Hessische Landesbahn (Hessian State Railway, HLB) is a regional transport company owned by the German state of Hesse , based in Frankfurt am Main . It provides bus and rail passenger transport services and, to a lesser extent, rail freight services in Hesse and across the state’s borders through its subsidiaries and affiliates.
25-571: The management of Hessische Landesbahn is supervised by Veit Salzmann. The districts and the State of Hesse are represented by four people on the Supervisory Board and the employees also have four seats on the Board. Hessische Landesbahn GmbH operates as the holding company of three subsidiaries: HLB Hessenbus and HLB Hessenbahn are 100 per cent owned subsidiary, HLB Basis is almost 85% owned by HLB, while
50-460: A city. In fact, only eight tracks are used regularly, since one platform is closed completely. The entrance hall, the design of which is influenced by Art Nouveau , is run-down. The station is served by line S 1 and S 2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn , operating during the day at 30-minute intervals, together providing service every 15 minutes between Frankfurt-Höchst and central Frankfurt. It
75-563: Is also served by RB ( Regionalbahn ) 12 services on the Königstein Railway between Königstein and Frankfurt Hbf, operated by Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland (HLB) every 30 minutes. The Soden line is served by RB 11 services operated by Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland at hourly intervals between Frankfurt-Höchst and Bad Soden. The station is served by the RB 10 service between Frankfurt Hbf and Neuwied every hour, operated by VIAS . It
100-10206: Is served by RE 20 and RB 22 services between Frankfurt Hbf and Limburg every hour, together providing a service every 30 minutes. List of the first German railways to 1870 List of the first German railways to 1870 with German railways ordered by date of the commissioning the first phase of construction. For context see History of rail transport in Germany . Year day month from to via / date of completion and length of route / rail company 1831 20 September Essen-Kupferdreh Nierenhof near Langenberg Horse drawn and narrow gauge , Prince William Railway Company . In 1847 converted to steam power and standard gauge , ca. 30 km, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr railway 1835 7 December Nuremberg Fürth First German railway operated by steam, 6 km, Bavarian Ludwig Railway , initially 75% of trains horse drawn, 25% steam powered 1837 24 April Leipzig Dresden Riesa , until 1839, 117 km, Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company , first German long-distance railway , first steam only railway in Germany, included first standard gauge rail tunnel in continental Europe 1838 22 September Berlin Potsdam Zehlendorf , 26.4 km, Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway , first steam railway in Prussia 1 December Brunswick Harzburg Wolfenbüttel , until 1841, 47 km, Duchy of Brunswick State Railway (first German state railway), Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway 20 December Düsseldorf Rheinknie Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) Erkrath , until 1841, 26.7 km, Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company , Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway 1839 29 June Magdeburg Leipzig Cöthen , Halle , until 1840, 119 km, Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway , first line crossing more than one state 2 August Cologne Herbesthal (national border) Müngersdorf, Lövenich, Düren , Aachen , until 1843, 86 km, Rhenish Railway Company , Cologne–Aachen line 1 September Munich Augsburg Until 1840, 62 km, Munich–Augsburg Railway Company , Munich–Augsburg line 26 September Frankfurt am Main Wiesbaden Höchst , Kastel , until 1840, 44 km, Taunus line 1840 1 September Berlin Köthen Wittenberg , Dessau , until 1841, 153 km, Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company , Berlin–Wittenberg , Wittenberg–Dessau , Dessau–Köthen lines 12 September Mannheim Haltingen Karlsruhe , Freiburg , until 1851, 285 km, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway , until 1855 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) gauge, Rhine Valley Railway 1842 7 May Hamburg Bergedorf 16.5 km, Hamburg-Bergedorf Railway Company 1 August Berlin Szczecin Until 1843, 135 km, Berlin-Stettin Railway 19 September Leipzig Hof (Saale) Reichenbach , Werdau , until 1851, 165 km, Saxon-Bavarian Railway , from 1847 Royal Saxon State Railways 23 October Berlin Frankfurt (Oder) 81 km, Berlin-Frankfurt (Oder) Railway 1843 10 July Wolfenbüttel Oschersleben Jerxheim , 52 km, Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, Wolfenbüttel–Helmstedt line , Oschersleben–Jerxheim line 15 July Magdeburg Halberstadt Oschersleben, 58 km, Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company , Magdeburg–Thale line 22 October Hanover Brunswick Lehrte, Peine, until 1844, 61 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways , Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, Hanover–Brunswick line 1844 15 February Cologne-Klettenberg Rolandseck Brühl , Bonn , until 1856, 45 km, Bonn-Cologne Railway Company , Bonn-Cologne line 18 September Altona Kiel 106 km, Altona-Kiel Railway Company , Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line 1 October Hof Lindau Nuremberg, Kempten , until 1853, 548 km, Ludwig South-North Railway , Royal Bavarian State Railways 19 October Frankfurt (Oder) Wrocław Legnica , Bolesławiec , until 1846, 277 km, Lower Silesian-Markish Railway 1845 20 July Elmshorn Glückstadt 17 km, Glückstadt-Elmshorn Railway Company, Marsh Railway (extended to Itzehoe on 15 October 1857) 18 September Neumünster Rendsburg 34 km, Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company 15 October Lehrte Celle 28 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Lehrte–Celle line 22 October Bruchsal Friedrichshafen Stuttgart , Ulm , until 1853, 275 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways , Fils Valley line , Western Railway , Southern Railway 17 November Dresden Görlitz Löbau , Bautzen , until 1847, 102 km, Saxon-Silesian Railway Company (built together with branch from Löbau to Zittau , opened 1848, 34 km) 20 December Cologne- Deutz Minden Duisburg , Dortmund , until 1847, 263 km, Cologne-Minden Railway Company , Cologne-Minden trunk line 1846 6 June Halle (Saale) Gerstungen Weißenfels , Erfurt , Eisenach , in parts till 1849, 211 km, Thuringian Railway Company (from Gerstungen Frederick William Northern Railway Company), Thuringian line 12 June Lehrte Nordstemmen Hildesheim , until 1853, 36.1 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Lehrte–Nordstemmen line 22 June Frankfurt am Main Heidelberg Darmstadt , 88 km, Main-Neckar Railway 7 August Potsdam Magdeburg Brandenburg , 117 km, Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway 30 August Köthen Bernburg 21 km, Anhalt-Köthen-Bernburg Railway Company , extended to Aschersleben and Wegeleben (47 km) in 1865, Köthen–Aschersleben , Halle–Halberstadt lines 15 October Berlin Bergedorf 268 km, Berlin-Hamburg Railway Company 1847 1 May Hagenow Rostock Schwerin , Bad Kleinen , Bützow , including branch from Bützow to Güstrow , until 1850, 105 km, Mecklenburg Railway Company , Hagenow Land–Schwerin , Ludwigslust–Wismar , Bad Kleinen–Rostock lines 1 May Frankfurt am Main / Höchst Bad Soden am Taunus 6.6 km, Soden Company 22 May Celle Harburg Uelzen , 127 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Hanover–Hamburg line 11 June Ludwigshafen Bexbach Schifferstadt , Neustadt , Homburg , until 1849, ~115 km, Palatine Ludwig Railway Company , Palatine Ludwig Railway ; extended by Saarbrücken Railway to Saarbrücken and Forbach by 1852 (~35 km); bridge opened to Mannheim in 1867 11 June Schifferstadt Speyer 9.1 km, Palatine Ludwig Railway Company, Schifferstadt–Wörth line ; extended to Germersheim (13.4 km) in 1864 and Wörth am Rhein (27.4 km) in 1876 29 August Riesa Chemnitz 66 km, until 1852, Chemnitz-Riesa Railway Company , later Royal Saxon State Railways 9 October Elberfeld Dortmund Hagen , until 1849, 58 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company , Elberfeld–Dortmund line 15 October Hanover Minden Wunstorf , Stadthagen , 64 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Hanover–Minden line 12 December Bremen Wunstorf 101 km, Verden , Nienburg , Royal Hanoverian State Railways and Bremen State Railway , Bremen–Hanover line 1848 9 March Frankfurt am Main Offenbach am Main 4.7 km, Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway 30 March Grebenstein Bad Karlshafen Hümme , until 29 August, 48 km, Frederick William Northern Railway Company, Kassel–Warburg line , Carl line 26 May Hamm Münster 36 km, Münster-Hamm Railway Company 28 May Fröttstädt Waltershausen 3.77 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Friedrichroda line 25 July Bietigheim Heilbronn 29 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, first section of 179.7 km-long Franconia Railway to Würzburg , finished in 1869 1 August Dresden Bohemian border Pirna , until 1851, 51 km, Royal Saxon State Railways, Dresden–Děčín railway 29 August Bebra Kassel 56 km, Frederick William Northern Railway Company, Frederick William Northern line 10 September Frankfurt am Main Hanau 16.4 km, Frankfurt-Hanau Railway Company 1 October Jüterbog Riesa 79 km, Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company, Jüterbog–Riesa line 14 October Oberhausen Ruhrort 9 km, Cologne-Minden Railway Company, Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort line 1849 6 March Hümme Warburg 20.2 km, Frederick William Northern Railway Company, Diemel Valley line 7 July Magdeburg Wittenberge 109.1 km, Stendal , Seehausen , Magdeburg-Wittenberge Railway Company 25 September Bebra Gerstungen 21.3 km, Frederick William Northern Railway Company,
125-529: The 1866 War . In 1880, the old station building of 1839 was replaced by a new building. It was designed by the royal inspector of railways and industry ( German : Königlicher Eisenbahn- und Betriebsinspektor ), Heinrich Velde, who designed a total of 37 stations in the Rhine-Main area . One of which is the Höchst station, considered as his architectural tour de force. The new building was built on an “island” between
150-755: The Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn , the Butzbach-Licher Eisenbahn and the Kassel-Naumburger Eisenbahn were united under the holding company of the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn , since trading as HLB Basis , as the common infrastructure operator. The subsidiaries of the Hessische Landesbahn operate 3.8 million train kilometres each year over 237.5 kilometres of line and 10.34 million vehicle kilometres each year over 1,013 km of bus route. The main line of
175-693: The Kahlgrund Railway from Hanau to Schöllkrippen in the Bavarian Spessart . Besides railways it operates buses and tram lines. Since December 2010, HLB has also run on the main line Frankfurt – Gießen – Siegen / Marburg routes (RMV lines 98/99, the Main-Sieg-Express ) and, since December 2011, it has operated Regionalbahn services on the RMV lines 45 and 52 on the Limburg –Gießen– Alsfeld – Fulda and
200-778: The Kassel area. Through other subsidiaries the HLB operates passenger transport services beyond the Hessian borders in four of the six neighbouring states: Hessische Landesbahn is a member of the Tarifverband der Bundeseigenen und Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen in Deutschland (Fare association of federally and non-federally owned railways in Germany). Tickets for travel on Deutsche Bahn trains can therefore also be used on HLB trains. The following lines, using
225-6202: The Lauenburg–Hohnstorf train ferry 1852 1 August Bamberg Aschaffenburg Schweinfurt, Würzburg until 1854, 205 km, Ludwig's Western Railway , Royal Bavarian State Railways 6 August Bromberg Königsberg Dirschau , Marienburg , until 1857, 283 km, Prussian Eastern Railway , first railway bridge with a span of more than 100 metres 12 August Oberkassel Belgian border Neuss , Mönchengladbach, Aachen, until 1854, 64 km, Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company , Aachen–Mönchengladbach and Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf lines 1853 23 March Mainz Ludwigshafen Worms 67.3 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway , Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway 