Driver's Eye View - Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn) or "Rasender Roland"

The delightful Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn), also known by its nicknamed “Rasender Roland or Raging Roland") is a 24 km long 750 mm gauge steam operated railway connecting Putbus to Göhren via Binz, Sellin and Baabe on the Baltic Coast island of Rügen in German's "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" state. Since 2008, it has been run by the Pressnitztalbahn GmbH. At Putbus the railway connects with the Deutsche Bahn standard gauge network. The Rasender Roland is used by locals and tourists alike to reach popular holiday destinations in Southeast Rügen.
The first section of the line opened on the 22nd July 1895 and ran between Putbus and Binz and is still in service today. By 1896 the Rügensche Kleinbahn-Aktiengesellschaft (RüKB) had extended its network to cover almost 105 km with lines to Altefähr, Bergen auf Rügen, Lauterbach Mole and Göhren. Sadly the bulk of the network closed between 1967 and 1970.

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