Similarly in 1861 the main railway line on the right bank of the Danube from Vilshofen to Passau was opened, almost totally isolating the Protestant town of Ortenburg.

With the income from beer and malt taxes, which were charged for ten years, the land was purchased and on 10 August 1904 approval was given for the construction of the Lokalbahn along the Wolfach River.

Because makeshift wartime coaches were used with just the occasional modern railbuses, after the Second World War passenger numbers dropped markedly and services were finally withdrawn on 30 September 1962 in spite of protests and petitions from the local population.

The Raiffeisenbank central depot switched to road transport from that point on and a partial closure of the line was only to be expected — and took effect for the part between Neustift-Blindham and Ortenburg on April 2, 1995.

A 3 kilometre long cycle path from Maierhof via Söldenau to Ortenburg on the track formation of the embankment was opened in November 2002.