Groß Gerau station

• Rhine -Main Railway ( 19.7 km )
• Connecting curve for Riedbahn

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Most Gerau Train Station is about 500 meters north of the center of the Hessian county town of Groß-Gerau at the Wiesbaden / Mainz to Darmstadt / Aschaffenburg leading Rhine -Main Railway. There branches a connecting curve to the nearby railway United Gerau Dornsberg from the Riedbahn. Unlike the eponymous city being written without a hyphen. This is explained by the Prussian write regulation of 1910 According to her the spelling of the town and county name with a distinctive prefix word as Old, New, Large, Small, Bergisch, German and so was -. Unless they are now already written in one word - without a hyphen, whereas for those that are composed of two or more root name such as Schleswig -Holstein, Beeskow - Storkow etc. with a hyphen as the official correct set .. This rule did not apply in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, but very well for the plants the Prussian - Hessian railway Community of which belonged to the train station.

History

The station is located on 1858 by the Hessian Ludwig Railway opened section between Main and Darmstadt tip of the Rhine -Main -Bahn. In the United Gerau initially functioned as a wooden barrack station. 1868, the new station building was opened. In World War I operated a voluntary medical team as well as ladies of Alice Women's Association, a Red Cross station in the station building. In 1944, the building was destroyed by bombing in 1957 and rebuilt. The station building is now a recognized cultural monument under the Hessian Monument Protection Act.

Infrastructure

The station has three platform tracks, which are accessible via the main platform and an island platform. To the east there are additional freight tracks and a siding. In the west there is a connection to the former site of Südzucker where extensive track facilities were in operation. Since 1970, rail transport is controlled by means of a relay interlocking system.

Operation

The station is served by the regional train line RB 75 ( partially every 30 minutes during rush hours ) operates from Wiesbaden Mainz to Great Gerau and on about Darmstadt to Aschaffenburg every hour.