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The entire route having been completed on 1 March 1854, 566 kilometers of line with space for two tracks had been completed in less than eleven years: this represented a remarkable achievement in view of the resources then available.
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of the two post-war German states: since 1990 the line has recovered much of its former importance. The route of the northern section of the Ludwig South–north railway has changed little since 1848.
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to plan private railways. The government determined that the building of further railways should become a state responsibility, however. On 14 January 1841 Bavaria concluded with
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was changed. Today the south-eastern end of the tunnel, which lies directly beyond the site of the former station, has been converted for warehousing and residential uses.
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held a minority stake, started work on the Saxon end of the railway line in 1841.
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334:The railway's decline was reversed with the
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915:Klee, Wolfgang; v. Welser, Ludwig (1995) .
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342:Centre Section Nuremberg to Augsburg
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364:and Nordheim (now a district of
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1084:Munich-Augsburg Railway Company
348:Treuchtlingen–Nuremberg railway
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983:(in German). Motorbuch-Verlag.
947:Scheingraber, GĂĽnther (1975).
613:1 September 1844 Goods Traffic
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273:Ludwig's Western Railway
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1100:Palatine Ludwig Railway
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951:(in German). Stuttgart.
924:Dt. Reichsbahn (1935).
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174:Palatine Ludwig Railway
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578:Commissioning progress
539:on 26 September 1853.
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485:Gunzenhausen–Schwabach
474:Oettingen–Gunzenhausen
317:Soviet occupation zone
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178:Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn
162:Paul Camille von Denis
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928:(in German). Berlin.
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717:Donauwörth–Oettingen
653:Hof (Saxon frontier)
463:Donauwörth–Oettingen
100:Carl August Lebschée
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684:Augsburg–Oberhausen
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195:Bamberg–Hof railway
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770:Kaufbeuren–Kempten
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593:in Service
564:WĂĽrttemberg
560:Waltenhofen
529:WĂĽrttemberg
444:2.0 km
433:2.5 km
336:unification
170:SaarbrĂĽcken
1161:Categories
903:, part 3:
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400:Donauwörth
396:Donauwörth
385:Nördlingen
366:Donauwörth
362:Oberhausen
255:Saxon part
232:Neuenmarkt
152:as far as
90:Background
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598:Northern
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224:Nuremberg
131:Nuremberg
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