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State railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg (1843–1920)
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Overview of the development of the state railway routes
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1283:History of rail transport in Baden-Württemberg
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971:List of Württemberg locomotives and railbuses
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961:History of the railway in Württemberg
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1263:Defunct railway companies of Germany
1258:History of rail transport in Germany
1133:History of rail transport in Germany
1045:Mühl, Albert; Seidel, Kurt (1970).
1021:(in German). Tübingen: Gebr. Metz.
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469:Upper Neckar Railway
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304:Ludwigsburg
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1011:Literature
999:2023-11-10
977:References
857:Wilhelm II
756:K.W.St.E.'
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735:1892–1893
724:1879–1892
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699:; in 1874
631:Blaubeuren
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521:and on to
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155:Main lines
59:March 2019
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904:K.W.St.E.
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839:): 14,565
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817:Railbuses
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492:Rems line
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371:Heilbronn
291:Esslingen
260:Cannstatt
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165:Stuttgart
140:K.W.St.E.
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955:See also
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693:Kisslegg
647:Balingen
596:Rottweil
594:reached
481:Tübingen
381:Biberach
201:Nordbahn
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