1 May Hanover Kassel Alfeld , Kreiensen , Göttingen , until 1856, 166 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Hanoverian Southern Railway 26 September Ulm Kufstein Augsburg, Munich, Rosenheim , until 1858, 190 km, Bavarian Maximilian's Railway , Royal Bavarian State Railways 28 November Bayreuth Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg 21 km, first leased railway in Bavaria (built by Bayreuth city), Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg line 1854 1 April Flensburg Tönning Ohrstedt ; ~110 km (including branch from Ohrstedt to Rendsburg opened on 25 October 1854); Flensburg-Husum-Tönning Railway Company ( Frederik den Syvendes Sydslesvigske Jernbane , Danish at that time); sections of Neumünster–Flensburg and Husum–Kiel lines ; Husum–Tönning line 21 May Pasing Planegg 6.7 km, extended to Starnberg (28 November 1854) and Weilheim (36 km from Pasing, 1 February 1866), operated by Royal Bavarian State Railways, Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line 22 June Hanau Aschaffenburg 8.9 km, Frankfurt-Hanau Railway Company, Main–Spessart railway 24 November Emden Löhne Papenburg , Lingen , Rheine , Osnabrück , by 1856, 264 km, Hanoverian Western Railway , Royal Hanoverian State Railways 1855 20 February Haltingen Waldshut Basel , Säckingen , until 1859, 62 km, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, High Rhine line 18 June Dresden Werdau Chemnitz, Glauchau , Zwickau , until 1869, 136 km, Royal Saxon State Railways, Dresden–Werdau line ; branches: Glauchau–Gößnitz line (12 km), opened 15 November 1858 and Zwickau–Schwarzenberg line (38 km), opened 15 May 1858. 9 July Dortmund Soest Unna , 54 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Dortmund–Soest line 15 November Cologne Krefeld 53.6 km, Cöln-Crefeld Railway Company 1856 22 March Leipzig Großkorbetha Markranstädt , 31.21 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Leipzig–Großkorbetha line 23 June Münster Rheine 39 km, Royal Westphalian Railway Company, Münster–Rheine line 1 July Oberhausen Dutch border Wesel , Emmerich , 73 km, Cologne-Minden Railway Company, Oberhausen–Arnhem line 5 August Börßum Kreiensen Salzgitter-Bad , 61 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways, Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, Brunswick Southern Railway 11 August Wiesbaden Niederlahnstein Rüdesheim , until, 1864, 88 km, Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company, from 1861: Nassau State Railway , East Rhine line ; 5 km extension by Prussian railways to Ehrenbreitstein in 1864; 70 km extension to Troisdorf opened by Rhenish Railway Company 1869–1871 1857 17 August Dessau Halle/Leipzig Bitterfeld, until 1859 (Wittenberg), 125 km, Berlin-Anhalt Railway, Dessau-Leipzig line 1858 21 January Rolandseck Bingerbrück Remagen , Koblenz , until 1859, 103.7 km, Rhenish Railway Company, West Rhine line 1 June Koblenz Wetzlar Oberlahnstein , Limburg , until 1863, 107 km, Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company, later Nassau State Railway, Lahntal railway 15 July Bingerbrück Neunkirchen Bad Kreuznach , until 1860, 121 km, Rhine-Nahe line 1 August Mainz Aschaffenburg Darmstadt , 34 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company , Rhine-Main line 1 November Eisenach Coburg Lichtenfels , Coburg , until 151 km, Werra Railway Company 1 November Coburg Sonneberg Neustadt bei Coburg , 19.49 km, Werra Railway Company, Coburg–Sonneberg line 3 November Munich Nuremberg Landshut , Geiselhöring , Regensburg , Schwandorf , Amberg , Neukirchen , Hersbruck , until 1859, 289 km (including branch to Straubing ), Bavarian Eastern Railway Company , Munich–Regensburg , Neufahrn–Radldorf , Regensburg–Passau , Regensburg–Weiden , Weiden–Hof , Nuremberg–Schwandorf lines 16 December Saarbrücken Trier Until 1860, 111 km Saarbrücken Railway , Saar line 1859 1 January Cologne-Deutz Gießen Until 1862, 183 km (including branch to Siegen ), Cologne-Minden Railway Company, Deutz–Gießen line 2 February Weißenfels Zeitz Teuchern , 31.25 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Weißenfels–Zeitz line 19 March Zeitz Gera Crossen an der Elster , 28.20 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Leipzig–Gera–Saalfeld line 21 March Hagen Siegen Altena, until 1861, 106 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Ruhr–Sieg line 1 July Gunzenhausen Würzburg Ansbach , until 1864, 116 km, Royal Bavarian State Railways, Treuchtlingen–Würzburg line 18 August Waldshut Koblenz, Switzerland Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway , connection to
