1950s

1960s

• 1960
  • 29 May: Pfaffenhausen–Kirchheim (Swabia), 6.9 km / Fünfstetten–Monheim, 6.3 km / Eichstätt Stadt–Kipfenberg, 29.4 km
  • 27 June: Gasseldorf–Heiligenstadt, 10.9 km
  • 18 July: Greißelbach–Freystadt, 9.8 km
  • 2 October: Dollnstein–Rennertshofen, 21.0 km / Dettelbach Bf–Dettelbach Stadt, 5.5 km / Regensburg-Reinhausen–Wörth, 19.9 km / Tutting–Kößlarn, 9.8 km
  • 1 December: Röthenbach–Weiler, 5.8 km

• 1961
  • 28 May: Frensdorf–Ebrach, 28.7 km
  • 19 June: Eschenau–Neunkirchen am Brand, 6.7 km
  • 21 December: Brannenburg–Waching (Wendelsteinbahn), 2.3 km

• 1962
  • 1 July: Grafenwöhr Bf–Kirchenthumbach, 15.2 km / Amberg–Lauterhofen
    Amberg–Lauterhofen railway
    The Amberg–Lauterhofen railway, also known in the local dialect as the Lauterhöfer Bockl or Lauterhof Goat, was a 28 kilometre long branch line in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany and primarily linked Amberg with two communities which at that time came under the district council of...
    
    , 28.4 km / Aufhausen–Kröhstorf, 14.6 km
  • 30 September: Vilshofen–Aidenbach, 12.5 km / Vilshofen–Ortenburg, 10.9 km

• 1963
  • 18 February: Erlangen–Neunkirchen am Brand, 12.3 km
  • 26 May: Marktoberdorf–Lechbruck, 22.3 km / Waldkirchen–Haidmühle, 26.8 km
  • 29 September: Hörpolding–Traunreut, 2.9 km (reactivated 2006)

• 1964
  • 31 May: Munich Isartalbf–Großhesselohe Isartalbf, 5.6 km
  • 27 September: Landau (Isar)–Arnstorf, 25.5 km / Kellmünz–Babenhausen, 10.3 km

• 1965

• • 25 September: Erlau–Wegscheid, 20.1 km

• 1966
  • 1 May: Berchtesgaden Königsseer Bf–Königssee, 4.3 km
  • 21 May: Mellrichstadt–Mühlfeld, 5.0 km
  • 1 July: Amberg–Schmidmühlen
    Amberg–Schmidmühlen railway
    The Amberg–Schmidmühlen railway was a 21 kilometre long Bavarian branch line in southern Germany. It ran through the county of Amberg-Sulzbach from Amberg along the river Vils as far as Schmidmühlen....
    
    , 23.7 km
  • 25 September: Röthenbach–Scheidegg, 9.9 km / Senden–Weißenhorn, 9.6 km / Dinkelscherben–Thannhausen, 13.9 km
  • 28 November: Leutershausen-Wiedersbach–Bechhofen, 22.7 km

• 1967
  • 30 January: Bieberehren–Creglingen, 6.0 km
  • 1 February: Maxhütte-Haidhof–Burglengenfeld, 6.9 km / Sinzing–Alling, 4.1 km / Beilngries–Dietfurt, 10.0 km

• 1968
  • 25 May: Obernburg-Elsenfeld–Heimbuchenthal, 16.8 km / Dorfen–Velden 20.5 km / Endorf–Obing
    Chiemgau Railway
    The Chiemgau Railway is a single-tracked, 9.6 kilometre long railway line between Prien am Chiemsee and Aschau im Chiemgau in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It is timetabled as route no...
    
    , 18.5 km (approved in July 2005 for privately run operations, see Chiemgau Railway
    Chiemgau Railway
    The Chiemgau Railway is a single-tracked, 9.6 kilometre long railway line between Prien am Chiemsee and Aschau im Chiemgau in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It is timetabled as route no...
    
    ) / Übersee–Marquartstein, 8.0 km
  • 29 September: Seligenstadt–Volkach, 10.6 km / Eggmühl–Langquaid
    Eggmühl–Langquaid railway
    The Eggmühl–Langquaid railway also known as the Schierling–Langquaid branch line or Laaber Valley Railway , is a standard gauge branch line in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It fruns from Eggmühl to Langquaid and is operated by the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn .- History :The line was opened...
    
