Deutsche Reichsbahn

For the state railways of the German Democratic Republic, see Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany). For a detailed discussion of the English translation of Reich, see Reich.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn ("German Reich Railway") – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I.

It was founded in 1920 as the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen when the Weimar Republic (formally Deutsches Reich – "German Realm" – hence the usage of "Reich" in the name of the railway) took national control of the German railways, which had previously been run by the German states.

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