Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bergisch-Märkische_Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:BME
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1882
gptkbp:founded 1843
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Wuppertal
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major role in German industrialization
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:length_of_network_(1880) over 1,600 km
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Prussian_state_railways
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Elberfeld–Dortmund_railway
gptkb:Düsseldorf–Elberfeld_railway
gptkb:Dortmund–Soest_railway
Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway
gptkbp:number_of_employees_(1880) over 12,000
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Bergisches_Land
gptkb:Westphalia
gptkb:North_Rhine-Westphalia
gptkbp:purpose connecting industrial regions in western Germany
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Prussian_state_railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elberfeld–Dortmund_railway
gptkb:Essen–Bochum_railway
gptkb:Essen–Duisburg_railway
gptkb:Essen–Wuppertal_railway
gptkb:Ruhr_Valley_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8