The Usedom Bäderbahn was founded in 1994 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn and has its administrative headquarters at the Seebad Heringsdorf railway station in the municipality of Heringsdorf. On 1 June 1995, UBB took over the two lines Peenemünde-Zinnowitz and Wolgaster Fähre-Seebad Ahlbeck completely from Deutsche Bahn. With the completion of the combined road and rail bridge in Wolgast in 2000, the former branch line from Züssow to Wolgast Hafen was also taken over in full, although the Züssow station did not come to UBB but remained with Deutsche Bahn. The lines were and are being fundamentally renewed and equipped with new safety technology. With the timetable change in December 2002, the operation of regional trains on the Barth-Stralsund and Züssow-Stralsund lines was added, whereby the infrastructure of the Velgast-Barth section (the so-called Darßbahn) was purchased from DB Netz. Right at the beginning of the operation by UBB, interval services were introduced. The main line Wolgaster Fähre-Ahlbeck and the branch line Peenemünde-Zinnowitz were operated at hourly intervals. Soon after, a 30-minute frequency was introduced for the main line during the season. When the mainland line to Züssow was taken over, the half-hourly service was extended to Wolgast Hauptbahnhof (main station) and from there to Züssow at hourly intervals. After the extension of the UBB service, the trains to Seebad Ahlbeck already started (at two-hour intervals) in Stralsund (in the alternative timetable, there was a connection in Züssow from and to Stralsund) and served all stops en route. On the route from Velgast to Barth, UBB took over the sole operation. Following a tender by Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VMV), transport services on the island of Usedom have been provided by DB Regio Nordost since December 2017 for 13 years. The Stadler GTW railcars, which are also known to date, will be used. The connection between Züssow and Stralsund will remain part of the contract for two years. From December 2019, these services will flow into the "Baltic Coast Network". The Usedom Bäderbahn will continue to be in charge of the network, which means that the separation of network and operations, which is now required by law, has been completed. The driving staff at UBB has been provided by DB Regio since 2013. The line was operated from Stralsund to Züssow at two-hour intervals, and from there to Świnoujście Centrum (Swinemünde) at hourly intervals. In the summer timetable, there is a half-hourly service between Wolgast and Świnoujście Centrum, and a shifted hourly service between Stralsund and Wolgast, as every second train serves all stops en route. From Stralsund up to and including Züssow, the trains run on the electrified main line Berlin-Pasewalk-Stralsund of DB Netz. The Bäderbahn's own infrastructure begins in Züssow. The catenary on the Züssow-Wolgast Hafen line, which has been electrified since 1989, was also dismantled when UBB began operations. As a result of the UBB taking over the line, the overhead contact line was dismantled over a total length of 39 kilometres. The construction work for the extension across the Polish border to Swinemünde (pl. Świnoujście) officially began with a ceremony at the border on 5 October 2007. The line was completed at the end of March 2008, but then still had to go through various approval and acceptance procedures in both states, so that the start of operations was delayed. Almost exactly eleven years after the reconstruction of the first section, Seebad Ahlbeck-Ahlbeck Grenze (2.5 km), the Usedom Bäderbahn has been running since 20 September 2008 to its temporary terminus at Świnoujście Centrum, where a new residential area is already being built. On 2 June 2011, the new Neu Pudagla stop was opened as part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the railway line. UBB used internal combustion engine vehicles of the 646 series. Of the Class 771 railcars previously used, only four remain and are not dedicated to general service.
When it comes to dealing with Polish cities the German name tends to go onto the parenthesis or the reverse German name first foreign name inside the parenthesis
Nice route I would be there for it. However, like the Island Line, I would like to have two versions. the new one is not my taste, i would be for the old time like here in the short film excerpt
You mean the Deutsche Reichsbahn era. DB Baureihe 771/772 was called DR Baureihe 171/172 in the old times. Owners of this route in the GDR era gets to see their 771/772s run Riesa-Dresden and Tharandter Rampe museum trains
Although I never lived there, but my grandparents had a holiday residency in Bansin. I also were there when I was a 1 year old child. So, I definitely would be interested to buy or even create such route in the editor, if I ever will get to a point to finish routes. Only problem is the Stadler GTW 2/6 which I also want to be in TSW for one of my route proposals / projects in HLB livery.
