Palatinate Railway

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Stamp of the Palatine Railways Division (Pfälzische Bahnen Direction) in 1874
Embossed seal of the Palatine Railways, on an 1874 letter

The Palatine Railways (

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
.

The company was inaugurated with the construction of the

Neustadt - Dürkheim Railway Company (Neustadt-Dürkheimer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The same happened to the Palatine Northern Railway Company
(Gesellschaft der Pfälzischen Nordbahnen) in 1870.

In 1869 all the general shareholders' assemblies approved a

merger
of the administration, whereby the individual companies remained legally independent and separate books were kept. The shares in the Neustadt-Dürkheim company were taken over by the Northern Railway company on 1 January 1870. At the same time, the three remaining companies received new concessions and a uniform interest rate guarantee.

From 1905 the

field railway unit on 4 December 1918.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Mühl (1982), p. 36.

Literature

  • Mühl, Albert (1982). Die Pfalzbahn: Geschichte, Betrieb und Fahrzeuge der pfälzischen Eisenbahnen. Theiss. 252 pp.

See also