{{Short description, none This list contains an overview of the railway companies in Germany and German colonies that no longer exist. These include railway units that have no independent legal status. For railway companies in existence today, see the

List of German railway companies This list contains railway companies currently operating in Germany. It includes railway units that are not independent legal entities. Federal railways and private railway companies with their headquarters abroad are given their authority to oper ...

. For the chronological order in which the first railways appeared in Germany see the

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. Maps References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Germany railways ...

State railways

State railways (''
Länderbahnen The ''Länderbahnen'' (, ; sing. ) were the various state railways of the German Confederation and the German Empire in the period from about 1840 to 1920, when they were merged into the Deutsche Reichsbahn after the First World War. The state ...
'') in the
German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
(to 1918/1919)

Prussian state railways The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the state of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...

(''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') (from 1896 United Prussian and Hessian State Railways (''Vereinigte Preußische und Hessische Staatseisenbahnen'') *

Royal Bavarian State Railways The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German ...

(''Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') **

Ludwig South-North Railway The Ludwig South–North Railway (''Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn''), built between 1843 and 1854, was the first railway line to be constructed by Royal Bavarian State Railways. It was named after the king, Ludwig I, whose infrastructure priorities had ...

(''Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn'') **

Ludwig's Western Railway The Ludwig Western Railway () is a German railway line that was originally funded by the Kingdom of Bavaria. It runs from Bamberg via Würzburg to Aschaffenburg and on into the former " Kurhessian" Hanau. History In the 1840s it was already cle ...

(''Ludwigs-West-Bahn'') ** Bavarian Maximilian Railway (''Bayerische Maximiliansbahn'') *

Royal Saxon State Railways The Royal Saxon State Railways () were the state-owned railways operating in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1869 to 1918. From 1918 until their merger into the Deutsche Reichsbahn the title 'Royal' was dropped and they were just called the Saxon State ...

(''Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen'' or ''K.Sächs.Sts.E.B.'') *

Royal Württemberg State Railways The Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.W.St.E.'') were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg (from 1918 the ''People's State of Württemberg'') between 1843 and 1920. Early ...

(''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.W.St.E.'') *

Baden State Railways Grand Duchy of Baden had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (''Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen or G.Bad.St.E.''), which was founded in 1840. At the time when it was integrated into the Deutsche ...

(''Badische Staatseisenbahnen'', 1840–1920) * Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways (''Großherzoglich Hessische Staatseisenbahnen'', from 1896 the United Prussian and Hessian State Railways (''Vereinigte Preußische und Hessische Staatseisenbahnen'') *

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (''Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn'' or ''M.F.F.E.'') was the state railway company in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After its second nationalisat ...

(''Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn'' or ''MFFE'') *

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Railway (''Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn or GOE'') was the railway company that was run as a state railway for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (''Großherzogtum Oldenburg''), part of the German Empire. History ...

(''Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen'' or ''G.O.E.'', 1867–1920) * Bremen State Railway (''Bremer Staatsbahn'', private railway in

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

owned by the

Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (; ), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called ('State of Bremen'), although the term is sometimes used in official contexts. The state consists ...

, hence listed twice) *

Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor/empress, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * I ...

(''Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen'')

Other state railways before the founding of the Reich in 1871

Royal Hanoverian State Railways The Royal Hanoverian State Railways (German: ''Königlich Hannöversche Staatseisenbahnen'') existed from 1843 until the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. At that time its railway network, which comprised 800&nb ...

(''Königlich Hannöversche Staatseisenbahnen'', to 1866) *

Duchy of Brunswick State Railway The Duchy of Brunswick State Railway (''Herzoglich Braunschweigische Staatseisenbahn'') was the first Länderbahnen, state railway in German Confederation, Germany. The first section of its Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway line between Braunschweig ...

(''Herzoglich Braunschweigische Staatseisenbahn'', to 1870) *

Nassau State Railway The Nassau State Railway () took over the privately built railway lines on the Rhine and Lahn rivers in the Duchy of Nassau from the ''Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company'' in 1861 and extended them further. It was taken over by the Prussian State ...

(''Nassauische Staatsbahn'', to 1866) *

Anhalt Leopold Railway Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area an ...

(''Anhaltische Leopoldsbahn'', to 1871) * Bebra–Hanau Railway (''Bebra-Hanauer Eisenbahn'', Kurhessian state railway, to 1866) * Frankfurt–Bebra railway (''Frankfurt-Bebraer Eisenbahn'') * Frankfurt–Offenbach Railway (''Frankfurt-Offenbacher Eisenbahn'') *

Royal Westphalian Railway Company The Royal Westphalian Railway (, KWE) was a German rail company established in 1848 with funding from the Prussian government, which later became part of the Prussian State Railways. The network eventually extended about 315 km from Rheine v ...

