Elevated Railway Company

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Logo of the elevated railway company used from 1907
Development data of the elevated railway company

Hochbahngesellschaft was the self-chosen short title of the society for electric elevated and underground railways in Berlin . The elevated railway company was founded on April 1, 1897 for the construction and operation of the Berlin elevated and underground railway as a subsidiary of Siemens & Halske and Deutsche Bank . In addition to operating on its own route network, the elevated railway company also operated on the Schöneberg subway , the Wilmersdorf-Dahlem subway , the Berlin north-south railway and, for a short time, on the sections of the GN railway that were already open .

Added to this were as flat track designated tram the elevated train company set up by the Warsaw Metro Station Street with sequentially different time lines to Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg wrong, and two bus lines.

history

In 1926/1927 , the city of Berlin acquired the majority of shares in the various transport companies, including the elevated railway company, in order to achieve a uniform municipal transport offer. However, a merger of the companies would have resulted in private shareholders continuing to hold shares in the new company, which in turn would have prevented the exemption from corporate and wealth tax . Therefore, the route of sale and liquidation was chosen. On January 1, 1929, the elevated railway company sold its systems and vehicles to the newly founded urban Berliner Verkehrs-AG, today's Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe . The liquidation of the elevated railway company lasted until 1931.

Over the entire duration of its existence, the elevated railway company was headed by Paul Wittig ; initially as sole director , later as chairman of a multi-member board.

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In the anteroom of the station building of the Nollendorfplatz underground station there is a circular memorial hall with the names of the numerous elevated railway companies who died in the First World War

See also

literature

  • Annual reports of the Hochbahngesellschaft, 1897–1928.
  • Paul Wittig: On the history of the elevated railway company . Berlin 1925.

Web links

Commons : Hochbahngesellschaft  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Reuter : The founding of the Berliner Verkehrs-A.-G. In: Verkehrstechnik , Volume 8, Issue 50 (December 14, 1928), pp. 917–919.
  2. ^ Paul Wittig, Emil Pavel, Heinrich Dettmar: Report of the Liquidators for the year 1929 . In: Society for electric high and underground railways in Berlin in liquidation (Hochbahngesellschaft i. L.) - balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the years 1929 and 1930 and reports by the liquidators.