Private company

Royal Bavarian State Railways

Logo: Bayerische Staatseisenbahn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former transport company

The Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.Bay.Sts.B.) was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German state railways (after that of the Prussian state railways) with a railway network of 8,526 kilometres (including the Palatinate Railway or Pfalzbahn) by the end of the First World War.2 It ceased to exist in 1920.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1844Founded1
  • HeadquartersMunich1
  • Founded inLudwigshafen1

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Güterwagenaufschrift K Bay Sts B
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.Bay.Sts.B.) was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German state railways (after that of the Prussian state railways) with a railway network of 8,526 kilometres (including the Palatinate Railway or Pfalzbahn) by the end of the First World War.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Bavarian Eastern Railway Company1
  2. Succeeded by Deutsche Reichsbahn1

Timeline

  1. 1920Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1844Founded Founded in Ludwigshafen1

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