U-Bahnfreund
Member
Three passenger services in northern Brandenburg are very likely to be axed by the end of the year:
RB63 between Joachimsthal and Templin (27.5 km, 5 intermediate stops, operator: NEB):
This was only reactivated in 2018 on a trial basis (after having closed in 2006), and the state says with less than 300 passengers daily it's not worth it to keep it going. The section between Eberswalde and Joachimsthal will remain. Source: RBB
RB73 between Kyritz Bürgerpark and Pritzwalk (29.1 km, 5 intermediate stops, operator: HANS) and RB74 between Pritzwalk and Meyenburg (19.6 km, 3 intermediate stops, operator: HANS):
These used to be hourly services, since a few years, they're already down to just a couple a day and now the state hasn't included them in the next transport plan for the coming years at all (i e. which services they will fund). Only the RB73 stub from Neustadt (Dosse) to Kyritz Bürgerpark (a station which only opened in 2019), remains. Source: Nordkurier, EU Tenders
---
In my opinion a bad idea to close passenger rail lines again, Brandenburg has already seriously reduced their network since regionalisation in the 1990s. On the other hand, operating in this sparsely populated area is probably hard to do economically. But if they keep reducing the timetable, no wonder they are always less and less passengers. Also regarding that trial run, I wonder what happened these past years that might have impacted passengers numbers...
So if anyone wants some not-that touristy lines to travel on with the 9€ ticket, why not these ones while you still can
RB63 between Joachimsthal and Templin (27.5 km, 5 intermediate stops, operator: NEB):
This was only reactivated in 2018 on a trial basis (after having closed in 2006), and the state says with less than 300 passengers daily it's not worth it to keep it going. The section between Eberswalde and Joachimsthal will remain. Source: RBB
RB73 between Kyritz Bürgerpark and Pritzwalk (29.1 km, 5 intermediate stops, operator: HANS) and RB74 between Pritzwalk and Meyenburg (19.6 km, 3 intermediate stops, operator: HANS):
These used to be hourly services, since a few years, they're already down to just a couple a day and now the state hasn't included them in the next transport plan for the coming years at all (i e. which services they will fund). Only the RB73 stub from Neustadt (Dosse) to Kyritz Bürgerpark (a station which only opened in 2019), remains. Source: Nordkurier, EU Tenders
---
In my opinion a bad idea to close passenger rail lines again, Brandenburg has already seriously reduced their network since regionalisation in the 1990s. On the other hand, operating in this sparsely populated area is probably hard to do economically. But if they keep reducing the timetable, no wonder they are always less and less passengers. Also regarding that trial run, I wonder what happened these past years that might have impacted passengers numbers...
So if anyone wants some not-that touristy lines to travel on with the 9€ ticket, why not these ones while you still can
Last edited: