Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit Railway
The Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway or Rott Valley Railway (''Rottalbahn'') is a single-tracked, unelectrified branch line in southeastern Bavaria in Germany. At 98 kilometres it is the longest branch line in Bavaria. Construction The line was built in two stages. After construction started in 1878 the 63 km long Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Pocking section was opened on 1 September 1879 as a ''Sekundärbahn'' (secondary line). On 4 October 1883 it was given a junction at Landshut. Following the approval of its extension eastwards in 1884, the second, 35 km long, section from Pocking to Passau was completed in the years 1887 and 1888. From 6 October 1888 the route was fully operational from end to end. At 9.15 am on that day a trial train departed from Passau with seven coaches hauled by a Bavarian D VII, D VII. At 2.30 pm it set off from Pocking on the return journey. The second section was built as a ''Lokalbahn''; it was markedly slower and the trackbed was clearly ...
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