Greifswald-Lubmin railway line reopens after 25 years of silence
A long-closed railway line between Greifswald and Lubmin will reopen this summer. The service was shut down in 1999 but is now returning due to strong demand. Officials say it will run on weekends during the summer holidays. The route was first built in the late 1960s to connect workers to the Lubmin nuclear power plant. After the line closed nearly 25 years ago, no other regional services in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been revived—until now.
Stefan Fassbinder, the Green Party Lord Mayor of Greifswald, confirmed that many residents regularly travel to Lubmin. Ines Jesse, State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport in Schwerin, pointed to high passenger numbers on summer weekends as the main reason for bringing the trains back. The journey covers roughly 25 kilometres and takes about 30 minutes.
Carsten Werfel, managing director of VMV Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, will soon release details on the timetable, start date, and ticket prices. Meanwhile, Michael Sack, the CDU district administrator for Vorpommern-Greifswald, believes the service will help attract more tourists to the area. The reactivated line marks the first regional rail revival in the state in over five years. Once launched, it will provide a direct weekend link between Greifswald and Lubmin throughout the summer. Officials have not announced any further plans for similar projects in the region.
