Altdamm-Colberger Railway Company
The Altdamm-Colberger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ACE) was founded in Stettin in 1880 . The shareholders were the Prussian state , the province of Pomerania , the districts of Naugard and Greifenberg and the cities of Gollnow , Naugard , Plathe , Greifenberg , Treptow and Colberg , but also private individuals.
They had Lenz & Co. GmbH build a single-track, standard-gauge railway line that branched off from the Stettin – Stargard main line in Altdamm near Stettin in what was then the Randow district and reached the Baltic Sea coast near Colberg in a north-easterly direction via Gollnow – Naugard – Greifenberg and Treptow . The 122-kilometer route shortened the previous route via Stargard – Belgard by around 50 kilometers.
Passenger traffic was started on April 1, 1882 to Greifenberg and on May 25, 1882 to Colberg (since 1891 Kolberg ). Freight trains had already been running on the first section from January 1st. The transportation of livestock and other agricultural products was the main source of income for society.
In addition to a 14-kilometer branch line to the district town of Regenwalde , which branched off in Piepenburg (between Naugard and Plathe) since November 1, 1893 , the extension of the line along the Baltic Sea coast brought further growth in traffic. On May 18, 1899, the 43-kilometer route from Kolberg to the district capital Köslin was opened. The ACE route network had thus grown to a total of 179 kilometers. In this condition it was incorporated into the Prussian State Railroad on April 1, 1903 .
Wilhelm von Haselberg († 1882) was chairman of the directorate until December 22, 1882. After his death, Friedrich Lenz became a member of the directorate until it was nationalized.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary of the Anzeiger zum Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , December 30, 1882, p. 1., accessed on December 15, 2012
- ^ Regional historical research center for Pomerania (ed.): Friedrich Lenz. In: Pomeranian Life Pictures. Volume 1 Szczecin 1934