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abandoned passenger services on 30 April 1955, but freight traffic (mainly wood and sugar beet) continued to 31 May 1997. At the end of the decline of the sugar beet traffic in the early 1990s, this was little traffic. The last timetable number for the passenger service before traffic ended was 315d.
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and difficulties with a level crossing in
Pfungstadt. The same level crossing, which is located just before the end of the line, was restored and not—as appeared likely in the meantime—replaced by an underpass or made unnecessary by shortening the line. The costs for reactivating the line were borne
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fabric) and Justus
Hildebrand (who owned the Pfungstadt brewery) had advocated for the construction of the line since the mid-19th century. Various alternative routes were considered, as well as a possible extension on a curve to
447:(secondary railway) on 20 December 1886 and Pfungstadt was incorporated as a municipality at the same time. The line proved to be an economic success for both the railway company and the industrial area. It was
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Federal Government and the state of Hesse. The total cost was valued at €7 million, of which €4.2 million was spent on the laying out of the 1.8 km-long track, which was organised by
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Liebig, Valentin (1985). "Die
Nebenbahn vom Viadukt Eberstadt nach Pfungstadt" [The branch line from Eberstadt viaduct to Pfungstadt]. In Georg Wittenberger (ed.).
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An order for four more diesel multiple units for the
Odenwald Railway, placed by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund in November 2007, provided an additional
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The former siding to the brewery in 2011 from about the same camera location as in 1914. The track had been removed on the right-hand side of the road.
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parking area. Of the total costs of €2.8 million, the state of Hesse assumed €170,000 and the rest was shared by the town and the federal government.
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line 65 (RB 65), the
Pfungstadt Railway service has been given the number 66. The line is listed as route 650.1 in the Deutsche Bahn timetable.
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The Pro Bahn association criticised the thin service on the weekend and the early last service in the evening as being a "half-hearted offer".
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512:(Rhine-Main transport association, RMV) and Dadina. The line was commissioned at the 2011/2012 timetable change on 11 December 2011.
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823:(Die Geschichte des Bahnhofs Pfungstadt von der Planung über die Eröffnung 1886 bis zur Wiederinbetriebnahme 2011 , 264 pages)
499:. Initially scheduled for competition in December 2007, the reactivation was delayed due to necessary signalling changes at
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The track of the
Pfungstadt Railway, which branches off from Darmstadt-Eberstadt station to Pfungstadt
807:] (in German). Darmstadt: Förderkreis Museen und Denkmalpflege Darmstadt-Dieburg. pp. 36–39.
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for short) decided that it would put the disused line back into service and integrate it into the
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725:"Deutsche Bahn timetable: 650.1 Darmstadt Hbf - Darmstadt-Eberstadt - Pfungstadt Pfungstadtbahn"
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The journey to
Pfungstadt takes 12 minutes with stops in Darmstadt SĂĽd and Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
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821:] (in German). Pfungstadt: self-published in cooperation with Stadtarchiv Pfungstadt.
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Exit of a T3 locomotive from the grounds of the brewery. Taken by Ernst BĂĽchner, ca. 1914
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438:(condominium railway) that was owned by several states and had its own administration.
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Schiene - GĂĽterstrecken 1980 bis 1993
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36:set of VIAS near the exit from Pfungstadt station
857:Buildings and structures in Darmstadt-Dieburg
675:(in German). 29 November 2011. Archived from
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766:"In zwölf Minuten zum Hauptbahnhof"
638:(in German). Stuttgart. p. 83.
565:Pfungstadt station in December 2011
764:Bach, Thomas (16 September 2011).
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669:"Endspurt fĂĽr die Pfungstadtbahn"
634:Kramer, U.; Brodkorb, M. (2008).
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705:(in German). 12 December 2011
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801:Die Bahn und ihre Geschichte
151:>190 m (620 ft)
805:The railway and its history
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703:Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de
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597:Footnotes
179:Route map
89:Technical
71:, Germany
780:14 April
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574:Louis IV
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42:Overview
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