Palatine Maximilian Railway Company
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The Palatine Maximilian Railway Company (Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn-Gesellschaft) was a German railway enterprise that acted as the railway operator when the Palatine Maximilian Railway
was built.
It managed and ran operations jointly from the outset with the Palatine Ludwig Railway Company
. On 1 January 1870 both companies were placed under the combined management of the United Palatine Railways (Vereinigten Pfälzischen Eisenbahnen).
Legally the Palatine Maximilian Railway Company remained in existence. Over the next few years it opened the following new routes:
On 1 January 1909 the organisation was transferred, together with the other two Palatine railway companies, in to the Royal Bavarian State Railways
.
Palatine Maximilian Railway
The Palatine Maximilian Railway - sometimes referred to as Maximiliansbahn or just the Maxbahn - is a railway line in southwestern Germany that runs from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse to Wissembourg in Alsace, France, with a branch from Winden via Wörth and the Maxaubahn to Karlsruhe.- Overview :It...
was built.
It managed and ran operations jointly from the outset with the Palatine Ludwig Railway Company
Palatine Ludwig Railway Company
The Palatine Ludwigsbahn Company was a German railway concern that was founded to operate the Palatine Ludwig Railway in the Palatinate, a region of southwest Germany that was once part of the Kingdom of Bavaria within the German Empire.On 1 January 1870, the Palatine Ludwigsbahn Company, the...
. On 1 January 1870 both companies were placed under the combined management of the United Palatine Railways (Vereinigten Pfälzischen Eisenbahnen).
Legally the Palatine Maximilian Railway Company remained in existence. Over the next few years it opened the following new routes:
- WindenWindenWinden may refer to the following places:*in Germany:**Winden im Elztal, in the district of Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg**Winden, Aichach-Friedberg, in the district of Aichach-Friedberg, Schwaben, Bayern...
– (Bad) Bergzabern, Kurbadlinie, 10 km, on 10 April 1870 - LandauLandauLandau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous city surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town , a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the...
– GermersheimGermersheimGermersheim is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsruhe and Wörth.-Coat of arms:...
, Untere Queichtalbahn, 21 km, on 16 May 1872 - Germersheim – WœrthWœrthWœrth or Woerth is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It lies north of Strasbourg. Wœrth is known for the Battle of Wœrth, in the initial stage of the Franco-Prussian War in August 1870.-References:*...
– BergBerg, Bas-RhinBerg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
– LauterbourgLauterbourgLauterbourg is a commune and Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Situated on the German border and not far from the German city of Karlsruhe, it is the easternmost commune in Metropolitan France...
, 40 km, on 25 July 1876 - RohrbachRohrbachRohrbach can refer to:* Heidelberg-Rohrbach, a district of the city of Heidelberg in Germany* Rohrbach, Switzerland, in the canton of Bern*municipalities in Germany:**Rohrbach, Bavaria, in the district of Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria...
-SteinweilerSteinweilerSteinweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
–KlingenmünsterKlingenmünsterKlingenmünster is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.Near Klingenmünster there is a castle called "Burg Landeck".It is the birthplace of Michael Hahn, the 19th governor of Louisiana.-References:...
, Klingbachtalbahn, 10 km, on 1 December 1892 - Landau Hauptbahnhof–Herxheim, 11 km, on 1 December 1898
On 1 January 1909 the organisation was transferred, together with the other two Palatine railway companies, in to 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...
.
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