Friedberg–Hanau railway
The railway line Friedberg- Hanau is a 32.2 km long double-track and electrified railway mainline in Hesse. It connects the two central cities Friedberg ( Hessen) and Hanau Nidderau.
The circuit is integrated as Route number 633 in the Rhine - Main Transport Association ( RMV), where it is performed as a line 33.
History
The railway line was approved by Act of 11 June 1873, opened by the Prussian state railways in two phases: the first section of Hanau to Heldenbergen wind corners (now Nidderau ) on 1 December 1879, the second of Heldenbergen wind corners to Friedberg Station (Hesse) for freight on 15 September 1881, for passenger traffic on 15 October 1881.
Importance
The importance of the route lies mainly in freight transport. It forms a part of the highway Ruhr -Bayern over the Ruhr -Sieg- route, the route Dill, from casting to Friedberg on the Main- Weser Railway and further from Hanau on the Main-Spessart -Bahn.
In operational faults or works that occasionally occur due to the high utilization of the Main- Weser Railway between Friedberg and Frankfurt, the route is used as a detour route.
Operation and use of vehicles
In passenger transport, it is only traveled by local trains of DB Regio Hessen GmbH. First pull trains with three n- cars and a locomotive of class 143 used - as rolling stock were - since the approval of the Talent 2 railcar of 2011 delayed until 2013. From about January 2013 then railcar of the 425 series came mostly from the collection of Central Hesse Express to use. Since March 9, 2013, the new Talent 2 railcars operating on the route Gießen- Friedberg- Hanau. Until mid-November 2013, alternating with the 425 series, in December 2013, only the new type trains Talent 2 used.
With the timetable change 2012/2013 in December 2012, the weekend and holiday traffic was first resumed and go by the Friedberg- Giessen connected to form a continuous line 33. From the late 1990s to mid-December 2012, the route by the Hessian State Railway, Butzbach, serviced. This despite catenary came only the diesel railcar GTW 2/6 used in 2012 then on behalf of DB Regio Hessen and with its own DB staff.