(''Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') *

Main–Weser Railway The Main–Weser Railway (German: ''Main-Weser-Bahn'') is a railway line in central Germany that runs from Frankfurt am Main via Gießen to Kassel. it is named after the railway company that built the line and also operated it until 1880. It was ...

(''Main-Weser-Bahn'') *

Main-Neckar Railway The Main-Neckar Railway (, MNE) is a main line railway west of the Odenwald in the Upper Rhine Plain of Germany that connects Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg via Darmstadt, Bensheim and Weinheim. It was opened in 1846 and is one of the oldest r ...

(''Main-Neckar-Eisenbahn'') *

Prussian Northern Railway The Berlin Northern Railway () is a 223-kilometre-long main line route, that runs from Berlin via Neustrelitz and Neubrandenburg to Stralsund on the Baltic Sea coast. Nowadays, long-distance and regional traffic on the Nordbahn is routed at ...

(''Preußische Nordbahn'') *

Prussian Eastern Railway The Prussian Eastern Railway () was a railway in the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany until 1918. Its main route, approximately long, connected the capital, Berlin, with the cities of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and Königsberg (now Kalini ...

(''Preußische Ostbahn'') * Saarbrücken Railway (''Saarbrücker Eisenbahn'')

State railways after 1920

Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'' (), also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the Weimar Republic, German national Rail transport, railway system created after th ...

(1920 to 1949), from 1924 to 1937 ''Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft'' ** Southwest German Railways ('' Betriebsvereinigung der Südwestdeutschen Eisenbahnen'') (SWDE) ** Railways of the Saarland ('' Eisenbahnen des Saarlandes'') (EdS) *

in the GDR (DR, 1949 to 1993) *

Deutsche Bundesbahn Deutsche Bundesbahn (, ) or DB () was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany u ...

(DB, 1949 to 1993)

Private railway companies

A–C

* Aachen-Neuß-Düsseldorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Aachener Industriebahn *

Bavarian Eastern Railway Company The Royal Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (''Königlich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen'') or Bavarian Ostbahn was founded in 1856. Within just two decades it built an extensive railway network in the eastern Bavarian prov ...

(''AG der Bayerischen Ostbahnen'') * AG für Bahn-Bau und -Betrieb *

AG Lokalbahn Lam-Kötzting A&G, AG, Ag or ag may refer to Businesses and organizations * A&G Railroad (former reporting mark AG) * Action Group (Nigeria), a political party during the Nigerian First Republic * Aktiengesellschaft, a German type of corporation * Assemblie ...

AG für Verkehrswesen A&G, AG, Ag or ag may refer to Businesses and organizations * A&G Railroad (former reporting mark AG) * Action Group (Nigeria), a political party during the Nigerian First Republic * Aktiengesellschaft, a German type of corporation * Assemblie ...

* Ahaus-Enscheder Eisenbahn AG * Albertsbahn AG (Dresden-Tharandt) * Allgemeine Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (ADEG) * Allgemeine Deutsche Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft AG (ADKA) * Altdamm-Colberger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Altenburg-Zeitzer Eisenbahngesellschaft * Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Angeln Bahn GmbH * Arnstadt-Ichtershausener Eisenbahn * Badische Lokal-Eisenbahnen AG *

Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company (, BME), also referred to as the Berg-Mark Railway Company or, more rarely, as the Bergisch-Markische Railway Company, was a Rail transport in Germany, German railway company that together with the Cologne-Mi ...

Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company (German language, German: ''Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', BAE) was a railway company in Prussia. The railway connection between Berlin and Köthen, built by the BAE, was one of the first long-distanc ...

* Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Berlin-Frankfurter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Berlin-Hamburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Birkenfelder Eisenbahn GmbH * Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Brandenburgische Städtebahn AG * Braunschweig-Schöninger Eisenbahn AG *

Braunschweigische Landes-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Brunswick State Railway Company (''Braunschweigische Landes-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') or BLE was a railway company in the Duchy of Brunswick, a former German state centred on the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick (German: ''Braunschweig''). ...

* Bremen State Railway (''Bremer Staatsbahn'', private railway in

owned by the

D–F

* Dahme-Uckroer Eisenbahn AG * Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft *

Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebsgesellschaft AG The German Railway Operating Company (German: ''Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft'') or DEBG was a public limited company (''Aktiengesellschaft'') that was founded on 15 November 1898 in Berlin. It was founded by the Vering & Waechter railw ...

