Lokalbahn AG
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The Lokalbahn AG company (Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft), or 'LAG' for short, was a private company based in Munich
, Bavaria
, whose lines of business was the construction and operation of branch lines (the so-called Lokalbahnen or Sekundärbahnen) in Germany
and Austria-Hungary
. It existed from 1887 to 1938.
and the Lechner & Krüzner Branch Line Construction and Operating Company (Lokalbahnbau- und Betriebsunternehmung Lechner & Krüzner). Krauss brought with them the narrow gauge Feldabahn in Saxony-Weimar, which had been built in 1879/80,into the new company.
The LAG rapidly grew into an important transportation organisation. From 1889 to 1891 alone their routes grew to a length of m 430 kilometres. However this did not constitute a single network. The routes were built where tourism, mineral resources, industry, agriculture or forestry could anticipate a significant volume of traffic. The LAG had no preference for a particular system. There were steam and electrical operations standard gauge
and narrow gauge
and both separate routes as well as the co-use of roads. These activities were complemented, at least for a while, with a rack railway
, the Schafbergbahn
, steamship operations on the Wolfgangsee
and horse and motorised transport.
The LAG proved to be extremely progressive with its introduction of electrical train operations. The Württemberg railway line from Meckenbeuren
to Tettnang
was the first electrically operated standard gauge railway in Germany (the planning of which Oskar von Miller
, amongst others, took part). The Ammergaubahn from Murnau
–Oberammergau
, which was sold to the company, became the first single-phase AC line in Germany.
Apart from its own routes in southern Germany the company owned the majority of shares in the Lausitz Railway Company (Lausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) and had a share in the Salzkammergut
Lokalbahn AG and the Central Bank for Railway Stocks. The latter had, especially over the West Hungarian Lokalbahn-AG, influence on the numerous railway routes in Hungary
with a total length of over 700 kilometers, which had been built by the LAG.
During the First World War and the years following, the company had to combat major difficulties. The loss of the Hungarian routes hit their accounts especially hard. After overcoming inflation, things improved again, however the worldwide economic crisis as well as the increasing pressure of competition from road transport services brought the company to the brink of ruin at the beginning of the 1930s.
With the loans from Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
, reductions in capital and write-offs by the states of Bavaria and Württemberg, restoration to profitability was achieved again in 1934, however it only postponed the end. With effect from 1 August 1938 the entire assets transferred to the Deutsches Reich
under a Reich law.
Opened: 29 July 1888.
The line shared the same terminus as the Royal Bavarian State Railways
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) and is now part of the Iller Valley line
. The LAG took over as well from the state railway the operations on their route Sonthofen
– Immenstadt
on the Allgäu Railway (Munich
–Lindau
).
Opened: 1. June 1889. On 18 May 1889 the body of the Queen Mother, Marie of Bavaria, was transported by rail here.
On 1 January 1908 the Bavarian state railway took over the line as part of the subsequent Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line.
Opened: Fürth – Zirndorf on 30 November 1890, to Cadolzburg on 14 October 1892.
(The line lies in Lower Silesia
north of Görlitz
and east of the Neiße, in present-day Poland
)
Opened: Hansdorf – Priebus, 22.9 km on 1 October 1895.
Rauscha – Freiwaldau, 8.4 km on 1 December 1896.
Teuplitz – Sommerfeld
, 19.6 km on 1 October 1897.
Teuplitz – Sommerfeld, 19,6 km am 1. Oktober 1897.
Muskau – Teuplitz, 23,1 km am 15. Juni 1898
Priebus – Lichtenberg, 6,9 km am 1. Oktober 1913
Opened: Munich-Isartal Station – Thalkirchen, 2.,1 km on 10 April 1892 (G), on 1 June 1892 (P)
M.-Thalkirchen – Schäftlarn, 16 km long on 10 June 1891
Schäftlarn – Wolfratshausen
, 7.9 km long on 27 July 1891
Wolfratshausen – Beuerberg, 10.9 km long on 15 August 1897
Beuerberg – Bichl, 13.5 km long on 23 May 1898
From 1900 electrically operated [600 V =) between Munich and Höllriegelskreuth-Grünwald
.
