The railway division was first located in the provincial capital of Speyer and later relocated to Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
The same happened to the Palatine Northern Railway Company (Gesellschaft der Pfälzischen Nordbahnen) in 1870.
In 1869 all the general shareholders' assemblies approved a merger of the administration, whereby the individual companies remained legally independent and separate books were kept.
At the same time, the three remaining companies received new concessions and a uniform interest rate guarantee.
In accordance with the Armistice agreements, the division was taken over by a French field railway unit on 4 December 1918.