250-1187: The Saxon-Bavarian Railway to Greiz, 9.75 km, Greiz-Brunn Railway Company 1 November Herlasgrün Oelsnitz Falkenstein, Saxony , 47 km, Royal Saxon State Railways, Voigtland State Railway ( Herlasgrün–Oelsnitz and Plauen–Cheb lines) 1 November Cheb (Eger) Oberkotzau Aš , 54.8 km, City of Hof , Cheb–Oberkotzau railway 28 December Gößnitz Gera Schmölln , Ronneburg , 35 km, Gößnitz-Gera Railway Company 1866 18 January Hagen Hamm Unna , 48 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Hagen–Hamm line 22 January Frankfurt am Main Bebra Hanau, Elm, until 1914, 210 km, Frankfurt–Bebra Railway 29 January Viersen Venlo 23.4 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Viersen–Venlo line 1 February Flöha Annaberg-Buchholz 43.5 km, Saxon State Railways, Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway 31 May Neumünster Neustadt Ascheberg , Eutin (including
275-606: The first railway bridge over the Rhine , largest span of 52 metres 19 August Witten Duisburg Bochum, Essen, until 1862, 58 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Witten–Duisburg line 20 September Plochingen Villingen Tübingen, Rottweil, until 1869, 113 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Plochingen–Immendingen railway , Rottweil–Villingen railway 15 October Cologne-Deutz Cologne Cathedral Bridge ( Dombrücke ), Cologne-Minden Railway Company, The first railway bridge over
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#1733085880435300-738: The numbering of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund are operated by the Hessische Landesbahn: HLB will operate these lines in the future: These lines were operated by the HLB: Frankfurt-H%C3%B6chst station The Frankfurt-Höchst station is an important station in the Frankfurt district of Höchst and is the second largest station in the city with twelve tracks. It is currently mainly used by S-Bahn , suburban and regional services. The first Höchst station
325-597: The Fulda– Gersfeld routes. HLB Basis AG has a 50% interest in Regionalbahn Kassel (RBK), with the remainder held by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG). The KVG operates the Kassel–Waldkappel railway , which combines rail freight and tram traffic. The RBK, in turn, holds 49% of Regionaltram Betriebsgesellschaft , a joint venture with Deutsche Bahn , which, as RegioTram Kassel , operates tram-trains in
350-1016: The German railways, 1835-1935) (in German). Berlin: Deutsche Reichsbahn . 1935. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Railways in Hesse. Cultural sites in Hesse. Heritage topography of the Federal Republic of Germany) (in German). Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_the_first_German_railways_to_1870&oldid=1168384400 " Categories : History of rail transport in Germany Lists of firsts Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
375-589: The HLB originally was the Königstein Railway between Königstein and Frankfurt-Höchst of the former Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn (Frankfurt-Königstein Railway, FKE), known as the K-Bahn and part of the Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund (Frankfurt Transport Association, FVV). In the 1990s, the HLB subsidiaries operated a number of local lines acquired from Deutsche Bahn in north and middle Hesse . Since 11 December 2005, HLB multiple units have operated on