Since 1959 sections of the route have been closed. The rest belongs today to the Munich S-Bahn
network.
Opened: 15 August 1896.
Built by LAG, Bad Wörishofen. On 12 November 1905 including 2 railbuses and power station bought and operated by the LAG.
Opened: 28 May 1897.
The branch line Bad Aibling-Feilnbach was built by the Actiengesellschaft Elektricitätswerke of Dresden
, that had founded the South Germany Electrical Branch Line Company (Süddeutsche Elektrische Lokalbahnen Aktiengesellschaft) or SEL in 1899 as the operating company. After the bankruptcy of the SEL in 1901 the Bavarian state railways took over the operations from time to time. A takeover of the vehicles, power station and operations by the LAG on 1 January 1904 followed. In 1959 it was converted to 15 kV AC and closed in 1973.
Opened: 1 May 1900, from November 1898 trial runs.
The planned three-phase electrical operations could not be achieved.
Built by O.L.Kummer& Cie., Dresden. After its bankruptcy the Bavarian state railwasy temporarily took over the operation until the LAG became the owners on 19 November 1903 and continued operations, initially with steam locomotives.
On 1 January 1905 electrical operation with 5,5 kV 16 Hz AC.
Opened: 4 December 1895 with 2 railbuses. Own power station until 1926. From 1 February 1962 railbus operations.
Closed: 30. Mai 1976.
Opened: Salzungen – Dorndorf
– Lengsfeld, 19.7 km long, 1 June 1879 (goods traffic), 22 June 1879 (passenger traffic).
Dorndorf – Vacha
, 5 km long, 10. August 1879.
Lengsfeld – Dermbach
, 8.8 km long, 6 October 1879.
Dermbach – Kaltennordheim
, 10.6 km long, 24 June 1880 (goods traffic), 1 July 1880 (passenger traffic).
The lien was taken over on 20 May 1902 by the Prussian state railways
and taken into operation via Dorndorf to Vacha on 7 July 1906 as standard gauge.
Narrow gauge (1,000 mm) section opened: Ravensburg–Weingarten, 4.1 km long, 6 January 1888 (P), 15 July 1888 (G).
Extension to Baienfurt on 13 September 1911 of 2.5 km.
Start of steam operations, from 1 September 1910 electrical operations 700 V =.
Closure of the narrow gauge operation on 2 sections on 22 February 1959 (Ravensburg–Weingarten) and on 30 June 1959 (Weingarten–Baienfurt).
Opening of the standard gauge for goods traffic: Niederbiegen-Baienfurt–Weingarten on 1 October 1911, of which 1.0 km was three-rail track shared with the tram services. Steam operated.
Opened: Stadtamhof/Regensburg
– Donaustauf
, 8.7 km long, 23 June 1889 (P), 1 May 1892 (G).
Donaustauf – Wörth
/Donau, 14.7 km long, 1 May 1903.
From 1911/12 rollbock traffic. From 1955 worked by diesel locomotives.
Withdrawal of passenger services on 1 October 1960. Full closure 31 December 1968.
Opened: 8 May 1893 with factory connections in the area of the town Forst (Lausitz).
& Co., of which 53 machines went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn
in 1938. The standard gauge engines were mainly allocated to DRG Class 98. In addition 5 electric locos and 14 standard gauge railbuses as well as 6 narrow gauge railbuses went to the DR.
Furthermore, 133 standard gauge and 34 narrow gauge passenger coaches went to the DR, as well as 228 standard gauge luggage vans and goods wagons and 40 narrow gauge ones. In addition the Reichsbahn received 74 rollbocks.
The tank engine Füssen from 1889 has been preserved in running condition.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, whose lines of business was the construction and operation of branch lines (the so-called Lokalbahnen or Sekundärbahnen) in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
. It existed from 1887 to 1938.
History
The company was founded on 9 February 1887 by the Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co.Krauss-Maffei
The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany...
and the Lechner & Krüzner Branch Line Construction and Operating Company (Lokalbahnbau- und Betriebsunternehmung Lechner & Krüzner). Krauss brought with them the narrow gauge Feldabahn in Saxony-Weimar, which had been built in 1879/80,into the new company.
