Due to its proximity to the Gleichberge mountains, the line was also known as the Gleichbergbahn (Gleichberg railway).
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It was just under 11 kilometres long and ran from Rentwertshausen to Römhild in the south Thuringian region of Grabfeld.
From then on the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany only operated the Meiningen–Rentwertshausen–Römhild section.