The two committees in Augsburg and Munich soon united and had a civil servant draw up a route proposal.
The task of carrying out the detailed planning and construction was given to the engineer, Paul Camille Denis, who had just completed the Nuremberg-Fürth line.
However, there were difficulties with the shareholder applications in the early days as a result of delays in obtaining the state licence.
It is reported that King Ludwig I directed that the final opening ceremony would coincide with the beginning of the Oktoberfest.
The company procured a total of eight locomotives from various manufacturers that were all fired with wood.