Germany's Railways: 30 Years After Re-Unification

Germany, divided after World War II into two separate countries, was reunified on October 3, 1990. For the country’s rail system, the complex task of unifying two networks with very different rolling stock and systems had just begun. New lines and stations were built to physically unite the network and new trains were introduced to transform services. Many rural regional lines closed as car ownership in the former East Germany increased dramatically. Amazingly, however, none of the former E...