(DEBG) * Deutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG (DEAG) (DEGA) *

Dortmund-Märkische Eisenbahn The Dortmund-Märkische Eisenbahn GmbH (DME) was a German train operating company, that operated the Dortmund–Hagen–Lüdenscheid train service (route List of regional railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia, RB52) from 30 May 1999 to 11 Decem ...

Gesellschaft * Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * EBM Cargo GmbH & Co. KG * Eckernförder Kreisbahnen (Eckernförde–Kappeln) * Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Darmstadt
Siehe
* Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Greifswald-Grimmen * Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Mühlhausen-Ebeleben * Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Stralsund-Tribsees * Eisenbahn-Zweckverband Rastenberg-Hardisleben * Eisern-Siegener Eisenbahn AG * Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloer Eisenbahn AG * Elztalbahn der Stadt Waldkirch * Erzgebirgische Eisenbahngesellschaft * Eutin-Lübecker Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Filderbahn (Stuttgart und südliches Umland) * Frankfurt-Hanauer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Freien Grunder Eisenbahn AG * Friedrich-Wilhelms-Nordbahn-Gesellschaft

G–K

L–N

* Lahrer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Lahrer Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft * Lausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG (im Besitz der LAG München) * Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie * Lenz & Co GmbH * Liegnitz-Rawitscher Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG * Lloydbahn Neustrelitz-Warnemünde * Löbau-Zittauer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft *

Lokalbahn AG The Lokalbahn AG company (''Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft''), or 'LAG' for short, was a private company based in Munich, Bavaria, whose lines of business was the construction and operation of branch lines (the so-called ''Lokalbahnen'' or ''Sekundä ...

(LAG München) (''also:Localbahn AG'') * Lokalbahn Lam-Kötzting AG (LLK) * Lokalbahn Deggendorf-Metten * Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn (LBE) * Märkisch-Posener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft * Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Magdeburg-Wittenbergesche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Marienburg-Mlawkaer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Mecklenburgische Südbahn-Gesellschaft *

Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft The Mecklenburg Railway Company () was founded in 1845 to build a railway line from Hagenow to Rostock and to Güstrow, now in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was nationalised in 1873 and combined with the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg F ...

* Mehltheuer-Weidaer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Meppen-Haselünner Eisenbahn * Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen AG * Müllheim-Badenweiler Eisenbahn AG * München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Münster-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (see Münster–Gronau railway) * Münster-Hammer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (see

Münster–Hamm railway The Münster–Hamm railway is an almost 36 kilometre-long, continuous double-track and electrified main line railway from Münster to Hamm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was one of Germany's oldest railways, built by the ''Mu ...

Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company (''Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') or ''NWE'' was the second railway company to be founded in the Harz mountains in Germany, after the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (''Gernroder-H ...

O–S

* Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Oschersleben-Schöninger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in Königsberg * Osterwieck-Wasserlebener Eisenbahn AG * Ostpreußische Südbahn-Gesellschaft * Parchim-Ludwigsluster Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Paulinenaue-Neuruppiner Eisenbahn * Peine-Ilseder Eisenbahn *

Palatinate Railway The Palatine Railways (), often abbreviated to Palatinate Railway (''Pfalzbahn'') was the name of the railway division and administration responsible for all private railway companies in the Bavarian Palatinate from 1844 to 1908. The railway d ...

(''Pfalzbahn'') **

Palatine Ludwig Railway A palatine or palatinus (Latin; : ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

(''Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn'') **

Palatine Maximilian Railway A palatine or palatinus (Latin; : ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

(''Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn'') **

Palatine Northern Railway Company The Palatine Northern Railways Company (''Gesellschaft der Pfälzischen Nordbahnen'') – abbreviated to Palatine Northern Railway (''Pfälzer Nordbahn'') - was founded on 17 April 1866 as the last of the three major private railway companies ...

(''Gesellschaft der Pfälzischen Nordbahnen'') ** Neustadt–Dürkheim Railway Company (''Neustadt-Dürkheimer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') *

Prignitzer Eisenbahn Netinera (formerly Arriva Deutschland) is a bus and railway company operating in Germany. It is presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Italian state owned railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. It was founded as a subsidiary of Briti ...

AG (1884–1940) * Prinz-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn (Deilthaler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) * Renchthal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Rhein-Nahe Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn AG *

Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The Rhenish Railway Company (German language, German: ''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) was along with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME) one of the railway companies that in the m ...

* Rinteln-Stadthagener Eisenbahngesellschaft * Ronsdorf-Müngstener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Ruhrort-Crefeld-Kreis Gladbacher Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (see also

Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway is a historically significant, but now partly abandoned line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The line was built by the Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (, RCG), foun ...

