> every 2 hours there is a train that stops at Wittenberge (population 8k) and Ludwiglust (population 12k) That's a Milchmädchenrechnung if I've ever seen one.

> every 2 hours there is a train that stops at Wittenberge (population 8k) and Ludwiglust (population 12k) That's a Milchmädchenrechnung if I've ever seen one. When a long-distance train coming from Berlin stops in Ludwigslust, there is nearly always a guaranteed connection to a local train continuing towards Schwerin and Wismar (combined population 137k). I'm regularly using this route to visit my parents in Mecklenburg, and it's never just me who's changing trains in Ludwigslust. There's always at least two dozen people. On the weekends, sometimes a lot more. In a similar vein, Wittenberge may not have all that much people living directly there, but it is an important train hub for northern Sachsen-Anhalt and Brandenburg with several RE lines all meeting there.