Angermünde-Schwedt railway

Angermünde-Schwedt railway
Route of the Angermünde-Schwedt railway
Overview
Locale	Brandenburg, Germany
Line number	6764
Technical
Line length	23.1 km (14.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	600 m (2,000 ft)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	1.0%
Route number	203
Route map from Bad Freienwalde and Berlin 0.0 Angermünde 48 m above NHN to Szczecin and Stralsund Welse 5.4 Mürow B 2 8.9 Pinnow (Uckermark) LOCON AG siding 10.0 Pinnow (Uckermark) Ost to Pinnow maintenance works B 2 13.0 Niederlandin B 2 15.8 Schwedt-Heinersdorf B 166 from Stendell 20.8 Schwedt (Oder) West 20.9 Bau Schwedt (siding) 21.7 Schwedt (Oder) Mitte 23.1 Schwedt (Oder) Mittelgraben 26.3 LEIPA Papierfabrik (siding) Source: German railway atlas

The Angermünde–Schwedt railway is a single track branch line in the district of Uckermark of the German state of Brandenburg. It connects the towns of Angermünde and Schwedt and the municipality of Pinnow to each other. Several halts on the line were abandoned in the 1990s.

Today, the line is served at two-hour intervals by Regional-Express service RE 3 via Eberswalde and Berlin to Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Since the timetable change in December 2014, Regionalbahn service RB 61 running from Monday to Friday between Schwedt and Angermünde only are operated by NEB Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, while services continuing towards Berlin as Regional-Express service RE 3 are operated by DB Regio. Both services run alternately on working days, so that there is an hourly service between Angermünde and Schwedt. The additional peak hour services of line RE 3 between Angermünde and Schwedt has since been redesignated as Regional-Bahn service RB 61.

The line separates at Angermünde station from the Berlin–Szczecin railway and runs in a long curve to the east. Between Pinnow and Schwedt, the newly-built federal highway 2 runs largely parallel to the line and crosses it a total of four times.

The halt of Mürow (km 5.4) had a simple side-platform. It operated between 1888 and 27 May 1995.

Pinnow station (km 8.9) is the only place on the line where trains can cross. There is a platform only on one track, the crossing loop has no platform.