was no longer needed. The remaining buildings were built according to Prussian standard designs. The brick building could be varied with mirrored floor plans or by omitting a floor. So there were similarities. The stations of Künsebeck and Westbarthausen were similar and the building of Steinhagen, Borgholzhausen, Wellendorf and Oesede also matched. Opening and operations On 6 August 1886, the city of Osnabrück issued a letter of invitation to the opening of the line and it was formerly opened on 14 August 1886. A special train left that day at approximately noon from the Cologne-Minden station in Osnabrück. The train arrived at about 2 PM in Dissen-Bad Rothenfelde and a lunch for invited guests was provided in Rothenfelde. The special train consisted of five magnificent decorated passenger cars, hauled by a steam locomotive. The fares from Osnabrück were set on 14 August 1886. The Osnabrücker Zeitung reported that the line would be well received by tourists because of the landscape and that many excursions were already planned by clubs. The line was operated from the opening by four pairs of trains a day, but these were so-called mixed trains, as they also included freight wagons and had a running time of two and a half hours. The citizens were outraged over this long traveling time since a journey via Löhne was shorter by a few minutes despite the detour. The Haller Willem quickly became a mainstay of the economy in the region. Natural resources were transported out of the Teutoburg Forest, but it also brought workers and school students to the towns. It also connected with some tourist destinations. On 6 February 1905, the railway division (Eisenbahndirektion) of Munster, announced that they wanted to raise the speed limit on the line to 50 km/h. The infrastructure, especially the level crossings, were improved for this purpose. Already six services ran on the Haller Willem in the timetable of 1905. Travel time was cut to only around two hours as a result of the structural improvements. Services were increased up to the First World War to five pairs of trains and seven more running on part of the line. After the First World War there were six pairs of trains and a pair of trains that went only as far as Wellendorf. The travel time of the fastest trains was reduced to only one hour and 45 minutes. In addition, six freight