400-4010: The Rhine north of Switzerland, first connection between western and central European rail network 1860 7 May Rosenheim Salzburg Traunstein, 84 km, Royal Bavarian State Railways, Rosenheim–Salzburg line 10 September Frankfurt am Main Bad Homburg 19 km, Homburg Railway Company 20 September Straubing Passau -Voglau Until 1861, 77 km, Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, Regensburg–Passau line 1 December Borsdorf Coswig Until, 1868, 104 km, Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company, Borsdorf–Coswig line 1861 7 January Schwandorf Furth im Wald Until 20 September, 67 km, Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, Schwandorf–Furth im Wald line 25 July Cannstatt Nördlingen Aalen, until 1863, 111 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Rems Railway 1862 23 January Bremen Bremerhaven 62 km, Royal Hanoverian State Railways and Bremen State Railway, Bremen–Bremerhaven railway 7 June Basel Schopfheim 20 km, Wiesenthal Railway Company, Wiese Valley Railway 4 August Heilbronn Crailsheim Until 1867, Schwäbisch Hall , 88 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Hohenlohe Railway 23 October Heidelberg Würzburg Moosbach, Osterburken, till 1866, 120 km, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, Odenwald line 1863 3 January Bischofsheim Frankfurt am Main–Niederrad 23.6 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company , Main line 3 March Krefeld Zevenaar , Netherlands Geldern , Kleve , till 1865, 75 km, Rhenish Railway Company, West Lower Rhine line , Spyck–Welle train ferry 15 March Angermünde Stralsund 170 km, Berlin-Stettin Railway Company, Angermünde–Stralsund line , as well as Szczecin–Pasewalk line (41.8 km) 1 June Karlsruhe Mühlacker 43.5 km, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, Karlsruhe–Mühlacker line 15 June Waldshut Konstanz 89 km, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, High Rhine Railway 1 October Irrenlohe Bayreuth Weiden , until 1 December, 98 km, Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, Regensburg–Weiden line , Weiden–Bayreuth line 1 November Roßlau Zerbst 13 km, Anhalt Leopold Railway 1864 15 August Weiden Cheb Mitterteich , until 15 October 1865, 60 km, Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, Weiden–Oberkotzau line , Wiesau–Cheb line 21 September Wendlingen Kirchheim 6.5 km, Kirchheim Railway Company 13 September Aalen Heidenheim 22.1 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Brenz Railway , completed to Ulm in 1876 1 October Altenbeken Kreiensen 93 km, until 1865, Royal Westphalian Railway Company, Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, Altenbeken–Kreiensen line 6 October Düren Trier Euskirchen , Gerolstein , until 1871, 111 km, Rhenish Railway Company, Börde Railway , Eifel Railway 11 November Güstrow Pasewalk Strasburg , 140 km, until 1867, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway , Berlin-Stettin Railway Company, Bützow–Szczecin line 1865 6 May Neustadt Bad Dürkheim 15 km, Neustadt-Dürkheim Railway Company, Palatine Northern Railway 1 August Hamburg Lübeck 64 km, Lübeck-Büchen Railway, Lübeck–Hamburg railway 1 September Halle (Saale) Eichenberg Eisleben , Nordhausen , Leinefelde , 167 km, until 1867, Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company, Halle–Kassel railway 23 October Brunn (Saxony) Greiz Branch line of
425-616: The connections to Kiel), 110 km, Altona-Kiel Railway Company, Neumünster–Ascheberg line , Kiel–Lübeck line , Eutin–Neustadt line 2 July Offenburg Haussach 33 km, the start of the Black Forest Railway , Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, 1 September Osterrath Wattenscheid Mülheim-Saarn, Essen-Nord, until 1867, 43 km, Rhenish Railway Company, Osterath–Dortmund Süd line (including Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry ) 6 September Villingen Singen Until 1869, 63 km,
450-424: The remaining shares are mostly owned by local authorities. The company was founded in 1955 as a holding company of several non-government-owned railways in Hesse, which operated as an integrated railway company with its own rail infrastructure, stations, etc., as well as operations on this infrastructure. In the course of the separation of infrastructure and operations in 2005, three of the four subsidiaries of HLB:
