Railway Divisions in Germany - Reichsbahndirektion N Rnberg, Reichsbahndirektion Regensburg, Reichsbahndirektion Augsburg (Paperback)

Chapters: Reichsbahndirektion N rnberg, Reichsbahndirektion Regensburg, Reichsbahndirektion Augsburg, Reichsbahndirektion M nchen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In Germany and Austria, the running of railway services for a railway administration or the regional network of a large railway company was devolved to railway divisions, variously known as Eisenbahndirektionen (ED), Bundesbahndirektionen (BD) or Reichsbahndirektionen (RBD/Rbd). Their organisation was determined by the railway company concerned or by the state railway and, in the German-speaking lands at least, they formed the intermediate authorities and regional management organisations within the state railway administration's hierarchy. On the formation of the Deutsche Bahn AG in 1994 the system of railway divisions (Eisenbahndirektionen) in Germany was discontinued and their tasks were transferred to new "business areas." The first railway divisions of the various German state railways (known as L nderbahnen), usually reported to a specific government ministry. For example in Prussia they came under the 'Ministry for Trade, Industry and Public Works" and, from 1878, the "Ministry of Public Works" which had been split off from it. In the Kingdom of Bavaria the railway operating divisions came under the "State Ministry of Transport." By contrast the Royal Saxon State Railways reported to the Saxon finance ministry. In Bavaria the five railway operating divisions (Eisenbahnbetriebsdirektionen) initially worked under the "General Division for Royal Transportation," in 1886 they reported to the "General Division of the Royal Bavarian State Railways" and from 1906 to the "State Ministry of Transport." As a small state, Baden ran its railway operations from just one central headquarte...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1989344