A fast, efficient and sustainable route between Berlin and Szczecin would be Publisher extremely valuable for Europe. DB Netz AG Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz 1 10155 Berlin Photos: Front cover: IVD Ingenieur- und Vermessungsbüro Dimitrov Page 5: Fotolia Maps: Connecting Europe – designhaus berlin Subject to change No responsibility accepted upgrading the for the correctness of the information As of November 2018 Angermünde–Szczecin route Print management: DB Kommunikationstechnik GmbH Karlsruhe, www.dbkt.de Scandinavia-Mediterranean Szczecin What to expect: Baltic Sea-Adriatic project milestones Angermünde 1st section (Angermünde-Passow) Orient-Eastern Mediterranean Construction legislation (planning approval): expected 2021 Start of construction: expected 2021 Berlin–Szczecin Operational: expected 2025 Berlin twin-track improvement 2nd section (Passow-D/PL border) of European rail traffic Construction legislation (planning approval): expected 2022/23 North Sea–Baltic Sea Start of construction: expected 2024 Operational: expected 2026 What do we aim to achieve? As of November 2018 More passengers, more freight transport: increased route capacity Faster and more convenient: Szczecin TEN-V network corridors travel time between Berlin and Szczecin reduced to Route upgrade 90 minutes (including Nordkreuz-Karow upgrade) by Angermünde–D/PL border, 49 kilometres increasing the route speed from 120 km/h to 160 km/h Gumience What does the upgrade of the Zero emission transport: Angermünde–Szczecin route continuous electrification between Berlin and Szczecin mean for Europe? Grenze D/PL What are we doing? A 11 Sustained improvement in transport links between B 2 31 Scandinavia, Central and Western Europe as well as between 1st section (Angermünde–Passow, 19 kilometres) Germany and Poland Replacing the existing overhead power cables Tantow A 20 Improved links between the TEN-V core network corridors Upgrading existing tracks to 160km/h Building a new conversion plant in Angermünde for traction Petershagen Scandinavia-Mediterranean power supply Casekow Gartz North Sea-Baltic Sea Modernising one station Baltic Sea-Adriatic B 166 Building 740 metres of overtaking tracks Schönow Orient-Eastern Mediterranean Equipping the route with ETCS (European Train Control System) Passow Improved hinterland connection to Poland's Baltic Sea ports 2nd section (Passow–D/PL border, 30 kilometres) Improved cross-border rail traffic: development impetus along Building a second track the route, as well as in the metropolitan areas of Szczecin and Installing new overhead power cables (initial electrification) Berlin-Brandenburg Upgrading existing tracks to 160km/h B 198 Future sustainability of the rail connection between Szczecin Modernising four stations Raffinerie and Berlin Building 740 metres of overtaking tracks In conjunction with the A11/E28 motorway and Oder-Havel Canal Equipping the route with ETCS Schwedt/Oder B 2 in Szczecin, the route is the only trimodal TEN-V core network axis 1st construction phase between Poland and Germany. Angermünde 2nd construction phase Flugplatz Crussow.