
The Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn, formerly Rügensche Kleinbahn or RüKB)
– nicknamed Rasender Roland ("Raging Roland") – is a steam-powered narrow-gauge railway that runs
from Putbus by way of Binz, Sellin, and Baabe to Göhren on the island of Rügen off the Baltic Coast in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 2008, it has been run by the Eisenbahn-Bau- und
Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH. There is an interchange with the island's Deutsche Bahn
mainline network via the Veolia-run OLA railways. The Rasender Roland is one of the island's tourist attractions.
It serves several holiday destinations, mainly the bathing resorts in Rügen's southeast.
The railway runs regularly along a stretch of 24 km (14.5 mi.) of track with historic steam locomotives
and coaches, some of which are almost a hundred years old. Unlike the Deutsche Bahn national system
which uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge, Rasender Roland uses the narrow gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
The maximum speed is 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).











