The Bavarian Ludwig Railway, formally the Koniglich privilegierte Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, or Royal Privileged Ludwig Railway Company, was a chartered German railway company founded on May 14, 1833, and granted its concession in February 1834. It built and operated the first steam hauled railway in Germany, a six kilometre line between Nuremberg and Furth in Bavaria that opened December 7, 1835, raising 132,000 guilders in share capital and running both passenger and freight service until the company operations ended on October 31, 1922.
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Source Wikidata: Bavarian Ludwig Railway
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1. Wikidata: Bavarian Ludwig Railway
WikidataWikidata item description
former railway company and line
Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1834
Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1922
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 2
instance of: railway line
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 1
instance of: railway company
Operates In: Railroad Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q3565868, matched to the live industry entity "Railroad Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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