transportation in germany

Rail transport

Railways:

total: 40,826 km, including
at least 14,253 km electrified and
14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the major German railway company. One of the branches is DB Regionalbahn Westfalen. Since its privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are about 280 privately or locally owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks and use DB tracks in open access. International trains:

Amsterdam Centraal - Berlin Ostbahnhof:

Amsterdam Centraal, North Holland, Netherlands
Amersfoort, Utrecht (province), Netherlands
Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
Bad Bentheim, Bentheim, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
Rheine, Steinfurt, Mnster (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Osnabrck Hbf, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
Bnde, Herford (district), Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Bad Oeynhausen, Minden-Lbbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Minden, Minden-Lbbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Hanover Hbf, Hanover (region), Lower Saxony, Germany
Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
Stendal, Magdeburg (region), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Berlin Spandau
Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Berlin Ostbahnhof

Amsterdam Centraal - Vienna Westbf:

(see also Transportation in the Netherlands)
Emmerich, Cleves, Dsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Wesel
Oberhausen Hbf, Dsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Duisburg Hbf, Dsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dsseldorf Hbf, Dsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cologne Hbf, Cologne (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nuremberg Hbf
Regensburg Hbf
Straubing
Plattling
Passau Hbf
(see also Transportation in Austria)

Copenhagen Hovedbanegarden - Hamburg Hauptbahnhof:

Copenhagen, Denmark
Roskilde, Denmark
Ringsted, Denmark
Naestved, Denmark
Nykobing, Denmark
Rodby, Denmark
Puttgarden, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Oldenburg, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Neustadt, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lbeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Hamburg Hbf, Germany

Astana/Moscow/St. Petersburg/Kharkiv - Berlin Lichtenberg (not all stations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine listed):

Astana, Kazakhstan
Saratov, Russia
Minsk, Belarus

Moscow Belorusskaya, Russia
Minsk, Belarus

Brest, Belarus
Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland

Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Yahodyn, Ukraine
Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland

Warsaw Centralna, Poland
Warsaw Zachodnia, Poland
Kutno, Poland
Konin, Poland
Poznań, Poland
Świebodzin, Poland
Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany

Berlin - Prague Holesovice:

Berlin Ostbahnhof, Germany
Elsterwerda, Brandenburg, Germany
Meissen, Saxony, Germany
Dresden Neustadt, Saxony, Germany
Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Saxony, Germany
Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany
Decin, Czech Republic
st nad Labem, Czech Republic
Prague Holesovice, Czech Republic

Frankfurt am Main - Strasbourg/Basel:

Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Hesse, Germany
Mannheim Hbf, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Karlsruhe Hbf, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany

Kehl, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Strasbourg, France

Freiburg, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Basel Badischer Bahnhof, Switzerland

Munich - Verona:

Munich Hauptbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
Munich Ostbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria
Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol, Austria
Brennero, Italy
Bolzano, Italy
Trento, Italy
Verona Porta Nuova, Italy

Cities with metro or light rail ("Stadtbahn") systems:

Berlin (two systems that fit the underground definition, one called "S-Bahn, ", the other " U-Bahn, ". They are still separately administered for historical reasons.)
Bielefeld (Stadtbahn)
Bochum/Essen (Stadtbahn)
Bonn (Stadtbahn)
Bremen (Stadtbahn)
Cologne (Stadtbahn)
Dsseldorf (Stadtbahn)
Frankfurt am Main (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
Hamburg (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
Hanover (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
Munich (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
Nuremberg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn)
Stuttgart (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)

Road transport

Highways:

total: 656,140 km
paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways (autobahns))
unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)

Water transport

Waterways: 7,500 km (1999); major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km (1998) Ports and harbors: Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lbeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Oldenburg, Rostock, Stuttgart Merchant marine:
total: 475 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,395,990 GRT/8,014,132 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 181, chemical tanker 12, container 239, liquified gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 5, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, rail car carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 13, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)