475-6721: The southern part of the Black Forest Railway, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway 13 September Berlin Görlitz Cottbus, until 1867, 208 km, Berlin-Görlitz Railway Company 1 October Berlin Kostrzyn Until 1867, 85 km, Prussian Eastern Railway 15 November Goldshöfe Crailsheim 30.4 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Upper Jagst Railway 15 December Eberswalde Wriezen Until 1867, 30 km, Berlin-Stettin Railway Company, Eberswalde–Frankfurt (Oder) line 1867 14 January Neukieritzsch Borna 6.8 km, Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company, Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz line ; extended by 55.7 to Chemnitz in 1872 29 January Gruiten Deutz 35 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Gruiten–Köln-Deutz line 16 May Bremen Wilhelmshaven / Leer Oldenburg , until 1869, 152 km, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways , Prussian State Railways, Bremen–Oldenburg line , Wilhelmshaven–Oldenburg line , Oldenburg–Leer line 19 May Altona Blankenese 9 km, Altona-Kiel Railway Company, Altona–Blankenese line 14 July Neudietendorf Arnstadt 9.94 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Neudietendorf–Ritschenhausen line 20 July Radolfzell Mengen Until 1870, 57 km, Baden State Railway, Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway Munich Ingolstadt 81 km, Royal Bavarian State Railways, Munich–Treuchtlingen line 25 September Ohligs Wald Solingen Weyersberg 5.6 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen line 23 December Kempen Venlo 23 km, Rhenish Railway Company, Kempen–Venlo line 1868 13 January Ulm Donaueschingen Sigmaringen , Tuttlingen , until 1890, 100 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Ulm–Sigmaringen railway , Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen railway 1 May Jerxheim Börßum 23.2 km, Duchy of Brunswick State Railway, Jerxheim–Börßum line 11 June Pforzheim Bad Wildbad 19.8 km, Baden State Railway, Enz Valley Railway 25 June Meckesheim Jagstfeld Bad Rappenau , until 1869, 36.4 km, Baden State Railway, Elsenz Valley Railway 1 September Barmen-Rittershausen Remscheid 17.8 km, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Opladen railway 23 September Zuffenhausen Ditzingen Until 1872, 48.5 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) 1 December Northeim Nordhausen Herzberg am Harz , Bad Sachsa , until 1869, 69 km, Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company , South Harz Railway 1 December Mülheim Bergisch Gladbach 9.5 km, Sülz Valley Railway , Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company 1869 1 March Halberstadt Vienenburg 34.3 km, Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company, Halberstadt–Vienenburg line 1 March Niederwiesa Hainichen 16.8 km, Royal Saxon State Railways, Roßwein–Niederwiesa line 15 April Frankfurt am Main Worms and Mannheim Darmstadt and Goddelau -Erfelden, until 1879, 112 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, Ried Railway 31 May Rastatt Gernsbach 15 km, Murg Valley Railway Company, Murg Valley Railway , 58.2 km line to Freudenstadt completed in 1928 29 June Tübingen Sigmaringen Until 1878, 97.5 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Zollernalb Railway 25 July Herbertingen Waldsee Aulendorf , 37.5 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Herbertingen–Aulendorf railway , Allgäu Railway (Württemberg) 17 August Wolkramshausen Erfurt Sondershausen , Straußfurt , 71.15 km, Nordhausen-Erfurt Railway Company 1 September Neuss Duren 49 km, Erft Railway 2 October Gunzenhausen Ingolstadt Until 1870, 98 km (including branch to Pleinfeld ), Royal Bavarian State Railways, Ingolstadt–Treuchtlingen line 23 October Wertheim Crailsheim 100 km, Royal Württemberg State Railways, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, Tauber Valley Railway 27 October Lampertheim Bensheim Hofheim (Ried), 18.3 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, Nibelungen Railway 29 December Gießen Fulda Alsfeld , 106 km, Upper Hessian Railway Company , Vogelsberg Railway 29 December Gießen Gelnhausen Büdingen , 69.7 km, Upper Hessian Railway Company, Lahn-Kinzig Railway 1870 1 January Venlo Hamburg Wesel and Wanne, Haltern, Osnabrück, Bremen, until 1874, 455 km, Cologne-Minden Railway Company, Paris–Hamburg railway 