Rügen narrow-gauge railway

The Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn, formerly Rügensche Kleinbahn or RüKB) – nicknamed Rasender Roland ("Raging Roland") – is a steam-powered narrow-gauge railway that runs from Putbus by way of Binz, Sellin, and Baabe to Göhren on the island of Rügen off the Baltic Coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 2008, it has been run by the Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH. There is an interchange with the island's Deutsche Bahn mainline network via the Veolia-run OLA railways. The Rasender Roland is one of the island's tourist attractions. It serves several holiday destinations, mainly the bathing resorts in Rügen's southeast.

Rügensche Bäderbahn
Rasender Roland
Altefähr–Putbus–Göhren
Overview
Line number6982, 6775 (partly)
Service
Route number199
Technical
Line length24.1 km (15 mi)
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Route map
0,0
 Altefähr
4,1
 Nesebanz
5,6
 Gustow
7,1
 Prosnitz/Rüg.
8,5
 Sissow
10,5
 Glutzow
14,2
 Poseritz
12,6
 Zeiten
15,1
 Neparmitz
17,0
 Pudemin
18,5
 Groß Schoritz
19,5
 Wendorf
20,7
 Renz
22,4
 Garz West
23,2
 Garz
26,9
 Karnitz
29,6
 Ketelshagen
31,6
 Güstelitz
33,4
 Putbus West
Lauterbach Mole
 Lauterbach
Lauterbach Mole–Putbus, 3-rail
Bergen–Lauterbach Mole railway
35,5
 Putbus
37,3
 Beuchow
(frh. Lonvitz)
39,0
 Posewald
41,3
 Seelvitz
43,4
 Serams
46,1
 Binz LB
48,4
 Jagdschloss
49,7
 Garftitz
53,0
 Sellin (Rügen) West
54,3
 Sellin (Rügen) Ost
55,5
 Baabe
57,2
 Philippshagen
59,4
 Göhren (Rügen)
Bergen–Altenkirchen (1895–1967/68/70)
Wittow Ferry of 1896
in the port at Barth (2005)
Route map
0,0
 Bergen
4,6
 Thesenvitz
5,4
 Lipsitz
7,0
 Patzig/Rüg
9,6
 Kartzitz
10,6
 Bubkevitz
12,9
 Zirmoisel
14,1
 Tribbevitz
15,1
 Neuendorf
17,7
 Jabelitz
18,5
 Trent
20,1
 Tribkevitz
22,4
 Wittower Fähre
Wittower Fähre (350 m)
23,2
 Fährhof
28,5
 Woldenitz
29,1
 Schmantevitz
30,2
 Bohlendorf
33,4
 Wiek
34,7
 Buhrkow siding
Turnout to Bug
35,8
 Lüttkevitz
36,8
 Lanckensburg
37,9
 Altenkirchen
Buhrkow–Bug (1918–1926)
Route map
von Bergen
0,0
 Buhrkow siding
Turnout to Altenkirchen
1,7
 Gramtitz-Starrvitz
3,3
 Lancken
4,8
 Dranske Gut
6,3
 Dranske Dorf
8,1
 Bug

The railway runs regularly along a stretch of 24 km (14.5 mi.) of track with historic steam locomotives and coaches, some of which are almost a hundred years old. Unlike the Deutsche Bahn national system which uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge, Rasender Roland uses the narrow gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The maximum speed is 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).

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