Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel Light Railway
The Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel light railway was originally a private railway operated by the district of Emden in East Frisia in North Germany. In 1932 the district was absorbed into the district of Norden.
The metre gauge light railway line was long and began in Emden district station near the state railway station of Emden-West, which had been expanded in 1935/36 from the minor station of Larrelter Straße. It ran through the Krummhörn landscape via Hinte and Pewsum to the port of Greetsiel on the bay of Leybucht. Within its catchment area the railway was also known as "Jan Klein".
Passenger and goods services began on 27 July 1899 from Emden to Pewsum and were extended as far as Greetsiel from 21 September 1906. From 1933 operations were run by the Hanover State Light Railway Office, later the Lower Saxon State Railway Office at Hanover. After its dissolution the line was taken over on 1 October 1959 by the Bentheimer Eisenbahn.
On 25 May 1963 the line was closed to all traffic and the track lifted. The Kraftpost took over passenger services using buses.
