Birkenfeld Railway

The Birkenfelder local railway GmbH (later Birkenfelder Eisenbahn GmbH ) opened on 5 October 1880 five-kilometer branch line from Neubrücke station in the Nahe Valley to the city, in the Hunsrück district town of Birkenfeld (Nahe). This was the capital of the principality of the same name ( part of the country ), which belonged until 1937 to the Grand Duchy (country ) Oldenburg, in 1860 taken from the Rhein-Nahe Railway Company operated main track Bad Kreuznach - connected Saarbrücken.

Shareholders of the railway company were the City of Birkenfeld with 72 percent and the Degussa with a 28 percent stake. This difference with the withdrawal of their Holzverkohlungswerks in bridges, which was connected by a factory siding with the Birkenfeld station, out of the GmbH. Since July 19, 1969, the town belonged to all shares of the local railway. This led since January 1, 1933 the operation itself Previously this had been taken care of by the state railway.

The passenger was moved on 31 December 1962 by rail to the railway-owned bus company that maintained 1955 regular services since October 2. The last modest freight was operated until 30 September 1991. On 31 December 1994, the line was closed formally. After the tracks have been removed.

On the former railway embankment now a bike and pedestrian path has been created, which enjoys great popularity in the summer.

• 1435 mm
• Former railway company ( Germany )
• Railroad track in Rhineland -Palatinate
• Traffic ( Birkenfeld )
• Former Transport Companies ( Rheinland - Pfalz)