Deggendorf-Plattling Railway

The AG of the Deggendorf Plattlinger Railway was founded in 1865 with a registered capital of 300,000 florins. Divided the capital was in 3000 shares to the bearer to 100 guilders.

Railway line and driving

The Company received on 18 February 1865, the royal concession to build a standard gauge railway locomotives operated for passenger and freight traffic between the Eastern Railway Station Plattling and fishing village on the right bank of the Danube towards Deggendorf. On the first scheduled train horses had been waived, but had to accept for the end of the track on the right bank, because the Danube bridge built in 1859 was too weak for a locomotive depot.

The railway line was Bavaria's first secondary path and was soon popularly known as " cabbage car". She led from the first in 1860 opened railway station of AG Bayerische Ostbahnen in Plattling 8.5 km without major engineering structures to fishing village in 1869 to 525 m on a dam extended to the new banks of the Danube towards Deggendorf and had after reconstruction of the railway stations in Plattling a length of 8,695 m. It was opened on 8 March 1866 with the operation but had already begun on March 1. In 1867 ran from 6:00 clock in the morning to 22:00 clock in the evening four daily pairs of trains in mixed goods and passenger trains. In Schiltorn An intermediate stop was possible.

Although the train was unable to pay a dividend of 6% in the first years, was left already on 10 August 1867, the management of the Bavarian Eastern Railway. By an agreement dated 6 September 1872, the Deggendorf Plattlinger railroad went with a purchase price of 273,000 guilders completely into the possession of the Bavarian AG Ostbahnen.

Rolling stock

On vehicles, the company held next two locomotives, four passenger cars, a mail car and some freight cars. The light locomotives were B -coupled inner frame machines manufactured by Joseph Anton von Maffei, Munich, with a wheelbase of only 1,835 m. They wore the name " Deggendorf " ( Maffei 1866/575 ) and " Bayerischer Wald " ( Maffei 1866/576 ) and required 24 minutes for the distance. The machines were in the Eastern Railroad, the numbers D 13 and D 14, the Bavarian State Railways arranged them in the Lokgruppe D a No. 1176 and 1177. On the Eyes they were in December and October 1895. Previously, the " Deggendorf " nor the shuttle trains between Geiselhöring and Sünching had drawn on the railway line Regensburg -Passau, the Bavarian Forest had devious route to Miltenberg - Amorbach.

Closure

During the construction of the Bavarian Forest Railway Plattling about Deggendorf, Zwiesel to Bavarian Eisenstein from 1873 you could see the route of the Deggendorf Plattlinger railway not use because the new railway line initially Bavarian Forest northwest of the old track had to be built because of the steep inclines, and Deggendorf a higher station required. In addition, the Eastern Railway moved the station in Plattling a few hundred meters to the west. Therefore, the Deggendorf Plattlinger railway set with the opening of the forest path through the Bavarian State Railways, which had already taken over the Eastern Railway on 15 May 1875 on September 16, 1877 their traffic and was soon dismantled. Today reminds the road " Alter Bahnhof " in Deggendorf district fishing village on the former " cabbage car".