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, 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 |