1 January Limburg an der Lahn Westerburg 28.6 km, Prussian state railways, Limburg-Altenkirchen line 11 April Gotha Leinefelde Bad Langensalza , Mühlhausen , 67.07 km, Thuringian Railway Company, Gotha–Leinefelde line 20 April Cottbus Großenhain 79.7 km, Cottbus-Großenhain Railway Company , Großenhain–Cottbus line 1 June Diez Wiesbaden Langenschwalbach , 53.7 km, Prussian state railways, Aar Valley Railway 1 June Schwerte Arnsberg 138 km (to Warburg ), until 1873, Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, Upper Ruhr Valley Railway 29 June Hanau Eberbach Wiebelsbach–Heubach, Erbach , 88.2 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, Odenwald Railway 1 July Lübeck Bad Kleinen 61.9 km, Friedrich-Franz railway , Lübeck–Bad Kleinen railway 4 August Mannheim Karlsruhe 60.7 km, City of Mannheim, Rhine Railway , Hardt Railway 27 December Darmstadt Wiebelsbach–Heubach Ober-Ramstadt , 31.9 km, Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, Odenwald Railway Maps [ edit ] [REDACTED] Rail network in 1849 [REDACTED] Rail network in 1861 References [ edit ] Die Deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835–1935 (The development of
500-567: The time, the line was an international route, connecting the Free City of Frankfurt and the Duchy of Nassau . On 19 May 1840, the line was completed via Hattersheim , Flörsheim and Mainz-Kastel (then in the Grand Duchy of Hesse ) to Wiesbaden , the capital of Nassau. The entire route from the current S-Bahn station of Taunusanlage to Wiesbaden is now part of the busy S-Bahn S1 line . A second line
525-577: The tracks of the Limburg line to the south and the Taunus and Sodene lines to the north, west of Königsteiner Straße. In 1902, the Königstein Railway was opened via Kelkheim to Königstein . With the opening of a second line to Frankfurt (the Limburg Railway extension to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof in 1888), the number of lines connecting to Höchst station increased to six, with three from the east and three from
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#1733085880435550-496: The west. On 1 September 1905, the Bäder curve was opened from Rödelheim on the Homburg line . The Bäder curve was initially used only by freight trains. Its passenger services began in 1908, including a Berlin–Wiesbaden express via Bad Nauheim and Bad Homburg . The current Höchst station building was opened in 1914. Höchst station would be sufficient, with its twelve platform tracks, for
575-974: The western section of the Thuringian Railway 15 October Homberg Mönchengladbach Viersen , until 1851, 42 km, Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company , Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach line ( Ruhrort-Homberg train ferry , opened 1852) 29 December Kassel Frankfurt am Main Marburg , Gießen , until 1852, 199 km, Main-Weser Railway 1850 4 October Hamm Warburg Soest , Paderborn , until 1853, 130 km, Royal Westphalian Railway Company , Hamm–Warburg line 1851 15 October Lübeck Büchen 47 km, Lübeck-Büchen Railway Company , Lübeck–Lüneburg line , extended to Lauenburg (12 km) by Berlin-Hamburg Railway Company on 15 October 1851 and Lüneburg (17 km) by Royal Hanoverian State Railways on 15 March 1864, initially using
600-514: Was built as part of one of the oldest railways in Germany . On 26 September 1839, four years after the opening of Germany's first railway from Nuremberg to Fürth , the first section of the Taunus Railway opened from the Taunus station in Frankfurt, running nine kilometres west to Höchst. The original Höchst station was located 400 metres east of the current location on Königsteiner Straße. At
625-558: Was connected to Höchst in 1847 with the opening of the short Soden Railway —Germany's oldest branch line. It linked the major spa of Bad Soden with the rest of the world. In 1877, a railway known as the Limburg Railway was established. This railway was particularly important as it connected Frankfurt to the Lahn Valley Railway , which ran between Gießen and Koblenz , crossing Nassau. Nassau had been annexed by Prussia due to
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