Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
The legal basis for the line was a state treaty between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, which was concluded on 16 June 1884. The cost of the railway was found by Saxe-Meiningen and the district of Römhild, the construction and operation of the branch was undertaken by the Bavarian state railway. At the beginning of March 1895 Saxe-Meiningen sold the "Gleichbergbahn" to Bavaria.