) * Ruppiner Eisenbahn AG * Saalbahn * Saal-Unstrut-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Sächsisch-Bayerische Eisenbahn-Compagnie * Sächsisch-Schlesische Eisenbahngesellschaft * Sächsische Industriebahnen-Gesellschaft AG * Sächsisch-Thüringische Eisenbahngesellschaft * Schipkau-Finsterwalder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft *

Schleswig-Holsteinische Marschbahngesellschaft The Marsh Railway () is a main line (railway), main line in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany that links the stations of Elmshorn station, Elmshorn in the south and Westerland, Germany, Westerland on the Sylt, island of Sylt in the nor ...

* Schleswig-Klosterkruger Eisenbahn * Stahlbahnwerke Freudenstein * Stargard-Cüstriner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Stargard-Posener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Stendal-Tangermünder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft *

Südharz-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft The South Harz Railway Company () or SHE was founded in 1897 and, on 15 August 1899, opened a 24 km long, winding and hilly, metre gauge railway from Walkenried via Wieda and Brunnenbachsmühle to Braunlage in the Harz Mountains of central ...

(Braunlage-Walkenried) *

South German Railway Company The South German Railway Company (''Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'') or SEG was founded on 11 February 1895, in Darmstadt by the railway entrepreneur, Herrmann Bachstein, and several bank managers. Bachstein's railway The majority of s ...

(''Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') (SEG)

T–Z

* Taunus-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Thurbo (in der Schweiz weiter aktiv) * Teuringertal-Bahn GmbH * Thüringische Eisenbahn-AG ** Esperstedt-Oldislebener Eisenbahn ** Greußen-Ebeleben-Keulaer Eisenbahn (see Hohenebra–Ebeleben railway) ** Ruhlaer Eisenbahn ** Weimar-Berka-Blankenhainer Eisenbahn ** Weimar-Buttelstedt-Großrudestedter Eisenbahn ** Weimar-Rastenberger Eisenbahn * Uetersener Eisenbahn *

Unterelbesche Eisenbahngesellschaft The Lower Elbe Railway ( or ''Unterelbebahn''), is a railway line between Hamburg and Cuxhaven in northwestern Germany, which was opened in 1881 by the ''Lower Elbe Railway Company'' (''Unterelbesche Eisenbahngesellschaft''). At 103.6 kilometres ...

* Vering & Waechter * Vorwohle-Emmerthaler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Wandsbeker Industriebahn * Warstein-Lippstadter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Wenigentaft-Oechsener Eisenbahn E: H.Hagemeier GmbH * Wermelskirchen-Burger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Werra-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Wesselburen-Heider Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Westdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft *

Wiesentalbahn The Wiese Valley Railway () is a 27.2 km long, electrified main line in German Baden-Württemberg in the tri-national area of Germany, Switzerland and France near the Swiss city of Basel. It is part of the Basel trinational S-Bahn and refere ...

(Basel - Zell) * Wittenberge-Perleberger Eisenbahn of the town of Perleberg * Zittau-Oybin-Jonsdorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Zittau-Reichenberger Eisenbahn

Light railways (''Kleinbahnen'')

(Eigenbetriebe und Privatrechtliche Gesellschaften) (Zahlreiche Kleinbahnen firmierten seit den vierziger Jahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts als Eisenbahnen)

A–C

* Allgemeine Lokal- und Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft * Allgemeine Lokalbahn- und Kraftwerke AG (Alloka) * Alsener Kreisbahnen E: Kreis Sonderburg * Altlandsberger Kleinbahn AG *

Altmärkische Kleinbahn AG Alkett () was a major manufacturer of armored vehicles for the Wehrmacht during World War II. The main factory was located in Berlin-Borsigwalde on the Breitenbachstraße. As more sites were added, the name changed to Altmärkische Kettenwerke. ...

* Apenrader Kreisbahn * Aschersleben-Schneidlingen-Nienhagener Eisenbahn AG * AG Binger Nebenbahnen * AG Demminer Kleinbahnen Ost * AG Demminer Kleinbahnen West * AG für Energiewirtschaft * AG Franzburger Kreisbahnen * AG Franzburger Südbahn * AG Kleinbahn Casekow-Penkun-Oder * AG Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen * Bad Eilsener Kleinbahn GmbH * Bad Orber Kleinbahn AG * Bahnverband Vechta-Cloppenburg * Bergedorf-Geesthachter Eisenbahn AG * Bergheimer Kreisbahn * Bielefelder Kreisbahnen * Billwerder Industriebahn * Bleckeder Kleinbahn GmbH * Bleckeder Kreisbahn * Boizenburger Stadt- und Hafenbahn * Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn GmbH * Bremisch-Hannoversche Kleinbahn AG ** Kleinbahn Bremen-Tarmstedt ** Kleinbahn Bremen-Thedinghausen * Breslau–Trebnitz–Prausnitzer Kleinbahn AG * Buckower Kleinbahn AG * Bunzlauer Kleinbahn AG * Burgdorfer Kreisbahnen * Butjadinger Bahn E: Kreis Wesermarsch * Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn GmbH

