Inner German border
After the construction of the Inner German border, East German railways developed new long-distance services in East Germany. Meiningen station was now the start and end point for express and semi-fast trains to Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden–Görlitz and Stralsund–Barth (Ostsee). Railway traffic and passenger number increased greatly from 1960 to 1989. The daily number of trains increased to more than 200 trains.