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}} }} The Leipzig–Hof Railway is a two-track main line in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria, originally built and operated by the ''Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company'' ((ドイツ語:Sächsisch-Baiersche Eisenbahn-Compagnie)). It runs from Leipzig through Altenburg, Werdau, Reichenbach and Plauen to Hof. The Werdau–Hof section is part of the ''Saxon-Franconian trunk line'' (''Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale''), the line connecting Dresden and Nuremberg. Its first section opened in 1842 and it is one of the oldest railways in Germany. ==History== Modeled after the successful Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company, the ''Sächsisch-Baiersche Eisenbahn-Compagnie'' was founded on 12 June 1841 as a private company to fund and build the planned line. Like the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway the route passed through several states, in addition to the Kingdom of Saxony, it passed through the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, and the Kingdom of Bavaria. The easy section from the Leipzig Bavarian station to Reichenbach was built between 1842 and 1846. In addition a branch was built to the city of Zwickau. The construction of the final section between Reichenbach and the Bavarian border was more difficult and required two large viaducts to cross the Göltzsch and Elster valleys. Since no bridges of this size had been built, the two viaducts eventually cost twice as much as originally estimated. Although the railway had run a competition in German newspapers seeking cost-effective ideas on how to build the Göltzsch Viaduct, the resulting ideas were of limited usefulness. On 21 September 1846 the ''Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company'' acknowledged that it could no longer finance the construction and asked the Kingdom of Saxony for help. 1 April 1847 the Kingdom of Saxony bought the company and it eventually became part of the Royal Saxon State Railways (''Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen''); it the meantime it was operated as the ''Saxon-Bavarian State Railways'' (''Sächsisch-Bayerische Staatseisenbahn''). The remaining sections were completed in 1851. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leipzig–Hof railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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