The LAG rapidly grew into an important transportation organisation. From 1889 to 1891 alone their routes grew to a length of m 430 kilometres. However this did not constitute a single network. The routes were built where tourism, mineral resources, industry, agriculture or forestry could anticipate a significant volume of traffic. The LAG had no preference for a particular system. There were steam and electrical operations standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
and narrow gauge
Narrow gauge
A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
and both separate routes as well as the co-use of roads. These activities were complemented, at least for a while, with a rack railway
Rack railway
A rack-and-pinion railway is a railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail...
, the Schafbergbahn
Schafbergbahn
The Schafberg Railway is a metre gauge cog railway in Upper Austria leading from Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut up to the Schafberg . With a total length of 5.85 km it gains about 1,200 m in height difference. The rail gauge is . It uses the Abt system. Operation started in 1893...
, steamship operations on the Wolfgangsee
Wolfgangsee
Wolfgangsee is a lake in Austria that lies mostly within the state of Salzburg and is one of the best known lakes in the Salzkammergut resort region. The municipalities on its shore are Strobl, St. Gilgen with the villages of Abersee and Ried as well as the market town of St. Wolfgang in the state...
and horse and motorised transport.
The LAG proved to be extremely progressive with its introduction of electrical train operations. The Württemberg railway line from Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren is a municipality in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is located 10 km south of Ravensburg, and 8 km northeast of Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance....
to Tettnang
Tettnang
Tettnang is a town in the Bodensee district in southern Baden-Württemberg in a region of Germany known as Swabia.It lies 7 kilometers from Lake Constance. The region produces significant quantities of hops, an ingredient of beer, and ships them to breweries throughout the world.-History:Tettinang...
was the first electrically operated standard gauge railway in Germany (the planning of which Oskar von Miller
Oskar von Miller
Oskar von Miller was a German engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, a large museum of technology and science....
, amongst others, took part). The Ammergaubahn from Murnau
Murnau am Staffelsee
Murnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.Murnau is situated on the edge of the Bavarian alps, approx. 70 km south of Munich. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake.-History:Murnau was first documented in...
–Oberammergau
Oberammergau
Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The town is famous for its production of a Passion Play, its woodcarvers, and the NATO School.-Passion Play:...
, which was sold to the company, became the first single-phase AC line in Germany.
Apart from its own routes in southern Germany the company owned the majority of shares in the Lausitz Railway Company (Lausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) and had a share in the Salzkammergut
Salzkammergut
The Salzkammergut is a resort area located in Austria. It stretches from City of Salzburg to the Dachstein mountain range, spanning the federal states of Upper Austria , Salzburg , and Styria . The main river of the region is the Traun, a tributary of the Danube...
Lokalbahn AG and the Central Bank for Railway Stocks. The latter had, especially over the West Hungarian Lokalbahn-AG, influence on the numerous railway routes in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
with a total length of over 700 kilometers, which had been built by the LAG.
During the First World War and the years following, the company had to combat major difficulties. The loss of the Hungarian routes hit their accounts especially hard. After overcoming inflation, things improved again, however the worldwide economic crisis as well as the increasing pressure of competition from road transport services brought the company to the brink of ruin at the beginning of the 1930s.
With the loans from Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
, reductions in capital and write-offs by the states of Bavaria and Württemberg, restoration to profitability was achieved again in 1934, however it only postponed the end. With effect from 1 August 1938 the entire assets transferred to the Deutsches Reich
Deutsches Reich
Deutsches Reich was the official name for Germany from 1871 to 1945 in the German language.As the literal English translation "German Empire" denotes a monarchy, the term is used only in reference to Germany prior to the fall of the monarchies at the end of World War I in 1918...
under a Reich law.
Standard Gauge Lines
- SonthofenSonthofenSonthofen is the most southerly town of Germany, located in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Neighbouring Oberstdorf is situated 14 km farther south but is not classified as a town. Sonthofen is located at...
– OberstdorfOberstdorfOberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...
, 13 km long, steam operated.
Opened: 29 July 1888.
The line shared the same terminus as the 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...
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) and is now part of the Iller Valley line
Iller Valley Railway
The Iller Valley Railway , route no. KBS 975 is a non-electrified, single-tracked line running from Ulm via Memmingen and Kempten im Allgäu to Oberstdorf in southern Germany, the section from Kempten to Immenstadt being shared with the Allgäu Railway....
. The LAG took over as well from the state railway the operations on their route Sonthofen
Sonthofen
Sonthofen is the most southerly town of Germany, located in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Neighbouring Oberstdorf is situated 14 km farther south but is not classified as a town. Sonthofen is located at...
– Immenstadt
Immenstadt
Immenstadt im Allgäu is a town in the Upper Allgäu, far southern region of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps.-External links:*...
on the Allgäu Railway (Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
–Lindau
Lindau
Lindau is a Bavarian town and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance, the Bodensee. It is the capital of the Landkreis or rural district of Lindau. The historic city of Lindau is located on an island which is connected with the mainland by bridge and railway.- History :The name Lindau was...
).
- MarktoberdorfMarktoberdorfMarktoberdorf is the capital of the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu in the Regierungsbezirk of Swabia.Marktoberdorf is near Kempten, Füssen, known for the castle Neuschwanstein, Bad Wörishofen, and Schongau. The nearest larger city is Kaufbeuren, eleven kilometers away.Marktoberdorf plays host to a...
– FüssenFüssenFüssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
(Biessenhofen–Füssen line), 31 km long, steam operated.
Opened: 1. June 1889. On 18 May 1889 the body of the Queen Mother, Marie of Bavaria, was transported by rail here.
- MurnauMurnau am StaffelseeMurnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.Murnau is situated on the edge of the Bavarian alps, approx. 70 km south of Munich. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake.-History:Murnau was first documented in...
– Garmisch-PartenkirchenGarmisch-PartenkirchenGarmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
, 26 km long, steam operated.
Opened: 21. July 1889.
On 1 January 1908 the Bavarian state railway took over the line as part of the subsequent Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line.
- Rangaubahn (FürthFürthThe city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
– ZirndorfZirndorfZirndorf is a town, which is part of the district of Fürth. It is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia.-Neighbouring municipalities:...
– CadolzburgCadolzburgCadolzburg is a municipality in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 11 km west of Fürth.In the year 2007 Cadolzburg celebrated its 850th anniversary.- Notable persons :* Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg...
), 13 km long, steam operated.
Opened: Fürth – Zirndorf on 30 November 1890, to Cadolzburg on 14 October 1892.
- Lausitz Railway Company, 80.9 km long, steam operated.
(The line lies in Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia ; is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast.Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...
north of Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
and east of the Neiße, in present-day Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
)
Opened: Hansdorf – Priebus, 22.9 km on 1 October 1895.
Rauscha – Freiwaldau, 8.4 km on 1 December 1896.
Teuplitz – Sommerfeld
Sommerfeld
- Place name :* The German name of Lubsko, Poland* Sommerfeld, A German town now a district of Leipzig - Family name :* Arnold Sommerfeld , a German physicist who is one of the founders of the quantum mechanics...
, 19.6 km on 1 October 1897.
Teuplitz – Sommerfeld, 19,6 km am 1. Oktober 1897.
Muskau – Teuplitz, 23,1 km am 15. Juni 1898
Priebus – Lichtenberg, 6,9 km am 1. Oktober 1913
- Isartalbahn (Munich – SchäftlarnSchäftlarnSchäftlarn is a municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria in Germany.-References:...
– BichlBichlBichl is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at , and has about 2000 residents. The village first appears in documents from 1048....
), 50.5 km long, steam operated.
Opened: Munich-Isartal Station – Thalkirchen, 2.,1 km on 10 April 1892 (G), on 1 June 1892 (P)
M.-Thalkirchen – Schäftlarn, 16 km long on 10 June 1891
Schäftlarn – Wolfratshausen
Wolfratshausen
Wolfratshausen is a town of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, located in Bavaria, Germany. The town had a population of 17,118 as of 31 December 2003.-History:...
