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'''Forbidden trains''' (German: ''Verbotene Züge'') – the popular name of the network of passenger railway connections of the occupying forces in Germany (1945–1994), inaccessible to [[Germans]]. |
'''Forbidden trains''' (German: ''Verbotene Züge'') – the popular name of the network of passenger railway connections of the occupying forces in Germany (1945–1994), inaccessible to [[Germans]]. |
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The maintenance of large military forces by the [[USSR]], [[USA]], [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] in the defeated country also generated significant transport needs, e.g. the need to maintain permanent and efficient connections with the countries that were their base. Particularly specific were the needs of the countries that occupied [[West Berlin]], maintaining connections only with this city. The rolling stock used, especially in the first period, was requisitioned by the [[German Railways]] (''Deutsche Reichsbahn''). |
The maintenance of large military forces by the [[USSR]], [[USA]], [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] in the defeated country also generated significant transport needs, e.g. the need to maintain permanent and efficient connections with the countries that were their base. Particularly specific were the needs of the countries that occupied [[West Berlin]], maintaining connections only with this city. The rolling stock used, especially in the first period, was requisitioned by the [[German Railways]] (''Deutsche Reichsbahn'')<ref>Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: ''Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник'', РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009</ref><ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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== United States == |
== United States == |
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Until 1947, the US ''Transportcorps RTO'' operated the connection between [[Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof|Bremerhaven]] via [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] and the [[Berlin-Wannsee station|Berlin-Wannsee freight station]], in the following years with the [[Berlin-Lichterfelde West station]]. The last train left in the summer of 1993. |
Until 1947, the US ''Transportcorps RTO'' operated the connection between [[Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof|Bremerhaven]] via [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] and the [[Berlin-Wannsee station|Berlin-Wannsee freight station]], in the following years with the [[Berlin-Lichterfelde West station]]. The last train left in the summer of 1993<ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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== Great Britain == |
== Great Britain == |
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From 1945, the ''Royal Corps of Transport'' maintained a link linking [[Emden Hauptbahnhof|Emden]], [[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hannover Hbf.]], [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] with [[Berlin-Charlottenburg station|Berlin-Charlottenburg]]. The most famous was the "Berliner" train No. D 1045/1046, on the [[Hannover]]-[[West Berlin|Berlin]] route. The last train left in May 1991. |
From 1945, the ''Royal Corps of Transport'' maintained a link linking [[Emden Hauptbahnhof|Emden]], [[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hannover Hbf.]], [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] with [[Berlin-Charlottenburg station|Berlin-Charlottenburg]]. The most famous was the "Berliner" train No. D 1045/1046, on the [[Hannover]]-[[West Berlin|Berlin]] route. The last train left in May 1991<ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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== France == |
== France == |
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''French Armed Forces Train'' (TMFB) No. D 1040/1041 ran between [[Paris]] and [[Strasbourg]] via [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] with [[Berlin-Tegel station|Berlin-Tegel (Gare Francaise)]]. It consisted of sleeping cars, couchette cars, restaurant cars and lounge cars. For many years, the locomotive was replaced at [[Berlin-Wannsee station]]. The train arrived at Berlin-Tegel in the morning and departed in the evening, the last one on September 24, 1994. |
''French Armed Forces Train'' (TMFB) No. D 1040/1041 ran between [[Paris]] and [[Strasbourg]] via [[Helmstedt station|Helmstedt]], [[Marienborn]], [[Potsdam Hauptbahnhof|Potsdam-Stadt]], [[Potsdam Griebnitzsee station|Griebnitzsee]] with [[Berlin-Tegel station|Berlin-Tegel (Gare Francaise)]]. It consisted of sleeping cars, couchette cars, restaurant cars and lounge cars. For many years, the locomotive was replaced at [[Berlin-Wannsee station]]. The train arrived at Berlin-Tegel in the morning and departed in the evening, the last one on September 24, 1994<ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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== The Soviet Union == |
== The Soviet Union == |
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For communication in the years 1945–1949 in the [[Soviet occupation zone of Germany|Soviet Occupation Zone]], the Department was responsible, then the Transport Directorate of the [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany]] (''Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland'' – SMAD) based in [[Karlshorst]], then the [[Group of Soviet Forces in Germany]] (''Gruppe der sowjetischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland'' – GSSD) in [[Wünsdorf-Waldstadt station|Wünsdorf]]. |
For communication in the years 1945–1949 in the [[Soviet occupation zone of Germany|Soviet Occupation Zone]], the Department was responsible, then the Transport Directorate of the [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany]] (''Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland'' – SMAD) based in [[Karlshorst]], then the [[Group of Soviet Forces in Germany]] (''Gruppe der sowjetischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland'' – GSSD) in [[Wünsdorf-Waldstadt station|Wünsdorf]]<ref>Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: ''Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник'', РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009</ref><ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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In the period 1945–1994, the most important connection for the USSR was the line connecting [[Moscow]] via [[Brest-Tsentralny railway station|Brest Central]] and [[Berlin]] with Wünsdorf, the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces. From 1945 to the end of 1951, the connection between Moscow and Potsdam via Brest and [[Frankfurt (Oder) station|Frankfurt (Oder)]] bypassed the sectors of West Berlin, because during this period the SMAD Command was located in [[Potsdam-Babelsberg station|Potsdam Babelsberg]]. Sometimes a train (No. D 1190/1191) ran from Brest via Frankfurt (Oder) and [[Mittenwalde]] to Wünsdorf, with a group of wagons from Frankfurt (Oder) via [[Jüterbog station|Jüterbog]] to [[Magdeburg]]. One more train ran between Brest and [[Erfurt Hauptbahnhof|Erfurt]] (D 1192/1193) via Jüterbog, [[Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof|Halle/Saale]] and [[Sangerhausen station|Sangerhausen]], between Brest and Magdeburg – train (D 1194/1195). A group of wagons ran from Frankfurt (Oder) to [[Schwerin Hauptbahnhof|Schwerin]] for many years as a train. |