    , 10.3 km (museum railway today) /Thann-Matzbach–Haag, 18.0 km

• 1969
  • 1 June: Wolnzach Bf–Mainburg, 23.4 km / Simbach–Pocking, 28.4 km
  • 27 September: Enzelhausen–Unterzolling, 4.0 km / Georgensgmünd–Spalt
    Georgensgmünd–Spalt railway
    The Georgensgmünd–Spalt railway was opened on 16 October 1872 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as a branch of the Nuremberg–Augsburg main line, after earlier plans to route the Ludwig South-North Railway from Lindau to Nuremberg via Gunzenhausen, Spalt and Georgensgemünd did not come to...
    
    , 7.0 km / Pilsting–Marklkofen, 18.9 km / Wiesmühl–Tittmoning, 6.0 km
  • 13 December: Bodenwöhr Nord–Rötz, 28.4 km

1970s

• 1970
  • 31 January: Ranna–Auerbach
    Ranna–Auerbach railway
    The Ranna–Auerbach railway was an 8-kilometre long branch line or Lokalbahn in Bavaria in southern Germany, which linked Auerbach in der Oberpfalz via Ranna to the Nuremberg–Cheb railway...
    
    , 8.1 km
  • 31 May: Grafing Bf–Glonn, 10.6 km
  • 27 September: Passau–Hauzenberg, 24 km / Neumarkt-St.Veit–Frontenhausen-Marklkofen, 23.2 km / (Rosenheim–)Landl–Frasdorf, 19 km

• 1971
  • 22 May: Mellrichstadt Bf–Mühlfeld
  • 25 September: Rothenburg ob der Tauber–Dombühl, 26 km / Münchberg–Zell, 10.2 km / Großhabersdorf–Unternbibert-Rügland (the so-called Bibertbahn), 14.3 km
  • 25 September: Münchberg
    Münchberg
    Münchberg is a small town in Upper Franconia , Germany. It is sometimes referred to as the Textile Town of Bavaria. Its sister city is Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.-The city district's:-History:...
    
    -Zell/Ofr. (PV)

• 1972
  • 28 May: Reuth–Erbendorf Nord, 7 km / Wolfratshausen–Beuerberg, 11 km / Memmingen–Legau, 17 km / Ingolstadt–Riedenburg, 39 km / Thalmässing–Greding, 12 km / Kirchenlamitz Ost–Weißenstadt, 14 km.
  • 1 October: Stockheim–Burggrub, 5 km / Eging–Kalteneck, 20.7 km / Schongau–Kaufbeuren, 31 km / Ungerhausen–Ottobeuren, 11 km

• 1973
  • 3 June: Bayreuth Altstadt–Thurnau
    Bayreuth Altstadt–Kulmbach railway
    The Bayreuth Altstadt–Kulmbach railway was a branch line in the Bavarian provinces of Upper Franconia in southern Germany. It was also known colloquially as the Thurnauer Bockela ....
    
    , 21 km / Burgthann–Allersberg
    Burgthann–Allersberg railway
    The Burgthann–Allersberg railway was a ca. 15 kilometre long Lokalbahn or branch line in Bavaria, southern Germany, that began at Burgthann on the Nuremberg–Regensburg main line.- Planning and Construction :...
    
    , 15 km / Langenbach–Unterzolling, 7 km
  • 30 September: Falls–Gefrees, 5 km / Naila–Schwarzenbach am Wald
    Naila–Schwarzenbach am Wald railway
    The Naila–Schwarzenbach am Wald railway was a small branch line in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It ran for 9.88 kilometres from Naila alongside the Culmitz stream to Schwarzenbach am Wald...
    
    , 10 km / Bad Aibling–Feilnbach, 12 km

• 1974
  • 26 May: Aschaffenburg Süd–Höchst (Odenwald), 29.8 km / Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün
    Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün railway
    The Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün railway was one of the seven railways that used to serve the Fichtelgebirge area.- Route :It began at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station and initially followed the line to Bayreuth. In Schlömen the line branched off to the southeast which is why the village had its...
    
    , 21 km / Landshut–Rottenburg (Laaber)
    Landshut–Rottenburg railway
    The Landshut–Rottenburg railway was a German branch line in the southern state of Bavaria. It was a stub line, about 27.5 kilometres long, from Landshut to Rottenburg an der Laaber, and was known by the locals as the Rottenburger Bockerl...
    
