Bavarian Maximilian Railway

Bavarian Maximilian Railway
Danube bridge between Ulm und Neu-Ulm in 1855
Overview
Native nameBayerische Maximiliansbahn
LocaleBavaria
Termini
  • Neu-Ulm
  • Kufstein
Service
TypeLine
Operator(s)Royal Bavarian State Railways
History
Opened1840 (1840)
Technical
Line length188 km (117 mi)
The three Bavarian main lines. The Ludwig South-North Railway is shown in red, the Ludwig Western Railway is shown in blue, and the Maximilian Railway in green

The Bavarian Maximilian Railway (German: Bayerische Maximiliansbahn) was as an east–west line built between the Bavarian border with Württemberg at Neu-Ulm in the west via Augsburg, Munich and Rosenheim to the Austrian border at Kufstein and Salzburg in the east as part of the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The Munich–Augsburg section of the line had already been built by the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company and opened in 1840. The line was named after the reigning King of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864 Maximilian II.