Trip to Germany - August 1999

Operating Company Abbreviations:

  • DB - Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railways)

  • MVB - Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (public transport operator in Magdeburg)

  • DVG - Dessauer Verkehrs GmbH (public transport operator in Dessau)

Place

Arrive

Depart

Train

Traction details & notes  

Tuesday 10th August 1999
Timperley  

17:36

 

Metrolink tram 1019  
Altrincham

17:42

17:46

 

Taxi  
Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 3

17:56

19:00

BA1714

British Airways 737-300 G-OFRA  
Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

21:52

 

 

by bus to terminal D  
Terminal 2 DE

 

22:08

 

Peoplemover PTS0011 + 0014  
Terminal 1 BC

22:10

 

 

   
Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof

 

22:18

'S8'

DB EMU 421 269 etc.  
Frankfurt am Main Hbf

22:28

 

 

   
Overnight at Hotel Ibis, Friedensbrücke (10 mins walk from station) (1st night of 2)
New track today: none.

Wednesday 11th August 1999
Frankfurt am Main Hbf  

07:46

IC622

DB EL 120 138-3  
Via Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof
Mainz Hbf

08:13

08:38

EC107

DB EL 101 091-7 ran 14 late  
Via Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof
Mannheim Hbf

09:27

09:56

ICE571

DB EMU 401 517-8 + 401 017-9 via SFS  
Stuttgart Hbf

10:35

11:18

'S'

DB EMU 420 444 + 385 sets  
Weil der Stadt

11:52

 

 

   
Total eclipse of the sun - in the rain!
Weil der Stadt

 

13:08

'S'

DB EMU 420 359 + 380 + 416 sets  
Stuttgart Hbf

13:43

14:15

SE19824

DB EL 143 013-1  
via S-Bahn tracks as far as Ludwigsburg
Heilbronn Hbf

15:01

15:13

RE3810

DB EL 110 231-8  
Neckarelz

15:35

15:46

RE28533

DB EL 143 316-8P ran 12 late  
Osterburken

16:20

16:31

RB19883

DB EL 143 901-7  
Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld

17:08

17:12

SE28199

DB EL 143 194-9P ran 6 late  
Heilbronn Hbf

17:30

18:00

RE3842

DB DMU 611 029 set ran 11 late  
Via Sinsheim
Mannheim Hbf

19:10

19:31

EC4

DB EL 101 082-6  
Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof

20:02

 

 

   
Frankfurt Flughafen Regiobahnhof

 

20:33

'S8'

DB EMU 420 221 + 234 sets  
Frankfurt am Main Hbf

20:45

20:49

'S1'

DB EMU 420 298 set  
Hauptwache

20:52

22:20

'S5'

DB EMU 420 285 set  
Frankfurt am Main Hbf

  22:23

 

 

   
Overnight at Hotel Ibis, Friedensbrücke (2nd night of 2)
New track today: Frankfurt-Sportfeld - westbound curve - Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Raunheim, Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - southbound curve - Zeppelinheim, Renningen - Weil der Stadt, Neckarelz - Seckach - Osterburken, Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld - Steinsfurt, Zeppelinheim - northbound curve - Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof.

Thursday 12th August 1999

Frankfurt am Main Hbf

 

07:39

'S8'

DB EMU 420 249 set

  

Frankfurt Flughafen Regiobahnhof

07:49

 

 

 

 

Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof

 

08:03

EC25

DB EL 101 108-9 dep 29 late

 

Via Abzw Forsthaus, Frankfurt am Main Hbf (reverse), Hanau, Aschaffenburg

Würzburg Hbf

09:27

 

 

arr 34 late - no connections held

 

Würzburg Hbf

 

10:38

RB20359

DB EL 111 204-4P

 

Schweinfurt Hbf

11:08

11:12

RB20816

DB DL 212 274-3

 

Via Bad Kissingen (reverse)

Gemunden (Main)

12:58

13:08

RE20290

DB EL 110 168-2

 

Fulda

14:01

14:06

ICE596

DB EMU 401 061 + 561 ran 10 late - via SFS

 

Göttingen

15:00

15:06

RB25514

DB DMU 614 079-2 + 914 042-7 + 614 078-4

 

Bodenfelde

15:55

16:06

RB25521

same set

 

Göttingen

16:51

17:02

ICE594

DB EMU 401 009 + 509 dep 13 late

 

Via Hildesheim, Braunschweig, Weddeler Schleife, SFS, Stendal Avoiding Line, Spandau

Berlin Zoologischer Garten

19:17

19:26

'S3'

DB EMU Class 477

 

Westkreuz

19:32

19:35

'S4'

DB EMU Class 485

 

Witzleben

19:36

 

 

 

 

Westkreuz

 

22:39

'S46'

DB EMU Class 485

 

Witzleben

22:40

 

 

 

 

Overnight at Hotel Ibis Messe (1st night of 2)
New track today: Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof  - eastbound curve - Frankfurt-Sportfeld, Ebenhausen - Bad Kissingen - Gemunden (Main), Göttingen - Bodenfelde, Weddel - (Lehre) - Fallersleben eastbound, SFS eastbound from Wolfsburg - avoiding Stendal - Spandau

Friday 13th August 1999
Witzleben  

07:14

'S4'

DB EMU Class 485  
Westkreuz

07:15

07:18

'S75'

DB EMU Class 476  
Berlin Zoologischer Garten

07:26

07:44

ICE793

DB EMU 401 507 + 007  
Via Spandau, SFS, Stendal Avoiding Line, Weddeler Schleife
Braunschweig

08:59

09:08

IR2581

DB EL 112 175-5  
Much engineering work around Frellstedt (bus substitution on some services)
Magdeburg Hbf

09:56

 

 

arr 17 late  
Magdeburg Hbf

 

11:18

RB36479

DB DL 218 181-6  
Schönebeck (Elbe)

11:29

11:59

RB36176

DB DL 218 188-8 via Gnadau - Barby curve  
Güterglück

12:22

12:38

RE36127

DB EL 112 011-8P  
Dessau Hbf

13:00

 

 

   
Hauptbahnhof

 

13:15

'1'

DVG tram 009  
Tempelhofer Straße

13:30

13:32

'1'

DVG tram 009  
Hauptbahnhof

13:47

 

 

   
Dessau Hbf

 

14:01

RE38176

DB EL 143 809-2  
Via Belzig - Potsdam Stadt - Berlin Zoo - Stadtbahn
Berlin Ostbahnhof

16:02

16:05

'S5'

DB EMU Class 476  
Engineering works line closure between Treptower Park and Baumschulenweg causing train working alterations
Ostkreuz

16:09

16:10

'S85'

DB EMU Class 477  
Neukölln

16:18

16:21

'S8'

DB EMU Class 477  
Bornholmer Straße

16:44

17:06

'S25'

DB EMU Class 480  
Hennigsdorf

17:29

17:30

'S25'

DB EMU Class 480  
Lichterfelde Süd

18:27

18:32

'S25'

DB EMU Class 480  
Papestraße

18:44

18:51

'S4'

DB EMU Class 485  
Westkreuz

19:04

19:06

'S75'

DB EMU Class 477  
Spandau

19:21

19:43

'S75'

DB EMU Class 476  
Westkreuz

19:57

20:00

'S7'

DB EMU Class 481/2  
Griebnitzsee

20:17

20:23

RB38852

DB 143 923-? + coach + 143 566-8  
Via Potsdam Stadt - Golm - Priort - Wustermark (reverse) - past Rbf station
Spandau

21:21

21:23

'S75'

DB EMU Class 476  
Berlin Zoologischer Garten

21:44

22:19

'S75'

DB EMU Class 476  
Westkreuz

22:26

22:25

'S4'

DB EMU Class 485  
Witzleben

22:26

 

 

   
overnight at Hotel Ibis Messe (2nd night of 2)
New track today: SFS westbound Spandau - avoiding Stendal - Wolfsburg, Weddeler Schleife westbound, Barby curve, Treptower Park - Neukölln both ways, Tegel - Hennigsdorf, Lichterfelde Ost - Süd, Griebnitzsee bay platform

Saturday 14th August 1999
Witzleben  

07:00

'S46'

DB EMU Class 485  
Westkreuz

07:01

07:05

'S7'

DB EMU Class 481/2  
Berlin Lichtenberg

07:39

08:00

RE38050

DB L 143 138-6  
Via Berlin-Schöneweide, Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld, Brandenburg
Magdeburg Herrenkrug

09:43

 

 

   
Herrenkrug/DB Haltepunkt

 

09:50

'6'

MVB tram 1325  
Herrenkrug

09:52

09:56

'6'

MVB tram 1302  
Hauptbahnhof/Brandenburger Straße

10:09

 

 

   
Magdeburg Hbf

 

10:57

IC626

DB EL 120 136-7P  
From west side of station, then via crossovers at south end of station; wrong line Calbe (Saale) Ost to Sachsendorf (bridge rebuilding)
Halle (Saale) Hbf

11:45

12:39

RE3608

DB DL 232 209-7  
NOT diverted via Köthen curve (as advertised in timetable). Via Halberstadt - Vienenburg - Bad Harzburg avoiding line. Signals check before Goslar - arrived 21 late
Goslar

14:58

15:02

RB25174

DB 218 271-5 dep 19 late  
Via Salzgitter-Ringelheim (south side) - Hildesheim Hbf - direct to Barnten - onto "fast" line at Rethen avoiding platform tracks at Hannover Messe-Laatzen. Made up time but lost it again - signals check outside Hannover Hbf, which was in total chaos for no obvious reason.
Hannover Hbf

16:23

 

 

arrived 19 late  
Hannover Hbf Gleis 7

 

17:20

 

DB EMU 402 020-2 + DT  
Arrived from Bremen, then shunted westwards to station throat (17:22 to 17:45) to await arrival of portion from Hamburg
Hannover Hbf

17:48

17:28

ICE863

DB EMU 402 009-5 + DT + 402 020-2 + DT dep 27 late  
Via SFS throughout. Wrong line from tunnel (~km 170) to Kirchheim north (~km 180) due to engineering works
Würzburg Hbf

19:31

 

 

arrived 18 late  
overnight at Hotel outside station
New track today: Vienenburg - Oker - Goslar - Salzgitter-Ringelheim - Hildesheim Hbf - Emmerke - Barnten

Sunday 15th August 1999

Würzburg Hbf

 

07:31

ICE922

DB EMU 401 008 set

  

Aschaffenburg Hbf

08:11

09:18