D–F

* Delitzscher Kleinbahn AG * Dürener Eisenbahn AG * Eckernförder Kreisbahnen (Eckernförde–Owschlag) * Eisenbahn-Zweckverband Rastenberg-Hardisleben * Ernstbahn GmbH * Eulengebirgsbahn AG * Euskirchener Kreisbahnen * Fischhausener Kreisbahn AG * Flensburger Kreisbahn * Forster Stadteisenbahn * Frankensteiner Kreisbahn AG * Frankfurter Lokalbahn AG * Friedeberger Kleinbahn Eigenbetrieb des Kreises Friedeberg (Neumark)

G–J

* Gardelegen-Haldensleben-Weferlinger Eisenbahn AG * Geilenkirchener Kreisbahnen Eigenbetrieb Kreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg * Geldernsche Kreisbahn * Gelnhäuser Kreisbahnen ** Bad Orber Kleinbahn ** Freigerichter Kleinbahn ** Spessartbahn ** Vogelsberger Südbahn * Görlitzer Kreisbahn AG * Göttinger Kleinbahn AG (Gartetalbahn) * Goldbeck-Werben-Elbe Kleinbahn GmbH * Grifte-Gudensberger Kleinbahn und Kraftwagen AG * Guhrauer Kreisbahn AG * Gummersbacher Kleinbahnen Stadt GM und Oberbergischer Kreis * Haderslebener Kreisbahn * Haffuferbahn AG * Halle-Hettstedter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft * Hamburger Marschbahn E: Hansestadt Hamburg * Hanauer Kleinbahn * Heerwegen–Raudtener Kleinbahn AG * Herforder Kleinbahn GmbH * Herkulesbahn * Hersfelder Kreisbahn * Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn * Hümmlinger Kreisbahn * Industriebahn AG ** Kleinbahn Beuel–Großenbusch ** Kleinbahn Kaldenkirchen–Brüggen * Insterburger Kleinbahnen * Isergebirgsbahn AG * Iserlohner Kreisbahn AG * Jülicher Kreisbahn

K

* Kleinbahn-AG Bebitz-Alsleben * Kleinbahn-AG Ellrich-Zorge * Kleinbahn-AG Erfurt-Nottleben * Kleinbahn AG Freest–Bergensin * Kleinbahn-AG Gardelegen-Haldensleben-Weferlingen * Kleinbahn-AG in Genthin * Kleinbahn-AG Gransee-Neuglobsow * Kleinbahn-AG Grünberg–Sprottau * Kleinbahn AG Guttentag–Vosswalde * Kleinbahn-AG Heudeber-Mattierzoll * Kleinbahn AG Jauer–Maltsch * Kleinbahn-AG Kiel-Segeberg * Kleinbahn-AG Könnern-Rothenburg * Kleinbahn AG Kohlfurt–Rothwasser * Kleinbahn-AG Lüben–Kotzenau * Kleinbahn-AG Marienwerder * Kleinbahn-AG Neuburxdorf-Mühlberg (siehe Bahnstrecke Neuburxdorf–Mühlberg) * Kleinbahn-AG Osterburg-Pretzier * Kleinbahn-AG Rennsteig-Frauenwald * Kleinbahn-AG Mockrehna–Schildau (siehe Bahnstrecke Mockrehna–Schildau) * Kleinbahn-AG Schönberg-Nikolausdorf * Kleinbahn-AG Selters-Hachenburg * Kleinbahn-AG Tangermünde–Lüderitz * Kleinbahn-AG Tharau-Kreuzburg * Kleinbahn-AG Tirschtiegel-Dürrlettel * Kleinbahn-AG Wallwitz-Wettin * Kleinbahn-AG Wolmirstedt-Colbitz * Kleinbahn Bad Zwischenahn–Edewechterdamm * Kleinbahn Bergwitz-Kemberg GmbH (siehe Bahnstrecke Bergwitz-Kemberg) * Kleinbahn Bielstein-Waldbröl E:Kreiskommunalverband GM * Kleinbahn Bossel-Blankenstein GmbH * Kleinbahn Bremervörde-Osterholz GmbH * Kleinbahn Buxtehude-Harsefeld GmbH * Kleinbahn Celle-Soltau, Celle-Munster GmbH * Kleinbahn Celle-Wittingen AG * Kleinbahn Deutsch Krone-Virchow * Kleinbahn Eckernförde-Owschlag * Kleinbahn Eltville-Schlangenbad * Kleinbahn Engelskirchen-Marienheide E: Oberbergischer Kreis * Kleinbahn Ensdorf-Saarlouis-Wallerfangen-Felsberg E: Kreis Saarlouis * Kleinbahn Farge-Wulsdorf GmbH * Kleinbahn Freienwalde-Zehden AG * Kleinbahn Friedeberg-Alt Libbehne GmbH * Kleinbahn Garßen-Bergen * Kleinbahn Gittelde-Grund GmbH * Kleinbahn Gommern-Pretzien * Kleinbahn Groß Ilsede-Broistedt * Kleinbahn Groß Peterwitz-Katscher * Kleinbahn Groß Raum-Ellerkrug GmbH *

Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld The term ''Kleinbahn'' (literally 'small railway', plural: ''Kleinbahnen'') was a light railway concept used especially in Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less strict requirements ...

* Kleinbahn Horka (Wehrkirch)-Rothenburg-Priebus AG * Kleinbahn Hoya-Syke-Asendorf GmbH * Kleinbahn Ihrhove-Westrhauderfehn GmbH * Kleinbahn Kirchbarkau-Preetz-Lütjenburg * Kleinbahn Klockow-Pasewalk GmbH * Kleinbahn Kreuz-Schloppe-Deutsch Krone E: Kreis Deutsch Krone * Kleinbahn Küstrin-Hammer AG * Kleinbahn Langenfeld-Monheim-Hitdorf E: Gemeinden * Kleinbahn Lingen-Berge-Quakenbrück GmbH * Kleinbahn Lohne-Dinklage * Kleinbahn Lüchow-Schmarsau GmbH *

Kleinbahn Lüneburg-Soltau GmbH The term ''Kleinbahn'' (literally 'small railway', plural: ''Kleinbahnen'') was a light railway concept used especially in Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less strict requirements ...

* Kleinbahn Lütjenbrode-Orth (Fehmarn) der Kreis Oldenburger Eisenbahn AG * Kleinbahn Merzig-Büschfeld GmbH * Kleinbahn Neuhaus-Brahlstorf GmbH * Kleinbahn Neuwied-Rasselstein-Augustenthal *

Kleinbahn Niebüll-Dagebüll AG The term ''Kleinbahn'' (literally 'small railway', plural: ''Kleinbahnen'') was a light railway concept used especially in Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less ...

* Kleinbahn Opladen-Lützenkirchen E: Rhein-Wupper-Kreis * Kleinbahn Pforzheim−Ittersbach * Kleinbahn Piesberg-Rheine AG *

Kleinbahn Pogegen-Schmalleningken The term ''Kleinbahn'' (literally 'small railway', plural: ''Kleinbahnen'') was a light railway concept used especially in Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less strict requirements ...

* Kleinbahn Rees-Empel E: Stadt Rees * Kleinbahn Rheinbrohl-Mahlberg * Kleinbahn Siegburg-Zündorf E: Siegkreis * Kleinbahn Soltau-Neuenkirchen GmbH * Kleinbahn Steinhelle-Medebach GmbH * Kleinbahn Wallersdorf–Münchshöfen * Kleinbahn Weidenau-Deuz * Kleinbahn Wegenstedt–Calvörde E: Gemeinde Calvörde * Kleinbahn Wesel-Rees-Emmerich E: Kreis Rees * Kleinbahn Winsen-Evendorf-Hützel GmbH * Kleinbahn Winsen-Niedermarschacht GmbH *

Kleinbahn Wittingen-Oebisfelde The Wittingen-Oebisfelde Light Railway () was a railway company in Germany that operated passenger and goods trains on the 43 kilometre long Wittingen–Oebisfelde railway. History The Wittingen–Oebisfelde Light Railway opened its line from W ...

GmbH * Kleinbahnen des Kreises Jerichow I *

Kleinbahnen der Kreise Ost- und Westprignitz The term ''Kleinbahn'' (literally 'small railway', plural: ''Kleinbahnen'') was a light railway concept used especially in Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less strict requirements ...

