response was that Lübeck was located in the zone boundary area, right on the border with East Germany, and Deutsche Bahn had a policy against it. This policy stance finally ended in 2005, when a contract for electrification was officially signed. In it, the electrification of the Hamburg-Lübeck-Travemünde railway was agreed. Apart from its assistance to passenger traffic, the integration of Lübeck into the electric rail network was particularly beneficial to the ever-increasing freight traffic between the Lübeck ports and Hamburg. The electrification contract included duplication of the section of line between Bad Schwartau Waldhalle and Lübeck-Kücknitz. As a source of electricity for the newly electrified line, a new substation was constructed in Lübeck-Genin, instead of the railway power lines that would otherwise have been required to connect the line with existing substations. The new electrified line was energised on 1 October 2008, and officially commissioned on schedule on 14 December 2008. Traffic At one stage, six railway lines radiated from Lübeck Hbf. Of those six lines, only the Lübeck-Segeberger Eisenbahn, opened in 1916 to Bad Segeberg, has been closed. That closure, as far as passenger traffic is concerned, took place in 1964. The following railways lead to Lübeck Hbf: Hamburg–Bad Oldesloe–Reinfeld–Lübeck (Lübeck–Hamburg railway); opened in 1865 by the Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn (LBE), now part of Kursbuchstrecken (KBS) 104 and 140. Lüneburg–Büchen–Lübeck (Lübeck–Lüneburg railway); opened in 1851 by the LBE, today KBS 145. Bad Kleinen–Lübeck (Lübeck-Bad Kleinen railway); opened in 1870 by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (MFFE), today KBS 150. Lübeck-Travemünde-Strand–Lübeck (Lübeck–Lübeck-Travemünde Strand railway); opened in 1882 by the LBE, today part of KBS 140. Puttgarden–Lübeck and Neustadt–Lübeck (Vogelfluglinie); opened in 1925 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG), today KBS 141. Kiel–Eutin–Bad Schwartau–Lübeck (Kiel–Lübeck railway), opened in 1873 by the Eutin-Lübecker Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ELE), today part of KBS 140. Currently, international connections exist between Lübeck Hbf and Szczecin in Poland via Bad Kleinen, Neubrandenburg, and Pasewalk, operated by Regional-Express trains. Due to their long itineraries, these trains have the character of Heckeneilzug services. Additionally, Lübeck is an Intercity station. Once daily, an Intercity train to Puttgarden stops at Lübeck, and later in the day the return service to Frankfurt am Main also stops there. Some of the long-distance travellers at Lübeck Hbf take a train to Lübeck-Travemünde Skandinavienkai, to connect with one of the ferries to Sweden or Finland. The majority of the passenger train traffic to and from Lübeck