    , 28 km
  • 29 September: Bayreuth–Hollfeld
    Bayreuth–Hollfeld railway
    The Bayreuth–Hollfeld railway was a branch line in the Bavarian province of Upper Franconia. It ran from Bayreuth to Hollfeld in the northern part of Franconian Switzerland.- Construction :Plans for the construction of this line went back to the 1860s...
    
    , 27 km / Hilpoltstein–Thalmässing, 16 km / Ochsenfurt–Weikersheim, 36 km

• 1975
  • 1 June: Ebersdorf–Fürth am Berg, 23 km / Floß–Eslarn, 40 km
  • 28 September: Breitengüßbach–Dietersdorf
    Breitengüßbach–Dietersdorf railway
    The Breitengüßbach–Dietersdorf railway was a single-tracked branch line in the province of Upper Franconia in Bavaria, southern Germany. It branched off from the main line from Bamberg to Hof, northeast of Breitengüßbach station, only a few hundred yards after the branch line to...
    
    , 32 km / Holenbrunn–Leupoldsdorf
    Holenbrunn–Leupoldsdorf railway
    The Holenbrunn–Leupoldsdorf railway was built in two stages. First the Royal Bavarian State Railways decided on 15 August 1877 to link the town of Wunsiedel by a Lokalbahn to the main line from Hof to Holenbrunn being opened at the same time, and which was extended in 1878 from Holenbrunn to...
    
    , 11 km / Tirschenreuth–Bärnau, 13 km

• 1976
  • 30 May: Lohr Stadt–Wertheim, 35 km / Neustadt (Aisch) Bf–Demantsfürth-Ühlfeld, 15 km / Waigolshausen–Wernfeld, 37 km / Mellrichstadt Bf–Fladungen, 23 km / Bad Neustadt (Saale)–Königshofen (Grabfeld), 23 km / Ebermannstadt–Behringersmühle, 16 km (today the Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz
    Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz
    The Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz e. V. or DFS is a German museum railway based in Ebermannstadt in Franconian Switzerland, part of northern Bavaria, Germany.- Aims :The society's aims are the:...
    
     museum railway) / Kronach–Nordhalben, 25 km / Helmbrechts–Selbitz, 11 km / Pressath–Grafenwöhr Bf, 6 km / Neusorg–Fichtelberg, 15 km / Nabburg–Schönsee, 46 km / Amberg–Schnaittenbach
    Amberg–Schnaittenbach railway
    The Amberg–Schnaittenbach railway, also known in the local dialect as the Hirschauer Bockl or Hirschau Goat, is a 22 kilometre long branch line in the county of Amberg-Sulzbach in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany...
    
    , 22 km

• 1977
  • 1 June: Branch off to Hbf Miltenberg / Lohr Bf–Lohr Stadt, 2 km / Strullendorf–Schlüsselfeld, 32 km

1980s

• 1981
  • 31 May: Kitzingen-Etwashausen–Gerolzhofen, 28 km / Mertingen–Wertingen, 17 km / Nördlingen–Wemding, 17 km.
  • 25 September: Deggendorf–Eging, 33.3 km

• 1982
  • 30 April: Passau Hbf–Freyung, 50 km

• 1983
  • 27. Ma: Ettringen–Markt Wald, 7.2 km (24 September 1982 ?)
  • 23 September: Deggendorf–Metten
    Deggendorf–Metten railway
    The Deggendorf—Metten railway was a local Bavarian branch line in southern Germany. It was established by the Aktiengesellschaft der Lokalbahn Deggendorf-Metten, a railway company in eastern Bavarian that built and operated this standard gauge line between the two towns.The company was founded, on...
    
    , 4.2 km

• 1984
  • 1 June: Creidlitz–Rossach
    Itz Valley Railway
    The Itz Valley Railway was a former, 8 kilometre long branch line in Bavaria, Germany, running from Creidlitz, in the borough of Coburg, to Rossach in the municipality of Großheirath)....
    
    , 8.0 km / Regensburg-Falkenstein, 35.4 km
  • 2 June: Landsberg (Lech)–Schongau, 28.7 km
  • 28 September: Erlangen-Bruck–Herzogenaurach, 8.9 km / Forchheim–Höchstadt (Aisch)
    Forchheim–Höchstadt railway
    The Forchheim–Höchstadt an der Aisch railway linked the Upper Franconian county town of Forchheim to the county town of the former neighbouring county of Höchstadt via the lower Aisch Bottom...
    
