Rhine-Main Railway
The Rhine -Main -Bahn (also Main -Rhein -Bahn ) is a railway line for trains of Mainz Darmstadt to Aschaffenburg.
Route
In Mainz, the route crosses over the main estuary at the main peak of the Rhine and bends behind Bishop 's home where the Main train to Frankfurt am Main branches off to the southeast towards large -Gerau from. Subsequently, it runs in an easterly direction to Darmstadt where it reaches from the north to the central station. From there you can continue to drive only with change of direction on the track. Continuous line tracks do make it possible transverse to go directly to the track ahead of the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof towards Aschaffenburg further, this possibility is, however, used exclusively by freight. East of Darmstadt, the route by a contiguous forest area over the station Messel to Dieburg, where connection is made to the Dreieich train to Dreieich- Buchschlag and Frankfurt am Main. Thereafter, the Main, the track runs in a northeasterly direction over Babenhausen and crosses between floor and Mainaschaff city. So she finally arrives in Aschaffenburg. The route is double track and electrified throughout. The Rhine -Main Railway is one of the few connections with regional trains in their circulation touch three states ( Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse, Bavaria).
History
The Rhine -Main Railway was planned, built and operated by the private Hessian Ludwig Railway. They thus entered into competition with the nordmainischen connection between the Rhine, Aschaffenburg and the local connection to the Bavarian Louis - West Railway, which was produced by the Taunus Railway and the railway Hanauer. In contrast to this, it offered an unbroken traffic while Taunusbahn Hanauer and train in the beginning ended up in two different train stations in Frankfurt am Main, who had not (yet) no rail link. Disadvantage of the Rhine -Main- track was that she was obliged to rely for the Rhine crossing on the ferry to Mainz Mainz- Gustav castle. Except Rhine and Main but there was no significant terrain obstacles that had to overcome the web.
Basis of the building was a treaty between the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Kingdom of Bavaria on 28 March 1852, and the Hessian concession of 3 March 1856. Construction began after the completion of harvesting operations in 1856. In February 1856, the distance between the main peak was ( on the Rhine opposite Mainz) and Darmstadt completed. On April 19, 1858 attended Grand Duke Ludwig III. the site at Main tip and used to a train. As of July 18 took place test drives. The Rhine -Main Railway was opened in the section between Main and Darmstadt top finally on 1 August 1858. Firstly, here the freight has been released. A little later drove the first passenger trains. The eastern section to Aschaffenburg followed on November 15, 1858, the scheduled traffic was recorded on December 27, 1858. At the beginning of day three perverted through pairs of trains, a few years later there were eight. The construction of the railway infrastructure had cost 3.9 million guilders. The line was established from the beginning for a second track, but that was postponed until 1871. Was praised by the travelers that the car of the third class carriage glazed windows had - in contrast to the adjacent Main-Neckar Railway.
In the formation of Prussian - Hessian Railway Community in 1897 and the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company and thus the Rhine -Main Railway was nationalized and incorporated.
The track was 1958/59 electrified, conducted the traffic since May 9, 1960 electrically. In September 1990, the dragon action took place between Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg place as well.
Traffic
Freight traffic
The track is for the remote transport, which the node Frankfurt travels around on her important. It connects the left and right Rhine line with the Main-Spessart -Bahn, but also in the north via Hanau with the Kinzig Valley Railway, the railway line Friedberg- Hanau and the Main - Weser Railway. The compound is also used by car trains and occasionally for military and nuclear waste shipments.
Passenger
The route is operated in rail transport as Route number 651 and has in the Rhine- Main Transport Association ( RMV), the line number 75 The route was announced from the Rhine - Main Transport Association for the period from December 2008 for ten Timetable years. The tender won DB Regio, which gradually surrounded the train sets of old n cars on modern double -deck coaches since the end of July 2008. The trains are hauled over Mainz Hauptbahnhof addition to Wiesbaden. They are for 1st and 2nd class and always have a train conductor or a conductor. On the route an hourly service is offered. Between Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg trains run on Saturday afternoons and Sundays every two hours; daily from 22 clock the train service will be replaced in this section by buses. In the rush hour peak times Monday to Friday from 6 clock und 9 clock and 16 and 19 clock additional features allow for a half hour, which temporarily unable to service since the timetable change in December 2012 due to construction work Mainz Hauptbahnhof, but between Bishop Home and Wiesbaden Mainz -Kastel operate.
Replacement for the addition between Mainz and Darmstadt circulating in the eighties and nineties of the last century, every two hours Interregio trains was not ordered from the Rhine - Main Transport Association after the abolition of the offer by the German Bahn AG.
The route leaves east of Babenhausen the RMV tariff zone and enters the transport community at the Bavarian Lower Main. There is a transition rate.
Rolling stock
As Regional trains run push-pull trains, covered with three modernized ( in additional Berufsverkehrumläufen two or three) double-deck coaches and locomotives of the series 143