Velgast station

Velgast (German: Bahnhof Velgast) is a railway station in the town of Velgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Rostock-Stralsund railway and Velgast-Barth railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn.

Velgast
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2017
General information
Location	Bahnhofstraße 3 18469 Velgast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany
Coordinates	54°16′38″N 12°48′08″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Rostock-Stralsund railway (KBS 190) Velgast-Barth railway (KBS 192) Velgast–Tribsees/Franzburg railway (KBS 168)
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	4
Train operators	DB Regio Nordost Usedomer Bäderbahn
Other information
Station code	6405
DS100 code	WV[1]
IBNR	8010355
Category	5[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1889; 135 years ago (1889-07-01)
Electrified	2 June 1991; 33 years ago (1991-06-02)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Ribnitz-Damgarten West towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 26 Stralsund Hbf towards Ostseebad Binz Ribnitz-Damgarten West towards Nürnberg Hbf ICE 39 Ribnitz-Damgarten West towards Basel SBB ICE 43 Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station Terminus RB 25 Saatel towards Barth Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station Buchenhorst towards Rostock Hbf RE 9 Martensdorf towards Sassnitz or Ostseebad Binz Ribnitz-Damgarten Ost towards Rostock Hbf RE 10 Martensdorf towards Pasewalk
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Train services

The station is served by the following services:^[3]

Long distance

Line	Route			Frequency	Rolling stock	Operator
ICE 26	(Binz –) Stralsund – Velgast – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Gießen – Frankfurt (– Karlsruhe)			5 train pairs	ICE-T	DB Fernverkehr
ICE 39	Binz – Stralsund – Velgast – Rostock – Hamburg – Münster – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Nuremberg			1 train pair on Sat and Sun	ICE 4
ICE 43	Binz – Stralsund – Velgast – Rostock – Hamburg – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel SBB			1 train pair

Regional services

Line	Route			Frequency	Rolling stock	Operator
RE 9	Ostseebad Binz – Prora	Lietzow (Rügen) – Bergen auf Rügen – Samtens – Stralsund – Velgast – Ribnitz-Damgarten West – Rostock		Every 2 hours	Siemens Desiro Mainline	Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
	Sassnitz – Sagard –
RE 10	Rostock – Ribnitz-Damgarten West – Velgast – Stralsund – Greifswald – Züssow			2 train pairs
RB 25	Velgast – Barth			80/40 mins (alternating)	BR 642 / BR 640	DB Regio Nordost

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. Timetables for Velgast Station