In the period 1945–1994, the most important connection for the USSR was the line connecting [[Moscow]] via [[Brest-Tsentralny railway station|Brest Central]] and [[Berlin]] with Wünsdorf, the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces. From 1945 to the end of 1951, the connection between Moscow and Potsdam via Brest and [[Frankfurt (Oder) station|Frankfurt (Oder)]] bypassed the sectors of West Berlin, because during this period the SMAD Command was located in [[Potsdam-Babelsberg station|Potsdam Babelsberg]]. Sometimes a train (No. D 1190/1191) ran from Brest via Frankfurt (Oder) and [[Mittenwalde]] to Wünsdorf, with a group of wagons from Frankfurt (Oder) via [[Jüterbog station|Jüterbog]] to [[Magdeburg]]. One more train ran between Brest and [[Erfurt Hauptbahnhof|Erfurt]] (D 1192/1193) via Jüterbog, [[Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof|Halle/Saale]] and [[Sangerhausen station|Sangerhausen]], between Brest and Magdeburg – train (D 1194/1195). A group of wagons ran from Frankfurt (Oder) to [[Schwerin Hauptbahnhof|Schwerin]] for many years as a train<ref>Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: ''Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник'', РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009</ref><ref>https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html</ref>. |
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Below is the list of trains: |
Below is the list of trains: |
Revision as of 12:28, 25 July 2023
Forbidden trains (German: Verbotene Züge) – the popular name of the network of passenger railway connections of the occupying forces in Germany (1945–1994), inaccessible to Germans.
The maintenance of large military forces by the USSR, USA, Great Britain and France in the defeated country also generated significant transport needs, e.g. the need to maintain permanent and efficient connections with the countries that were their base. Particularly specific were the needs of the countries that occupied West Berlin, maintaining connections only with this city. The rolling stock used, especially in the first period, was requisitioned by the German Railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn)[1][2].
Vereinigte Staaten
Until 1947, the US Transportcorps RTO operated the connection between Bremerhaven via Helmstedt, Marienborn, Potsdam-Stadt, Griebnitzsee and the Berlin-Wannsee freight station, in the following years with the Berlin-Lichterfelde West station. The last train left in the summer of 1993[3].
Great Britain
From 1945, the Royal Corps of Transport maintained a link linking Emden, Hannover Hbf., Helmstedt, Marienborn, Potsdam-Stadt, Griebnitzsee with Berlin-Charlottenburg. The most famous was the "Berliner" train No. D 1045/1046, on the Hannover-Berlin route. The last train left in May 1991[4].
Frankreich
French Armed Forces Train (TMFB) No. D 1040/1041 ran between Paris and Strasbourg via Helmstedt, Marienborn, Potsdam-Stadt, Griebnitzsee with Berlin-Tegel (Gare Francaise). It consisted of sleeping cars, couchette cars, restaurant cars and lounge cars. For many years, the locomotive was replaced at Berlin-Wannsee station. The train arrived at Berlin-Tegel in the morning and departed in the evening, the last one on September 24, 1994[5].
The Soviet Union
For communication in the years 1945–1949 in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the Department was responsible, then the Transport Directorate of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland – SMAD) based in Karlshorst, then the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Gruppe der sowjetischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland – GSSD) in Wünsdorf[6][7].
In the period 1945–1994, the most important connection for the USSR was the line connecting Moscow via Brest Central and Berlin with Wünsdorf, the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces. From 1945 to the end of 1951, the connection between Moscow and Potsdam via Brest and Frankfurt (Oder) bypassed the sectors of West Berlin, because during this period the SMAD Command was located in Potsdam Babelsberg. Sometimes a train (No. D 1190/1191) ran from Brest via Frankfurt (Oder) and Mittenwalde to Wünsdorf, with a group of wagons from Frankfurt (Oder) via Jüterbog to Magdeburg. One more train ran between Brest and Erfurt (D 1192/1193) via Jüterbog, Halle/Saale and Sangerhausen, between Brest and Magdeburg – train (D 1194/1195). A group of wagons ran from Frankfurt (Oder) to Schwerin for many years as a train[8][9].
Below is the list of trains:
- No. D 1190/1191 from Moscow to Wünsdorf via Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin-Ostbahnhof (Hauptbahnhof) and Berlin-Schönefeld,
- D 1192/1193 from Brest to Erfurt, from Frankfurt (Oder) via Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin outer ring (Berliner Außenring), Genshagener Heide, Jüterbog, Holzdorf, Abzweig Großrössen, Beyern, Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Dessau, Bitterfeld, Halle/Saale, Lutherstadt-Eisleben, Blankenheim Trennung and Sangerhausen,
- D 1194/1195 from Brest to Magdeburg, via Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin-Schönefeld and Werder (Havel),
- D 1196/1197 from Brześć to Schwerin, from Frankfurt (Oder) via Eberswalde, Templin and Neustrelitz (in later years as a group of wagons attached to passenger trains),
- D 1198/1199 from Moscow to Wünsdorf via Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin-Ostbahnhof (Hauptbahnhof) and Berlin-Schönefeld.
The last train in these relations left on September 1, 1994.[10][11]
References
- ^ Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник, РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник, РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник, РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
- ^ Я. Фойтцик, А. В. Доронин, Т. В. Царевская-Дякина: Советская военная администрация в Германии, 1945–1949. Справочник, РОССПЭН Moskwa 2009
- ^ https://www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de/Statistiken/IMG-Militaerzuege.html
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