Sassnitz station

Railway station in Sassnitz, Germany

RE 9

HistoryOpened1 July 1891; 133 years ago (1891-07-01)Electrified27 May 1989; 35 years ago (1989-05-27)Services

Preceding station	Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn			Following station
Lancken towards Rostock Hbf		RE 9		Terminus

Location
Sassnitz Location within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sassnitz Location within Germany Show map of Germany Sassnitz Location within Europe Show map of Europe

Sassnitz (German: Bahnhof Sassnitz) is a railway station in the town of Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Stralsund–Sassnitz railway and the train services are operated by Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):^[1]

Regional services RE 9 Rostock – Velgast – Stralsund – Lietzow – Sassnitz

History

The station was the destination of Vladimir Lenin's sealed train when he was provided passage through the German Empire by the Foreign Office and the Abteilung IIIb during the Russian Revolution, after which he boarded a ferry across the Baltic Sea for Trelleborg, Sweden, and then a train en route to Finland Station in Petrograd.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Timetables for Sassnitz station
^ Hammer, Joshua. "Vladimir Lenin's Return Journey to Russia Changed the World Forever". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
^ Flakin, Wladek (2018-03-29). "When the Russian Revolution passed through Berlin". EXBERLINER.com. Retrieved 2020-02-16.