Angermünde-Schwedt railway

The Angermünde–Schwedt railway is a single track branch line in the district of Uckermark of the German state of Brandenburg.

Today, the line is served at two-hour intervals by Regional-Express service RE 3 via Eberswalde and Berlin to Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

The line separates at Angermünde station from the Berlin–Szczecin railway and runs in a long curve to the east.

Between Pinnow and Schwedt, the newly built federal highway 2 runs largely parallel to the line and crosses it a total of four times.

It was opened on 26 September 1976 and was closed on 20 November 1997 in favour of the better situated Schwedt (Oder) Mitte halt.

In addition to a side platform for passenger services, the station also had freight transport facilities.

To the east of the terminal station there is a connecting track to the LEIPA paper factory, which continues to the port of Schwedt.

The additional shuttles between Angermünde and Schwedt, on the other hand, were operated with class 628/928 diesel multiple units.

Since this operation was very costly, the Brandenburg government approved the electrification and upgrading of the line at the end of 2004 for €74 million.

Pinnow station