 On 15 October 1895, the Usingen Railway ("Usinger Bahn") was opened as an extension of the Homburg Railway, which had opened in 1860.From 1 June 1909, it was extended via a zig zag in Grävenwiesbach to the Lahn valley at Weilburg.The Solmsbach Valley Railway ("Solmsbachtalbahn") was opened to Albshausen on 1 November 1912.