** Kleinbahn Kyritz-Hoppenrade-Breddin ** Kleinbahn Lindenberg-Pritzwalk ** Kleinbahn Lindenberg-Kreuzweg ** Kleinbahn Pritzwalk-Putlitz ** Kleinbahn Putlitz-Suckow ** Kleinbahn Perleberg-Karstädt-Berge-Perleberg ** Kleinbahn Perleberg-Hoppenrade ** Kleinbahn Viesecke-Glöwen * Kleinbahnabteilung des Provinzialverbandes Sachsen in Merseburg **

** Delitzscher Kleinbahn AG ** Kleinbahn-AG Bebitz-Alsleben ** Kleinbahn Bergwitz-Kemberg GmbH (siehe Bahnstrecke Bergwitz-Kemberg) ** Kleinbahn-AG Ellrich-Zorge ** Kleinbahn-AG Erfurt-Nottleben ** Kleinbahn-AG Gardelegen-Haldensleben-Weferlingen ** Kleinbahn-AG in Genthin ** Kleinbahn-AG Heudeber-Mattierzoll ** Kleinbahn-AG Könnern-Rothenburg ** Kleinbahn-AG Neuburxdorf–Mühlberg (siehe Bahnstrecke Neuburxdorf–Mühlberg) ** Kleinbahn-AG Osterburg-Pretzier ** Kleinbahn-AG Rennsteig-Frauenwald ** Kleinbahn-AG Mockrehna–Schildau (siehe Bahnstrecke Mockrehna–Schildau) ** Kleinbahn-AG Wallwitz-Wettin ** Kleinbahn-AG Wolmirstedt-Colbitz ** Kyffhäuser Kleinbahn AG ** Langensalzaer Kleinbahn AG ** Obereichsfelder Kleinbahn AG ** Prettin-Annaburger Kleinbahn AG ** Salzwedeler Kleinbahnen GmbH ** Stendaler Kleinbahn AG * Kleinbahngesellschaft Anklam-Lassan * Kleinbahngesellschaft Greifswald-Jarmen * Kleinbahngesellschaft Greifswald-Wolgast * Kleinbahngesellschaft Güdenhagen-Groß Möllen GmbH * Königs Wusterhausen-Mittenwalde-Töpchiner Kleinbahn AG * Kohlenbahn-AG Reichenau (Sachsen) * Kreisbahn Beeskow–Fürstenwalde E: Kreis Beeskow-Storkow * Kreisbahn Cloppenburg-Landesgrenze * Kreisbahn Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel E: Kreis Norden * Kreisbahn Leer-Aurich-Wittmund * Kreisbahn Norderdithmarschen in Heide * Kreisbahn Osterode–Kreiensen E: Kreis Osterode (Harz) (siehe Bahnstrecke Osterode–Kreiensen) * Kreisbahn Rathenow-Senzke-Nauen E: Kreis Westhavelland * Kreisbahn Schönermark-Damme E: Kreise Angermünde und Prenzlau * Kreisverkehrsbetriebe Saarlouis AG * Kreiswerke Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg * Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen (VKA) * Kyffhäuser Kleinbahn AG

L–N

* Landesverkehrsamt Brandenburg (LVA) ** Altlandsberger Kleinbahn AG ** Buckower Kleinbahn AG ** Friedeberger Kleinbahn ** Jüterbog-Luckenwalder Kreiskleinbahnen (bis 15. Februar 1939) (Schmalspur) ** Kleinbahn Freienwalde-Zehden AG ** Kleinbahn Friedeberg-Alt Libbehne GmbH ** Kleinbahn Küstrin-Hammer AG ** Kreisbahn Beeskow–Fürstenwalde ** Lehniner Kleinbahn AG ** Müncheberger Kleinbahn ** Oderbruchbahn AG ** Ostprignitzer Kreiskleinbahnen *** Kleinbahn Kyritz-Hoppenrade-Breddin (Schmalspur) *** Kleinbahn Lindenberg-Kreuzweg (Schmalspur) *** Kleinbahn Lindenberg-Pritzwalk (Schmalspur) *** Kleinbahn Pritzwalk-Putlitz *** Kleinbahn Putlitz-Suckow ** Spreewaldbahn AG (Schmalspur) ** Westprignitzer Kreiskleinbahnen *** Kleinbahn Perleberg-Hoppenrade (Schmalspur) *** Kleinbahn Perleberg-Karstädt-Berge-Perleberg *** Kleinbahn Viesecke-Glöwen (Schmalspur) ** Weststernberger Kreiskleinbahn * Langensalzaer Kleinbahn AG * Lehniner Kleinbahn AG * Lübben-Cottbuser Kreisbahnen * Lübeck-Segeberger Eisenbahn * Marburger Kreisbahn * Marienborn-Beendorfer Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft (AG) * Mecklenburg-Pommersche Schmalspurbahn AG * Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn (Rövershagen-Graal=Müritz) * Memeler Kleinbahn AG * Merzig-Büschfelder Eisenbahn * Moselbahn AG * Müncheberger Kleinbahn E: Stadt Müncheberg * Nassauische Kleinbahn AG * Neisser Kreisbahn AG * Neumarkter Kleinbahn AG * Niedersächsisches Landeseisenbahnamt (NLEA) * Niederweserbahn GmbH

O–R

* Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft AG * Obereichsfelder Kleinbahn AG *

Oberweißbacher Bergbahn The Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (, ) is a German railway in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. Since 1922 it connects Obstfelderschmiede (Mellenbach-Glasbach) with the village Lichtenhain, Oberweißbach and Cursdorf. The train consists of 1.351&nb ...

