On 1 January 1870, the Palatine Ludwig Railway Company, the
Palatine Maximilian Railway Company and the
Palatine Northern Railway (with which the Neustadt-Dürkheim Railway Company had amalgamated) had formed a management and operational association under the name "United Palatine Railways" (
Vereinigte Pfälzische Eisenbahnen) or
Palatinate Railway (
Pfalzbahn) for short, with its headquarters in Ludwigshafen. Nevertheless, Palatine Ludwig Railway was responsible for the subsequent opening of the following railway lines: •
Ludwigshafen–Frankenthal–Bobenheim, , on 15 November 1853 •
Speyer–Germersheim, , on 14 March 1864 • Speyer–Rhein station – towards Schwetzingen, , on 10 December 1873 •
Landau–Annweiler, , on 12 September 1874 •
Annweiler–Biebermühle–Zweibrücken, , (
Queich Valley Railway) and •
Biebermühle–Pirmasens, , on 25 November 1875 • Einöd–Bierbach–Reinheim–Saargemünd, , on 1 April 1879 (
Blies valley line) • Biebermühle–Waldfischbach, , on 1 June 1904 (
Biebermühl Railway) In addition the following narrow gauge routes belonging to the Palatine Ludwig Railway should be mentioned: • Ludwigshafen–Dannstadt, , and Ludwigshafen–Frankenthal, , on 15 October 1890 • Frankenthal–Großkarlbach, 13 km, on 1 July 1891 • Speyer Lokalbahnhof–
Geinsheim, , on 26 August 1905 (
Pfefferminzbähnel/
Gäubähnel) •
Geinsheim–Neustadt branch line station, , on 31 October 1908 (Pfefferminzbähnel/Gäubähnel) On 1 January 1909, the Ludwigsbahn was transferred into the ownership of the
Royal Bavarian State Railways along with the other companies belonging to the Palatinate Railway. ==See also==