    , 22.7 km / Miltach–Steinburg, 29.5 km
  • 29 September: Kempten–Sibratshofen–Isny, 37.6 km

• 1985
  • 31 May: Bamberg–Scheßlitz
    Bamberg–Scheßlitz railway
    The Bamberg–Scheßlitz line, colloquially known as the Schääzer Bockerla refers to a 14 kilometre-long branch line from Bamberg to Scheßlitz in the province of Upper Franconia, in Bavaria, southern Germany. Route number: 5114- History :The line was first worked in 1908...
    
     (the so-called “Schääzer Bockerla“), 13.7 km
  • 1 June: Nördlingen–Dombühl, 54.1 km
  • 27 September: Nördlingen–Gunzenhausen
    Nördlingen–Gunzenhausen railway
    The Nördlingen-Gunzenhausen railway is located in northern Swabia and western Middle Franconia. The 40 km route is now a heritage railway, operated with a passenger train that is known as the Lakeland Express after the Franconian Lake District...
    
    , 39.5 km
  • 28 September: Mühldorf–Wasserburg Bf, 36.0 km (reactivated on 28 May 1994)

• 1986
  • 21 January: (Augsburg–)Neusäß–Welden
    Augsburg–Welden railway
    The Augsburg–Welden railway was a branch line in southern Germany that ran from the city of Augsburg to Welden...
    
    , 18.8 km
  • 30 May: Wiesau–Waldsassen, 14.3 km
  • 26 September: Holenbrunn–Selb Stadt, 22.8 km / Nuremberg-Stein–Großhabersdorf (the so-called Bibertbahn), 18.5 km
  • 29 November: Bogen Ost–Steinburg, 7.3 km

• 1987
  • 9 January: Türkheim Bf–Ettringen, 8.3 km
  • 3 March: Wasserburg Bf–Wasserburg Stadt, 4.4 km
  • 29 May: Schweinfurt–Gerolzhofen, 19.9 km
  • 25 September: Neumarkt–Beilngries, 27.0 km
  • 26 September: Nuremberg-Dutzendteich–Nuremberg Rbf

• 1988
  • 27 May: Jossa–Wildflecken, 30.7 km / Ebern–Maroldsweisach, 15.5 km / Saal–Kelheim, 4.6 km
  • 8 July: Munich-Moosach/Munich-Johanneskirchen–München-Olympiastadion (previously only on request)

• 1989
  • 26 May: Bad Neustadt–Bischofsheim, 19.0 km
  • 22 September: Wiesau–Tirschenreuth, 11.0 km

1990s

• 1991
  • 2 February: Blaibach–Viechtach, 16.25 km
  • 30 April: Viechtach–Gotteszell, 25.0 km (museum railway today)
  • 31 May: Markt Wald–Gessertshausen, 27 km

• 1992
  • 29 May: Neustadt (Waldnaab)–Floß, 15.9 km
  • 31 December: Weidenberg–Warmensteinach
    Bayreuth–Warmensteinach railway
    The Bayreuth–Warmensteinach railway is a branch line in the Bavarian province of Upper Franconia in southern Germany. It is the last still partially intact of the seven branch lines, that formerly served the Fichtelgebirge.- History :...
    
    , 9.0 km

• 1993
  • 3 September: Kulmbach–Thurnau
    Bayreuth Altstadt–Kulmbach railway
    The Bayreuth Altstadt–Kulmbach railway was a branch line in the Bavarian provinces of Upper Franconia in southern Germany. It was also known colloquially as the Thurnauer Bockela ....
    
    , 15.9 km

• 1994
  • 27 May: Bogen–Bogen Ost, 2.7 km

• 1995
  • 12 May: Ingolstadt–Zuchering, 5.7 km (track relocated)
  • 26 May: Ingolstadt–Weichering, 9.3 km (trackbed relocated)
  • 28 July: Haßfurt–Hofheim
    Haßfurt–Hofheim railway
    The Haßfurt–Hofheim railway was a single-tracked branch line in the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia in southern Germany. It was a good 15 kilometres long and ran from Haßfurt to Hofheim. In the local dialect the line was also known as the Hofheimerle. The railway was closed in 1995...
    
    , 15.5 km.