AG * Oderbruchbahn AG * Ohlauer Kleinbahn AG * Ostpreußische Kleinbahnen AG übernahm folgende Bahnen: ** Insterburger Kleinbahnen AG mit *** Elchniederungsbahn *** Kleinbahn Heydekrug–Kolleschen *** Klb. Tilsit–Pogegen–Schmalleningken ** Königsberger Kleinbahn AG ** Lycker Kleinbahnen AG ** Oletzkoer Kleinbahnen-AG ** Ortelsburger Kleinbahn AG ** Pillkaller Kleinbahn-AG ** Rastenburger Kleinbahn GmbH ** Wehlau–Friedländer Kreisbahn-AG ** Wöterkeim–Schippenbeiler Kleinbahn-AG * Plettenberger Kleinbahn AG * Polkwitz–Raudtener Kleinbahn AG * Pommersche Landesbahnen ** Anklamer Bahn ** Casekow-Penkuner Bahn ** Bahnen des Kreises Deutsch Krone ** Demminer Bahnen ** Franzburger Bahnen (Nord) ** Franzburger Bahnen (Süd) ** Greifenberger Bahnen ** Greifenhagener Bahnen ** Greifswalder Bahnen ** Köslin-Belgarder Bahnen ** Kolberger Bahnen ** Lauenburger Bahnen ** Naugarder Bahnen ** Pyritzer Bahnen ** Randower Bahn ** Regenwalder Bahnen ** Rügensche Bahnen ** Saatziger Bahnen ** Schlawer Bahnen ** Stolper Bahnen * Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen * Prettin-Annaburger Kleinbahn AG * Ratzeburger Kleinbahn AG * Reichensteiner Bahn * Riesengebirgsbahn GmbH * Rendsburger Kreisbahn * Rheinisch-Westfälische Straßen- und Kleinbahnen GmbH ** Kleinbahn Langenfeld-Monheim-Hitdorf ** Kleinbahn Opladen-Lützenkirchen ** Kleinbahn Rees-Empel ** Kleinbahn Siegburg-Zündorf ** Kleinbahn Wesel-Rees-Emmerich ** Klever Straßenbahn ** Straßenbahn Opladen-Ohligs ** Wahner Straßenbahn * Rosenberger Kreisbahn AG * Rügensche Kleinbahn

S–T

* Saatziger Kleinbahnen AG * Salzwedeler Kleinbahnen GmbH * Samlandbahn AG * St. Andreasberger Kleinbahn GmbH * Schleizer Kleinbahn AG * Schmalkalder Kreisbahn * Söhrebahn AG * Spreewaldbahn A.G. * Spremberger Stadtbahn * Steinhuder Meer-Bahn GmbH * Stendaler Kleinbahn AG * Strandbahn Warnemünde-Markgrafenheide E: Stadt Rostock * Strausberg-Herzfelder Kleinbahn AG * Südstormarnsche Kreisbahn * Sylter Inselbahn AG * Sylter Südbahn E: Hamburg-Amerika-Linie * Teltower Eisenbahn AG * Trachenberg–Militscher Kreisbahn AG * Trusebahn AG

U–Z

* Uetersener Eisenbahn AG * Vereinigte Kleinbahnen AG ** Kleinbahn Neheim-Hüsten-Sundern ** Kleinbahn Philippsheim-Binsfeld ** Dessau-Radegast-Köthener Bahn * Verkehrsbetriebe des Kreises Schleswig * Vorortbahn Wilhelmshaven * Westfälische Kleinbahnen AG ** Kleinbahn Westig-Ihmert-Altena-Dahle * Westfälische Provinzialverwaltung – Kleinbahnabteilung ** Kleinbahn Steinhelle-Medebach GmbH ** Kleinbahn Unna-Kamen-Werne GmbH ** Kleinbahn Weidenau-Deuz GmbH ** Tecklenburger Nordbahn AG * Westhavelländische Kreisbahnen * Westpreußische Kleinbahnen AG * Wittlager Kreisbahn AG * Wüstewaltersdorfer Kleinbahn AG * Ziederthal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG * Zschornewitzer Kleinbahn GmbH

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* Eisenbahngesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika * Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (OMEG, in the colony of

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