Ostseebad Binz station

Ostseebad Binz
Ostseebad Binz railway station
Location	Binz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,  Germany
Coordinates	54°24′18″N 13°36′01″E / 54.40500°N 13.60028°ECoordinates: 54°24′18″N 13°36′01″E / 54.40500°N 13.60028°E
Line(s)	Lietzow–Binz railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
History
Opened	1939

Ostseebad Binz (German: Bahnhof Ostseebad Binz) is a terminus railway station in the town of Binz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies at the end of the Lietzow-Binz railway and was opened in 1939. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

History

The station building was completed in 1938. A year later Deutsche Reichsbahn officially opened the railway station together with the Lietzow–Binz railway.^[1] Due to the Second World War, however, initially only a few trains operated. There were two pairs of trains per day in 1940. When the war was over, the track was dismantled for reparations and thus the station was also closed. However, it was rebuilt within a few years, so the station became operational again in 1952.

During the time of the GDR, the station was regularly served by express trains. The line was electrified in 1989 because of its relatively high importance for national and international long-distance traffic.

The first Intercity services stopped in Binz station in 1991. In 2000, a fundamental restructuring of the station was completed, including the rebuilding of the platforms. These works cost about 9.5 million Marks.^[2]

In March 2011, Binz station was connected to Deutsche Bahn’s Intercity-Express network, with a weekly train pair to Munich.^[3]

Infrastructure

The station has three platform tracks. Platform track 2, which is a through track, and track 4, which is a bay platform and just north of the station building, are 55 cm high and attached to the station building. Platform 2 is 344 m long and platform 4 is 171 m long. Platform 3 is a side platform on a through track, which is connected by a protected passenger level crossing with the main platform. The side platform is 315 m long and 76 cm high.^[4] Between tracks 2 and 3 there Is a third through track, track 1. This is used exclusively for running through the station to the end of the track, 150 m to the south. Long-distance trains always stop on platforms 2 and 3 and regional trains stop on platform 4. North of the station there is a parking area. The signals are controlled by the electronic control centre in Lietzow. The station forecourt is served by several bus routes that are operated by Rügener Personennahverkehrs GmbH (RPNV). In addition, there is a taxi rank.

Rail services

In 2011, about 40 to 50 trains a day stopped at Binz station.^[5]

Long distance

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 28	Binz – Stralsund – Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Jena – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich	One train pair Mon–Fri
IC 26	Binz – Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg (– Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart)	Individual services
EC 27	Binz – Stralsund – Berlin – Dresden – Prague	One train pair daily
IC 32	UrlaubsExpress Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Cologne – Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Essen Hbf – Bochum Hbf – Dortmund Hbf – Hamm (Westf) – Bielefeld Hbf – Hannover Hbf – Wolfsburg Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Eberswalde Hbf – Prenzlau – Züssow – Stralsund Hbf – Binz	One train pair on weekends (seasonal)
IC 50	Binz – Stralsund – Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Eisenach – Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen	Individual services

In the summer Ostseebad Binz is often served by a night train to and from destinations in southern Germany that are often changed. During July/August 2014, the Zurich–Berlin City Night Line service was extended once a week to Ostseebad Binz (arriving/departing Rügen on Saturday).^[6]

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Terminus		EuroCity		Bergen auf Rügen toward Prague
Terminus		IC 26 Stralsund-Karlsruhe		Bergen auf Rügen towards Karlsruhe Hbf
Terminus		IC/EC 30		Bergen auf Rügen towards Stuttgart Hbf
Terminus		IC 50		Bergen auf Rügen towards Frankfurt Airport

Regional service

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 9	Binz – Prora – Lietzow – Bergen auf Rügen – Samtens – Stralsund (– Velgast – Ribnitz-Damgarten – Rostock)	Every hour to Lietzow, every two hours to Stralsund, individual trains to Rostock

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Prora Ost toward Rostock Hbf		RE 9		Terminus

References

1. "Geschichte" [History] (in German). Municipality of Binz. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
2. "Bahnhof Binz ist fertig". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 15 April 2000. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
3. "Neue Direktverbindung mit dem ICE ab Ostseebad Binz und Stralsund nach Berlin und München" (PDF; 106 kB) (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
4. "Platform information" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
5. Timetables for Ostseebad Binz station
6. "Im Sommer ohne Umsteigen an die Ostsee". Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 15 July 2014.