German Railways
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German Railways

A Study in the Historical Geography of Transport

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eBook - ePub

German Railways

A Study in the Historical Geography of Transport

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Originally published in 1979, this volume is an invaluable study of a railway system and its adjustment to changing political-geographical conditions, as well as changes in economic and social geography. Each change in the territorial extent or in the internal territorial-administrative organisation of Germany has had its repercussions upon the spatial pattern of the country's economy and consequently upon the demand for transport. Furthermore, the central position of Germany within the continent has given an added importance to the role of its railways in the overall pattern of the European railway system. For the transport geographer the comparisons and contrasts with the British railway system are particularly insightful.

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TABLE I
The Move to State Railways - The Prussian Example
TABLE II
Historical Statistics of German Railways
1870
1890
1913
1925
1930
1936
Population (mill.)
41.26
49.24
66.98
63.1
65.1
66.9
Railway length (km.)
18,805
41,495
63,794
57,268
58,344
58,991
Of which state railways
8,627
38,105
58,976
52,768
53,844
54,491
State administered private railways
1,969
98
106
-
-
-
Private railways
8,210
3,292
4,712
4,500
4,500
4,500
Passengers (mill.)
113
421
1,834
2,106
1,829
1,611
Tonnage (mill.)
70
213
559
409
400
452
Source: Various.
TABLE III
Railway Operations in Principal German States 1885 and 1910
Prussia-Hessen
Reichsland, Alsace & Lorraine
Bavaria
Württemberg
Baden
Saxony
Oldenburg
Mecklenburg
Operating length (km.)
21,0501
37,349 ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Some Comparisons with Britain
  10. The German Railway Network in its Physical Setting
  11. Historical Growth of the German Railway Network
  12. Particularism and the Railways
  13. The Aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War
  14. Railways and Strategy
  15. The Shift from Private to State Railways
  16. Particularism and Railway Operations
  17. Railways After the 1914-1918 War
  18. Creation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
  19. The Years After 1945
  20. Aspects of Traffic and Services
  21. Freight Traffic
  22. Tables I-VIII
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography