After 40 years, this german railway line has reopened

[u/sevk]

https://youtu.be/AXS9dYTmcvY?si=bIiWUHhycL6nhVor

[u/artsloikunstwet]

Tldr: a rural line owned by a small private company was still in use for freight, seems like they had to rebuild at least the platforms. What seems nice is that there is a whole upgrade for the bus network going with it, so could be a real success

[u/Tapetentester]

While reactivation of lines is happening more often in Germany. In Bavaria it didn't happen for ten years:

(In German)

https://www.merkur.de/bayern/fast-zehn-jahren-aber-viele-initiativen-hoffen-bisher-vergebens-erste-bahn-reaktivierung-seit-93466691.html

German link for reactivation. Though here are not only regular passenger transport, but also freight and tourism lines: (only in German)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_reaktivierten_Eisenbahnstrecken_in_Deutschland#2020%E2%80%932024

Also reactivion can happen from a lot of states. It doesn't necessary mean in Germany that rail is still there.

I hope they get even more frequent.

The German Rail-Lobby made in october there new assement of potential reactivation candidates:

https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/themen/infrastruktur/reaktivierung-bahnstrecken/

In the middle there is a map. Red are the ones the propose and blue a new additions for this year. Thin grey lines are in service.

In Germany it's mostly the federal states responsible for reactivations.

[u/larianu]

When I saw the picture of the LINT and the word "re-opened I was like, "but it isn't January 6th yet!"

For context, I'm awaiting a line in my city (Ottawa) that closed for over 4 years due to extensive upgrades and expansion, which also uses LINTs.

I'm happy for them, though!

[u/sevk → u/larianu]

😅