Molli
| Bad Doberan–Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number: | 186 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line number: | 6996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line length: | 15.4 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge: | 900 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum speed: | 40 km/h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Molli (German: Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn "Molli") short: (MBB) is a narrow-gauge steam-powered railway in Mecklenburg, running on 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) gauge track. It operates between Bad Doberan, Heiligendamm and Kühlungsborn West over a total distance of 15.4 km with a running time of 40 minutes. Within Bad Doberan the line runs through the street, and later along a linden tree-lined avenue. Between Heiligendamm and Kühlungsborn the tracks run parallel to the Baltic Sea beach across fields.
On 19 June 1886 Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg granted a licence for the construction and operation of a narrow gauge railway from Doberan station to Heiligendamm, this first section going into operation on 9 July 1886. It was built by the private railway construction and operating company of Lenz & Co. from Stettin (now Szczecin) and run by the Doberan-Heiligendamm Railway (DHE). Services on the 6.61-kilometre-long route, which was worked by a steam tram and later classified as a light railway or Kleinbahn, initially only ran during the summer season from 1 May to 30 September. On 13 March 1890 the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin nationalized the line and incorporated it into the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway.
On 18 December 1908 it was decided to extend the line as far as the Baltic seaside resort of Arendsee, which was merged in 1938 with the neighbouring communities of Brunshaupten and Fulgen to form the Baltic Sea resort of Kühlungsborn (Ostseebad Kühlungsborn). This extension was opened on 12 May 1910, at the same time the Heiligendamm station was moved about 200 metres further south. In the same year, goods services were started; and trains now ran all year round. From 1 April 1920 it became part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
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