MOLLI - Narrow Gauge Railway at the Baltic Sea
Nostalgia on rails: The local railway, affectionately named Molli, will take you over a distance of 15.4 km from Bad Doberan via Heiligendamm to Kühlungsborn. The journey lasts 40 minutes. It is the only train with a track gauge of 900 mm operated in Germany. Boarding the Molli you will be taken back to the time when your grandparents traveled that route.
Molli - a Narrow Gauge Railway - its History and Technical Details
- June, the 19th 1886 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III authorized the construction of the narrow-gauge railway
- 1886 train was built by the Stettin railway construction and operating company Lenz & Co in a record time of just 6 weeks
- early as July, the 9th 1886 the first spa visitors were able to use the train from Doberan to the seaside resort of Heiligendamm, approximately 6.61 km
- a tram locomotive pulled three coaches and a baggage wagon
- from 1887 on additional locomotives and 5 coaches were available
- March, the 1st 1890 the entire railway was nationalized
- May, the 12th 1890 the railway line was extended by 8.79 km to 15.4 km reaching Arendsee, the today Kühlungsborn West
- after the train was operated only in the bathing season, from May to late September, it then carried passengers all year round
- with the extension of the railway line even more technology as additional locomotives, passenger coaches and freight wagons and a mail-baggage wagon could be used
- three locomotives, built in 1932, still bear the brunt of the transportation
- April, the 1st 1920 the narrow-gauge railway was incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn
- May, the 31st 1969 rail cargo was ceased
- since 1976 the narrow-gauge railway "Molli" has been registered as a technical monument of transport and manufacturing history
- October, the 1st 1995 the privatization, the county of Bad Doberan, the city of Bad Doberan and the seaside resort Kühlungsborn became the partners
- nowadays ten trains in summer and five trains in winter "steam along" in each direction
- four steam locomotives of the series 99 and 37 passenger coaches are still operating
| MOLLI Schmalspurbahn
Am Bahnhof 18209 Bad Doberan Tel.: +49 38203 - 415-0 |
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