Draft:Wieslauterbahn

The Wieslauterbahn - more rarely called the Wasgaubahn, Wieslautertalbahn or Lauterbahn - is a branch line in Rhineland-Palatinate. It branches off from the Landau-Rohrbach line at Hinterweidenthal Ost station and runs via Dahn to Bundenthal-Rumbach. It gained its greatest significance in excursion traffic.

The line was opened in 1911 as one of the last within the Palatinate. In 1966, in response to competing private transport, passenger services were discontinued, with the exception of the "Bundenthaler" excursion train starting in Ludwigshafen. This train also came to an end in 1976. Freight services continued until 1995. In 1997, passenger services were reintroduced on Sundays and public holidays, the continuation of which was temporarily at risk after the turn of the millennium, but has since been secured for the medium term. In the following years, the service was extended to Wednesdays and Saturdays. Residents of the region repeatedly resisted plans to close the line for decades, thus helping to preserve it.


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