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Kiel – Schönberger Strand revival gets underway
TIN news: Schleswig-Holstein Transport Minister Reinhard Meyer attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Kiel-Ellerbek station on August 30, marking the start of work to reinstate regular passenger services on the 26 km Kiel – Schönberger Strand line which ceased in the early 1980s.
The project is being managed by AKN Eisenbahn on behalf of the Land, with the €300 000 station expected to be completed in December, along with a €320 000 station at Oppendorf. Reopening the line for passenger services is expected to cost €30m, with operating costs of €1·7m/year.
The Kiel – Oppendorf section of the route could open by the end of this year, and is predicted to carry 2 200 passengers/day. The second phase to Schönberger Strand is predicted to carry 1 100 passengers/day, but the opening date is still subject to negotiations with DB, which would operate an hourly service using Alstom Lint 41 DMUs.
The project is being managed by AKN Eisenbahn on behalf of the Land, with the €300 000 station expected to be completed in December, along with a €320 000 station at Oppendorf. Reopening the line for passenger services is expected to cost €30m, with operating costs of €1·7m/year.
The Kiel – Oppendorf section of the route could open by the end of this year, and is predicted to carry 2 200 passengers/day. The second phase to Schönberger Strand is predicted to carry 1 100 passengers/day, but the opening date is still subject to negotiations with DB, which would operate an hourly service using Alstom Lint 41 DMUs.
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