the Marsh Railway was not yet finished to Husum, although this extension opened on 1 September 1886. The old line went to the east of the current Hörn junction on the route of the modern B 5 highway, passing to the west of Husum and went around a 180-degree turn from the north to Husum station. The line then continued to the east towards Flensburg on the route to Jübek. In 1886 a connection was built between Platenhörn on the Husum–Tönning line and a junction at Hörn on a new extension of the Marsh Railway from Heide to Husum, which ran a little to the east of the Tönning line. In 1902, the old line between Husum and Platenhörn was dismantled. Today only a few property lines mark the old route. The extension of the line from Garding to St. Peter-Ording was opened 78 years after the opening of the line to Tönning due to lack of finances. Previously, guests of the spa and tourists from the end of the line at Garding were transported in horse-drawn carriages and postbuses to the popular coastal resort with its wide sandy beach. After overnight stays in St. Peter-Ording greatly increased in the 1920s and 1930s, it was decided to extend the line. The residents of both St. Peter and Ording, which were then independent towns, jockeyed to have the station named after each town. The two towns finally realised that their interests were best served by naming the station Bad (“spa”) St. Peter-Ording; although the municipalities were only merged as Bad St. Peter-Ording in 1967. The next station down the line was in the locality of St. Peter Dorf ("St. Peter village"), which was considered to sound provincial, so the station was named Bad St. Peter Süd (south). Post-war period and decline The Bad St. Peter-Ording–Garding section of the line was closed in 1945 to war damage received during the Second World War. It returned to regular operations in 1947. In the early days, the line was operated with steam trains, then with Deutsche Bundesbahn class V 36 diesel locomotives and red Donnerbüchse carriages. In the winter timetable of 1960 the line was converted to operate with Uerdingen railbuses (classes VT 95 and VT 98, "piglet taxis"), with up to six carriages. Passenger services were later provided by battery-powered railcars. Like many other local railways the Eiderstedt line ran downhill from the