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.
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Sassnitz railway station | |||||||||||
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Location | Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ![]() | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°30′58″N 13°38′17″E | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Stralsund–Sassnitz railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Train operators | ODEG | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1 July 1891; 131 years ago (1891-07-01) | ||||||||||
Electrified | 27 May 1989; 33 years ago (1989-05-27) | ||||||||||
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The station is served by the following service(s):[1]
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]