Wadada tareenka ee ugu horreysa waxay ku socotay 1 May 1851 inta u dhaxaysa Berlin iyo Cologne. Shaqada tareenka ugu horreysa waxaa laga dhisay dhismaha saldhiga. 1853, furitaanka qaybta koowaad ee Southern Railway ee Alfeld, Göttingen iyo Kassel ayaa ka dhigtay saldhigga saldhigga tareenka.
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