1950s

• 1949
  • 31 December: Wallersdorf–Münchshofen
    Wallersdorf–Münchshofen railway
    The Wallersdorf–Münchshofen railway was a metre gauge railway in the province of Lower Bavaria in southern Germany. It was operated from 1926 to the end of 1949 by the Wallersdorf and Country Narrow-Gauge Railway Cooperative whose head office was in Büchling...
    
    , 7.7 km

• 1959
  • 31 May: Beuerberg–Bichl, 13.5 km, Regensburg-Reinhausen - Regensburg-Walhallastraße, 2.2 km

1960s

• 1960
  • 1 February: Feucht–Wendelstein, 5.3 km
• 1966
  • 1 May: Berchtesgaden–Königsee, 4.3 km
• 1968
  • 31 December:Regensburg-Walhallastraße - Wörth a.d.Donau, 20.3 km

1970s

• 1971
  • 25 September: Rothenburg–Dombühl, 26 km / Münchberg–Zell, 10.2 km, / Großhabersdorf–Unternbibert-Rügland, 14.3 km

• 1973
  • 3 June: Kalteneck-Tittling, 8.4 km
  • 30 September: Altmannstein-Riedenburg, 10.4 km

• 1975
  • 31 December: Haidmühle-Jandelsbrunn, 18.4 km

1980s

• 1984
  • 28 September: Miltach–Steinburg, 29.5 km

• 1985
  • 1 June: Falkenstein-Wenzenbach, 30.2 km

• 1986
  • 27 September: Regensburg-Wenzenbach, 5.2 km

1990s

• 1991
  • 2 February: Blaibach–Viechtach, 16.25 km
  • 1 December: Thann-Matzbach–Haag‎, 6.6 km, originally 18.1; section to Isen closed on 1 February 1974
• 1993
  • 31 December: Falls–Gefrees, 5.3 km (due to the upgrade of the A9 motorway)

• 1994
  • September: Deggendorf–Metten
    Deggendorf–Metten railway
    The Deggendorf—Metten railway was a local Bavarian branch line in southern Germany. It was established by the Aktiengesellschaft der Lokalbahn Deggendorf-Metten, a railway company in eastern Bavarian that built and operated this standard gauge line between the two towns.The company was founded, on...
    
    , 4.2 km
  • 1 October: Waldkirchen-Jandelsbrunn, 8.5 km

• 1995
  • 30 April: Eging–Tittling, 12.3 km
  • 1 September: Miltach–Konzell-Streifenau, 15 km

• 1996
  • 1 January: Tutting–Rotthalmünster, 3.6 km / Kellmünz–Babenhausen, 10.3 km / Nördlingen–Wemding, 17.3 km / Bad Endorf–Obing, 18.5 km / Wolnzach-Mainburg, 23.3 km / Ungerhausen–Ottobeuren railway (goods traffic)

• 1998
  • 1 March: Saal (Donau)–Kelheim, 4.6 km

• 1999
  • 15 October: Landshut–Rottenburg (Laaber)
    Landshut–Rottenburg railway
    The Landshut–Rottenburg railway was a German branch line in the southern state of Bavaria. It was a stub line, about 27.5 kilometres long, from Landshut to Rottenburg an der Laaber, and was known by the locals as the Rottenburger Bockerl...
    
    , 28 km

2000s

• 2001
  • 31 July: Creidlitz–Großheirath
    Itz Valley Railway
    The Itz Valley Railway was a former, 8 kilometre long branch line in Bavaria, Germany, running from Creidlitz, in the borough of Coburg, to Rossach in the municipality of Großheirath)....
    
    , 6.4 km
  • 15 December: Dinkelscherben–Thannhausen, 13.9 km

• 2002
  • 1 September: Hengersberg–Eging, 21.7 km

• 2003
  • 1 July: Tutting–Pocking, 8.9 km

• 2005
  • 1 April: Passau–Freyung, 50 km / Forchheim–Hemhofen
    Forchheim–Höchstadt railway
    The Forchheim–Höchstadt an der Aisch railway linked the Upper Franconian county town of Forchheim to the county town of the former neighbouring county of Höchstadt via the lower Aisch Bottom...
    
    , 11.8 km

See also

• Royal Bavarian State Railways
  Royal Bavarian State Railways
  As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
  
  
• Bavarian branch lines
  Bavarian branch lines
  Bavarian branch lines comprised nearly half the total railway network in Bavaria, a state in the southeastern Germany that was a kingdom in the days of the German Empire...
  
  
• List of railway stations in Bavaria

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany