Sassnitz station
{{Short description|Railway station in Sassnitz, Germany}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Deutsche Bahn
| name = Sassnitz
| symbol_location = de
| symbol = rail
| type =
| image = Sassnitz Bahnhof 05.JPG
| image_size =
| image_caption = Sassnitz railway station
| address = Sassnitz, MV, Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|54|30|58|N|13|38|17|E|region:DE|display=inline,title}}
| line = Stralsund–Sassnitz railway
| platform = 2
| tracks = 3
| train_operators = ODEG
| connections =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1891|07|01|df=y}}
| electrified = {{Start date and age|1989|05|27|df=y}}
| closed =
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=13|type=point|marker=rail}}
| services =
{{Adjacent stations
|system11=Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
|line11=RE 9|left11=Lancken
}}
}}
Sassnitz ({{langx|de|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.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):[http://kursbuch.bahn.de/hafas/kbview.exe/dn?st_name=Sassnitz&st_filter=&cat_name=&searchmode=station&mainframe=result&orig=sS&dosearch=1&oblig_st=1&submitButton=Suche+starten Timetables for Sassnitz station]
- Regional services {{Bahnlinie|RE|9}} Rostock – Velgast – Stralsund – Lietzow – Sassnitz
History
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/vladimir-lenin-return-journey-russia-changed-world-forever-180962127/|title=Vladimir Lenin's Return Journey to Russia Changed the World Forever|last=Hammer|first=Joshua|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-02-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.exberliner.com/api/content/75b4d4a2-e3fa-11e7-91ac-121bebc5777e/|title=When the Russian Revolution passed through Berlin|last=Flakin|first=Wladek|date=2018-03-29|website=EXBERLINER.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-16}}
Gallery
File:Sassnitz-Bahnhof-2-Asio.JPG|2023
File:ODEG 4746 803 Sassnitz.jpg|ODEG Siemens Desiro HC as RE 9
File:SassnitzBusbahnhif.jpg|Sassnitz bus station