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On 9 August 1928 the first test run on the line took place. At the official opening on 3 September 1928 people massed at the stations and halts and the newly opened railway carried about 2,500 passengers to
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Germany. Nowadays it is route number 907 in the timetable. Construction started in 1921 as part of a move to support this depressed area and it was taken into service on 3 September 1928. The 14.3 km long stub line connects to the
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458:Present-day
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79:Track gauge
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685:Categories
435:Gotteszell
378:Eisenstein
421:Bodenmais
414:Zellertal
374:Plattling
320:Bodenmais
224:Plattling
101:Route map
65:Technical
517:See also
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425:Kötzting
296:Böhmhof
272:Langdorf
198:Grafenau
83:1,435 mm
39:Overview
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392:History
386:KBS 906
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73:14.5 km
52:Service
116:Legend
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