Nuremberg Hbf
- Regensburg Hbf
- Straubing
- Plattling
- Passau Hbf
- (see also Transportation in Austria)
Copenhagen Hovedbanegarden - Hamburg Hauptbahnhof:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Roskilde, Denmark
- Ringsted, Denmark
- Naestved, Denmark
- Nykobing, Denmark
- Rodby, Denmark
- Puttgarden, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Oldenburg, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Neustadt, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Hamburg Hbf, Germany
Novosibirsk/Astana/Moscow/St. Petersburg/Kharkiv - Berlin Lichtenberg (not all stations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine listed):
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- Saratov, Russia
- Minsk, Belarus
  - Moscow Belorusskaya, Russia
  - Minsk, Belarus
- Brest, Belarus
- Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland
  - Kharkiv, Ukraine
  - Kyiv, Ukraine
  - Yahodyn, Ukraine
  - Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland
- Warsaw Centralna, Poland
- Warsaw Zachodnia, Poland
- Kutno, Poland
- Konin, Poland
- Poznań, Poland
- Świebodzin, Poland
- Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
- Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany
Berlin - Prague Holesovice:
- Berlin Ostbahnhof, Germany
- Elsterwerda, Brandenburg, Germany
- Dresden Neustadt, Saxony, Germany
- Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Saxony, Germany
- Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany
- Děčín, Czech Republic
- Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
- Prague Holesovice, Czech Republic
Frankfurt am Main - Strasbourg/Basel:
- Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Hesse, Germany
- Mannheim Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Karlsruhe Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  - Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  - Strasbourg, France
- Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Basel Badischer Bahnhof, Switzerland
Munich - Verona:
- Munich Hauptbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
- Munich Ostbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
- Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
- Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria
- Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol, Austria
- Brenner Pass, Austria - Italy (South Tyrol)
- Bozen, South Tyrol
- Trento, Italy
- Verona Porta Nuova, Italy

Transport in Germany - International freight trains

While Germany and most of contiguous Europe use Standard gauge (1435mm), differences in Signaling, Rules and Regulations, Electrification voltages, etc. tend to hamstrung freight operations across borders.