Mecklenburg Southern Railway

The railway line Parchim - Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg or Southern Railway is a railway line in the south of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was operated by the Mecklenburg Southern Railway Company, which merged in the Friedrich -Franz Railway Company in 1894. Today, the section Möllenhagen - Neubrandenburg is degraded, while the rest of the track is owned by DB Netz AG. The section of Karow ( Meckl ) to Waren (Müritz) operates the Regio Infra mbH.

Route

117 -kilometer route linking the county seat Parchim with the rail hub Neubrandenburg. She made the continuation of Parchim - Ludwigsluster railroad and led after exceeding the Elde about Lübz and Karow north of the great lakes along by Waren (Müritz), then used almost seven kilometers of the Lloyd track Warnemünde - Güstrow Neustrelitz to Kargow and eventually branched eastward across Penzlin from Neubrandenburg.

History

Mecklenburg Southern Railway

To extend the railway line Ludwigslust - Parchim east to the junction with the Friedrich- Franz Railway in Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg -Strelitz, 1883, the corporation Mecklenburg Southern Railway Company was founded in Parchim. Shareholders were the cities Parchim, Lübz, Waren ( Müritz), Penzlin and Neubrandenburg, the North German Bank in Hamburg as well as the local railway operating company in Hamburg. On July 20, 1883, the concession of Mecklenburg -Schwerin and on August 2, 1883 by Mecklenburg -Strelitz was granted.

Goods traffic was opened on both routes on January 20, 1885, passenger followed a week later on January 28, 1885. Originally the local railway operating company from Hamburg should operate the route. The management was later transferred to the Central Administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein in Berlin.

The traffic on the route had mainly local. By 1888, the balance sheets of the Company showed a negative result.

Over the nationalization efforts of the Mecklenburg Government these acquired on April 1, 1894, the Mecklenburg Southern Railway simultaneously with the Lloyd track and incorporated it into the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich- Franz Railway. Here, eight locomotives were taken over.

Operating state-owned

After the founding of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1920 this took over the operation on the track. 1945, the section Kargow - Neubrandenburg was degraded as reparations. 1951/52, started of goods from a reconstruction in Neubrandenburg, but only until Möllenhagen. In 1968, the gap between Karow on Malchow was closed for goods. The passenger of the reorganized branch line after Möllenhagen was set in 1970, the route but continue to operate for the carriage of goods to the present Durtrack concrete plant, a large producer of concrete sleepers.

Presence

The section Kargow - Möllenhagen today still serves as a connecting train to the concrete sleeper factory Möllenhagen ( station track of the station Kargow ). Passenger traffic on the western part Parchim Merchandise Kargow and continue towards Neustrelitz is now run by the ODEG every two hours with Train meeting for straight full hour in Malchow. The existing on the sections of goods to Malchow and Möllenhagen freight traffic is now handled primarily by DB Schenker Rail Germany.

The railway infrastructure of the section of Karow ( Meckl ) to Waren (Müritz) leased initially Prignitzer railway infrastructure GmbH (PEI ) on 1 March 2008 by DB Netz AG. Since 10 July 2012, the Regio Infra Co., Ltd. ( RIG) operates this section, the PEI has taken retroactive effect from 1 January 2012. The excavated section of Möllenhagen to Neubrandenburg is now used as hiking trails. In December 2012, the breakpoint island town of Malchow was opened, which is just south of the station Malchow in a better position to center. The old station has since no longer served by passenger trains, but continue to be used for train crossings.

At the same time, however, the offer was significantly reduced on the route east of Luebz because of extensive austerity measures the country Mecklenburg -Vorpommern in regional rail transport. Since different compounds were removed in the morning and in the evenings, there is now no constant every two hours more.

Future

The call for " lot Parchim ", which also includes the traffic on the Southern Railway, was withdrawn in March 2012 to identify potential savings. On September 13, 2013 Transport Minister Schlotmann announced the setting of rail traffic on the largest part of the route. A month later, the Minister announced details on this concept. So will operate under the name " Müritz- train" between Malchow and goods all year six pairs of trains. An examination of whether this " Müritz Train " during the season also Alt Schwerin could connect, is still pending. Between Malchow and Parchim 2014 buses will leave from December. On the route of the line is Hagenow to Parchim R3 remain in circulation. Given the intended partially close the SPNVs and pending investments can DB Netz no longer operate the section between Parchim and Karow economically and therefore has this end in January 2014 for export to other railway infrastructure companies (EIU ) advertised.