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3 unusual facts about Upper Hessian Railway Company


Upper Hessian Railway Company

Whilst the Main-Weser railway had linked Wetterau, a town in the western part of the province of Upper Hesse, to the new mode of transport as early as 1850-1852, much of the area, around the Vogelsberg, remained without any railway connexions for years.

The entire route of the Lahn-Kinzig Railway to Gelnhausen, that comprised a link line of 70 km length along the western perimeter of the Vogelsberg to the Kinzig Valley Railway, was completed on 30 November 1870.

On 29 December 1869 services were opened from Giessen to Hungen, on 29 June 1870 to Nidda and on 30 October 1870 to Büdingen.


Glauburg-Stockheim station

The station was opened on 30 October 1870 with opening of the end of the third section of the Gießen–Gelnhausen railway (NiddaBüdingen) by the Upper Hessian Railway Company (Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft).


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