Traffic Rügen

1 traffic

1.1 rail
1.2 bus
1.3 road
1.4 cycling
1.5 ship
1.6 ferries
1.7 aviation

traffic
rail

rasender roland ( rushing roland ) rügen s famous historical steam-powered railway, runs putbus binz, baabe, sellin , göhren.

the railway network consists of electrified standard gauge stretch of deutsche bahn stralsund (rügendamm)-bergen-sassnitz line (timetable route (kbs) 195), lietzow-binz (kbs 197), non-electrified routes bergen-putbus-lauterbach mole of press (kbs 198) , narrow gauge stretch (750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in)) of rügen resort railway (rasender roland): lauterbach mole-putbus-binz-sellin-göhren (kbs 199).

in addition regional trains, there intercity services binz via bergen , stralsund berlin, hamburg frankfurt, stuttgart , ruhr. night train services munich, basle , ruhr area deleted timetable on 9 december 2007, despite massive protests local hotel industry.

bus

the bus service on rügen operated rügener personennahverkehr. since 1996 has been continuously expanded, , has developed integral clock-face schedule. there service between major towns , municipalities on island @ least every 2 hours, more during peak season. throughout year, buses run @ least every hour on routes between sassnitz-binz-bergen, schaprode–bergen–klein zicker, bergen/sassnitz-altenkirchen-wiek-dranske , altenkirchen-putgarten near cape arkona. in addition, bus service well-linked railway, in bergen, @ other railway stations.

road

typical avenue on rügen. german avenue road starts in sellin on island , leads down far south of germany (until lake constance).

until october 2007, individual traffic mainland island of rügen route along two-lane rügendamm causeway, running between stralsund , altefähr on sound of strelasund.

the cornerstone second crossing on strelasund laid on 31 august 2004. bridge, rügen bridge, running parallel rügendamm, has length of 4.1 kilometres , vertical clearance ships of 42 metres, , on opened on 20 october 2007. in order relieve town of stralsund, ring road has been built in last few years, coming southwest. b 96 federal road between stralsund , greifswald connected via access road 20 motorway. b 96 runs stralsund via bergen sassnitz. here new route bypasses planned (the new b 96 ).

the main tourist attractions of cape arkona, königsstuhl , granitz hunting lodge are, however, car-free in order protect countryside, island of hiddensee belongs vorpommern-rügen district. these destinations can reached using public transport, without needing car.

cycling

rügen has signposted network of cycle paths. condition , signing of network varies considerably 1 place another, in seaside resorts poor in area between garz , zudar. there circular cycle path around whole island. during summer season there option on routes carry bicycles on buses. possible on railways.

ship

ferry port mukran, (part of sassnitz)

two car ferries belonging weiße flotte operate every half-an-hour between zudar peninsula on rügen , stahlbrode on mainland, halfway between stralsund , greifswald .

another weiße flotte car ferry, wittow ferry runs heartland of rügen (muttland) wittow.

a ferry sails sassnitz ferry port in mukran danish island of bornholm, swedish trelleborg, klaipeda in baltic states, baltijsk , st. petersburg.

the island of hiddensee, belongs county of vorpommern-rügen, connected regular ferry service schaprode rügen, , increasingly integrated clock-schedule timetable on main island. in addition, there regular ship service stralsund, wiek , breege hiddensee. tourist services include ferry connections lauterbach gager, , between sassnitz, binz, sellin , göhren. there round-trips sassnitz, lohme, königsstuhl. pleasure steamers ply between resorts , peenemünde on usedom, there connection usedom railway (ubb).

ferries

sassnitz–neu mukran international ferry terminal on rügen, ferry services to

trelleborg (sweden, served scandlines),
rønne (bornholm, denmark, served bornholmstrafikken),
klaipėda (memel, lithuania, served dfds lisco),
baltiysk (pillau, kaliningrad oblast, russia, served dfds lisco),
saint petersburg (russia, served transrussiaexpress)
ust-luga (near saint petersburg, russia; planned).

sassnitz-mukran largest railway ferry terminal in germany , 1 in europe different tracks allow switching standard gauge broad gauge.

local passenger ferries connect piers of sassnitz, binz, sellin , göhren adjacent islands of hiddensee, vilm , greifswalder oie. passenger , car ferries connect rügen s centre of muttland, both wittow in rügen s north via wittow ferry , mainland via glewitz ferry (glewitzer fähre) between stahlbrode near greifswald , glewitz on rügen s zudar peninsula.

aviation

runway of rügen airport @ bergen

rügen airport located 8 km bergen. after wende, first sightseeing flights on island offered on former agricultural airfield. in may 1993, first tarmac runway inaugurated. since then, charter flights berlin, hamburg , other cities in europe have been available.

the baltic sea airport stralsund offers flights , region of western pomerania. larger rostock–laage airport offers regular international destinations.