, 7.9 km long on 27 July 1891
Wolfratshausen – Beuerberg, 10.9 km long on 15 August 1897
Beuerberg – Bichl, 13.5 km long on 23 May 1898
From 1900 electrically operated [600 V =) between Munich and Höllriegelskreuth-Grünwald
Grunwald
Grunwald may refer to:* Battle of Grunwald, a decisive battle fought in 1410 in what is now northern Poland* Grunwald, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, a village near the site of the battle* Gmina Grunwald, a municipality containing the village of Grunwald...
.
Since 1959 sections of the route have been closed. The rest belongs today to the Munich S-Bahn
S-Bahn
S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...
network.
- TürkheimTürkheimTürkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen, Wiedergeltingen and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen....
– Bad WörishofenBad WörishofenBad Wörishofen is a spa town in the district Unterallgäu, Bavaria Germany known for the water-cure developed by Sebastian Kneipp , a Catholic priest, who lived there for 42 years...
, 5.3 km long, electrically operated 550 V =.
Opened: 15 August 1896.
Built by LAG, Bad Wörishofen. On 12 November 1905 including 2 railbuses and power station bought and operated by the LAG.
- Lokalbahn Bad AiblingBad AiblingBad Aibling is a spa town and former district seat in Bavaria on the river Mangfall, located some 35 miles southeast of Munich. It is a health resort .-History:...
–Feilnbach, 12 km long, electrically operated 550 V =.
Opened: 28 May 1897.
The branch line Bad Aibling-Feilnbach was built by the Actiengesellschaft Elektricitätswerke of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, that had founded the South Germany Electrical Branch Line Company (Süddeutsche Elektrische Lokalbahnen Aktiengesellschaft) or SEL in 1899 as the operating company. After the bankruptcy of the SEL in 1901 the Bavarian state railways took over the operations from time to time. A takeover of the vehicles, power station and operations by the LAG on 1 January 1904 followed. In 1959 it was converted to 15 kV AC and closed in 1973.
- MurnauMurnau am StaffelseeMurnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.Murnau is situated on the edge of the Bavarian alps, approx. 70 km south of Munich. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake.-History:Murnau was first documented in...
– OberammergauOberammergauOberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The town is famous for its production of a Passion Play, its woodcarvers, and the NATO School.-Passion Play:...
(Ammergau RailwayAmmergau RailwayThe Ammergau Railway or Ammergaubahn is a single-tracked, electrified railway line in Bavaria in southern Germany. It runs from Murnau to Oberammergau, its latter stages following the valley of the river Ammer from which it derives its name...
), 24 km long, electrically operated.
Opened: 1 May 1900, from November 1898 trial runs.
The planned three-phase electrical operations could not be achieved.
Built by O.L.Kummer& Cie., Dresden. After its bankruptcy the Bavarian state railwasy temporarily took over the operation until the LAG became the owners on 19 November 1903 and continued operations, initially with steam locomotives.
On 1 January 1905 electrical operation with 5,5 kV 16 Hz AC.
- Lokalbahn Meckenbeuren–Tettnang, 4.3 km long, electrically operated 650 V =.
Opened: 4 December 1895 with 2 railbuses. Own power station until 1926. From 1 February 1962 railbus operations.
Closed: 30. Mai 1976.
Narrow Gauge Lines
- Feldabahn (Saxony-Weimar), Gauge 1,000 mm, 44 km long, steam operated
Opened: Salzungen – Dorndorf
Dorndorf
Dorndorf is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany....
– Lengsfeld, 19.7 km long, 1 June 1879 (goods traffic), 22 June 1879 (passenger traffic).
Dorndorf – Vacha
Vacha
Vacha may refer to:*Acorus calamus, Vacha an ayurvedic medicine, mentioned in the bible*Vacha Dam, a dam in Bulgaria*Vacha , a river in Bulgaria...
, 5 km long, 10. August 1879.
Lengsfeld – Dermbach
Dermbach
Dermbach is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany....
, 8.8 km long, 6 October 1879.
Dermbach – Kaltennordheim
Kaltennordheim
Kaltennordheim is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 22 km southwest of Bad Salzungen, and 35 km east of Fulda....
, 10.6 km long, 24 June 1880 (goods traffic), 1 July 1880 (passenger traffic).
