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Kastorf station on the former Kaiserbahn
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Kastorf station on the former Kaiserbahn
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Detlef dpr
September 19, 2024
Cycling
This station building was opened on May 15, 1897, as part of a fast rail connection from Berlin to Kiel. It was popularly known as the Kaiserbahn (Emperor's Railway) because …
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September 19, 2024
Cycling
The so-called Kaiserbahn was a single-track railway line from Bad Oldesloe via Ratzeburg to Hagenow-Land in Mecklenburg. The line is said to have been built at the instigation of Kaiser Wilhelm II, because the Kaiser wanted a shorter route for his journeys from Berlin to the naval base in Kiel than via Lübeck or Hamburg. The line was opened in 1897. When the border was drawn after the Second World War, the line was interrupted and became meaningless. Passenger traffic was stopped in 1962, and freight traffic (mainly sugar beet) was abandoned in 1971.
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