The Stralsund – Rostock railway connects the two Hanseatic cities in the north of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The single-track and electrified main line is part of the German Unity No. 1 transport project (Lübeck – Rostock – Stralsund). The railway line covers a length of 72 km. It would be perfect if you could Coupling the existing Stralsund-Sassnitz line. Local transport: Trains on the RE9 Rostock – Sassnitz line run every two hours on the route. Since December 2007 ran on the Stadler-Flirt railcars, which by their greater acceleration and higher Speed allow a shorter travel time on some sections of the route. Before they were used, trains ran, mostly consisting of three double-decker cars and a class 143 locomotive passed. The RE9 has been operated by the Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ODEG) since 2019.The ODEG uses Desiro ML railcars for this. Long-distance traffic: The route is used several times a day by long-distance trains. The ICE trains stop at the Railway stations Rostock Hbf, Ribnitz-Damgarten West, Velgast and Stralsund Hbf. Some trains run from Stralsund on to the Baltic seaside resort of Binz on Rügen. With the long-distance trains connections to Hamburg and also created in the Ruhr area. A night train ran from Stralsund to October 2007 Munich and the Ruhr area. In summer, a train from Dortmund to Sassnitz was regularly on offer on the route, the vacationers out brought the Ruhr area to the Baltic Sea quickly and easily. Another seasonal intercity ran until 2016 as the “UrlaubsExpress Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” from Cologne via Hamburg, Rostock and Stralsund to the island Usedom in the seaside resort of Heringsdorf. A special feature of the tariff on this route is that all long-distance trains between Rostock and Stralsund with local transport tickets or for free transport with Disabled ID cards may be used. However, this does not apply to country tickets. Since the timetable change in 2005, there is no longer a pure two-hour cycle on the route. reason for that is the only in this way achievable shortening of the standing times of the long-distance trains in Hamburg Hbf. To the local traffic to speed up and be able to offer the long-requested through trains from Rostock Hbf to Rügen, it was necessary to swap the crossing stops of the trains. Now the long-distance trains are waiting for the trains of the Local transport. Freight traffic: The route is of great importance for freight transport in the region, but also nationwide. So the large freight stations Rostock Seehafen and Sassnitz-Mukran on Rügen are served. Furthermore there are still two plant connections: the largest plant connection is the fertilizer plant in Poppendorf. It has its own works station. For some time now, sidings and the works station in Poppendorf who serves Yara Rostock. The other connection is in Rövershagen, via the one local gas supplier is supplied. I would be very happy if this route came in TS 2021/2022 Best Regards BR430