The lien was taken over on 20 May 1902 by the Prussian state railways
Prussian state railways
The term Prussian state railways encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia...
and taken into operation via Dorndorf to Vacha on 7 July 1906 as standard gauge.
- Straßenbahn RavensburgRavensburgRavensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
–Weingarten–BaienfurtBaienfurtBaienfurt is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Sister cities: Brest, Belarus...
Narrow gauge (1,000 mm) section opened: Ravensburg–Weingarten, 4.1 km long, 6 January 1888 (P), 15 July 1888 (G).
Extension to Baienfurt on 13 September 1911 of 2.5 km.
Start of steam operations, from 1 September 1910 electrical operations 700 V =.
Closure of the narrow gauge operation on 2 sections on 22 February 1959 (Ravensburg–Weingarten) and on 30 June 1959 (Weingarten–Baienfurt).
Opening of the standard gauge for goods traffic: Niederbiegen-Baienfurt–Weingarten on 1 October 1911, of which 1.0 km was three-rail track shared with the tram services. Steam operated.
- ValhallaValhallaIn Norse mythology, Valhalla is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those that die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr...
Line, Gauge 1,000 mm, 23.4 km long, steam operated.
Opened: Stadtamhof/Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
– Donaustauf
Donaustauf
Donaustauf is a market town in Bavaria, 5 km east of Regensburg at the foothills of the Bavarian Forest. The ruins of a medieval castle, presumably erected between 914 and 930, tower above the small town...
, 8.7 km long, 23 June 1889 (P), 1 May 1892 (G).
Donaustauf – Wörth
Wörth
Wörth may refer to:*places in Germany:**Wörth am Main, Miltenberg district, Bavaria**Wörth am Rhein, Germersheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate**Wörth an der Donau, Regensburg district, Bavaria**Wörth an der Isar, Landshut district, Bavaria...
/Donau, 14.7 km long, 1 May 1903.
From 1911/12 rollbock traffic. From 1955 worked by diesel locomotives.
Withdrawal of passenger services on 1 October 1960. Full closure 31 December 1968.
- Forst Town Railway, Gauge 1,000 mm, 14 km long, steam operated.
Opened: 8 May 1893 with factory connections in the area of the town Forst (Lausitz).
Locomotives and Wagons
The LAG acquired a total of 84 tank locomotives from Lokomotivfabrik KraussKrauss
Krauss is a German language surname meaning "curly", and may refer to:* Alison Krauss, an American bluegrass musician* Clemens Krauss, an Austrian conductor...
& Co., of which 53 machines went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
in 1938. The standard gauge engines were mainly allocated to DRG Class 98. In addition 5 electric locos and 14 standard gauge railbuses as well as 6 narrow gauge railbuses went to the DR.
Furthermore, 133 standard gauge and 34 narrow gauge passenger coaches went to the DR, as well as 228 standard gauge luggage vans and goods wagons and 40 narrow gauge ones. In addition the Reichsbahn received 74 rollbocks.
The tank engine Füssen from 1889 has been preserved in running condition.
Literature
- Hermann Bürnheim: Localbahn A.-G. München, Gifhorn 1974, ISBN 3-921237-21-1
- Josef Dollhofer: Das Walhalla=Bockerl. Geschichte der Walhallabahn mit besonderer Abhandlung über die Lokalbahn-Aktiengesellschaft in München. MZ-Buchverlag Regensburg, 1972.
- Stephan Kuchinke: Die Localbahn Aktiengesellschaft – Eine bayerische Privatbahn und ihre Geschichte, transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-71125-7
- Gerd Wolff: Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen – Band 7: Bayern, EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-88255-666-8 (Seite 243–359)
- Dt. Reichsbahn, Die deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835-1935, Berlin, 1935.
See also
- History of rail transport in GermanyHistory of rail transport in GermanyGerman Railway history began with the opening of the steam-hauled Bavarian Ludwig Railway between Nuremberg and Fürth on 7 December 1835. This had been preceded by the opening of the horse-hauled Prince William Railway on 20 September 1831...
- Royal Bavarian State RailwaysRoyal Bavarian State RailwaysAs 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...
- List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses