Ländches Railway

The Ländchesbahn is a single-track, non-electrified branch line between Wiesbaden and low- Hausen (Taunus ), and now bears the RMV number DB - 21 and the course book number 627 The length is approximately 20 kilometers.

History

The Hessian Ludwig Railway operating from 1877, the Main -Lahn -Bahn, which performs low- Hausen. To obtain a connection from there to Wiesbaden, where already completed the Taunus Railway and the rights Rhine route, the railway line was opened together with the Ludwig station Wiesbaden on July 1, 1879. In 1906 the construction of the Wiesbaden main station replaced the Ludwig train station. After the opening of the racecourse on the site of today's airfield in heritage home the trains ran on race days in the top in 10 -minute intervals up heritage home.

Route

The original full single track begins on the west side of the Wiesbaden Central Station and crosses in the hammer mill, the main lines to and from Wiesbaden Ost and Biebrich. Originally Behind the Überwerfungsbauwerk waved to the freight line from Wiesbaden Ost Airport Wiesbaden heritage home on the track of Ländchesbahn, so that the joint railway embankment two single track lines lay side by side, connected to each other only at the passenger station heritage home. In 2002, the freight line was shut down and the section from the main station until shortly before Heritage Home, used for the branch Breckenheim -Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden access to the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main. The Community section is now double-tracked and electrified. It runs in a relatively flat terrain, and has consequently no significant engineering structures on. The siding towards the airfield heritage home had also been renewed in this context, but was hardly used and dismantled in 2011 largely.

From Wiesbaden heritage home, the route passes through the countryside, and from which it takes its name, and has risen steadily in the direction of north. Between the breakpoints Auringen - Medenbach and the low Bahnhof, the end point of Ländchesbahn, it first passes under the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main and then in the 197 m long tunnel "Grey Stone " a ridge of the Taunus mountains, on which the Federal Highway 3 and the federal highway 455 run. Built in 1878 railway tunnel was completely renovated from 1998 to 2000 for reasons of operational security. The tunnel was originally designed for two-track operation, but was driven on only one track from the beginning. The large cross -section and the fact that the tunnel is to be used only single track in the future, allowing the production of a new reinforced concrete inner tube with round sealing front of the old sand stone vault. Since the restoration work could take place only in the night operation breaks and weekends while maintaining the factory daily railway operations, the reorganization was cyclical in 8-meter blocks made ​​. The tunnel is the vertex of the route, which drops steeply from there in the direction of low- Hausen.

At kilometer 17.8 between Auringen - Medenbach and low- Hausen ( Taunus) was between 1996 and 1998, the breakpoint " Rhein- Main-Theater " who operated the eponymous musical theater, was listed in the " Sunset Boulevard " by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Continuous theater trains operated from Frankfurt ( Main ) Hauptbahnhof to Lower Hausen, from where they sat back as the barrier drive to the breakpoint Rhein- Main Theater.

In Niedernhausen main track of Ländchesbahn is performed without crossing between the tracks of the Main -Lahn -Bahn, so that the trains can move unimpeded between the routes.

Transport / operation

The relatively short track is frequented primarily by commuting and is therefore predestined for railcar use. After the Second World War wrong here mainly the battery railcar of the ETA 176 series, which were located in Limburg. Later drove on the track diesel V- 160 family with three to four n- cars. In principle, all trains stopped at all intermediate stations, who possessed all about crossing opportunities. Only in the rush perverted Hasten railcars Limburg -Wiesbaden without stopping between low- Hausen and Wiesbaden. In the off-peak periods individual railcar rides the Ländchesbahn about Niedernhausen been to Limburg extended to replace locomotive-hauled trains. This form of operation has been preserved until today. In the 1970s, a Eilt railcars pair Au (Sieg) -Mainz was passed over the Ländchesbahn that the Westerwald combined with the state capitals Wiesbaden and Mainz. With the introduction of synchronized timetable on the Main -Lahn -Bahn is also systematized the port traffic on the Ländchesbahn, so that could be dispensed with the possibility of crossing in Auringen - Medenbach - the station was dismantled at a breakpoint.

Since 2004, the traffic on the Ländchesbahn with LINT railcar company Vectus is handled based in Limburg. Since Vectus to December 2011 evenings and weekends transferred a portion of its railcars for cleaning after casting, took over the German rail diesel railcar class 628 at this time the transport services.

Since the founding of the Rhine -Main Transport Association ( RMV) the distance in the uniform RMV tariff is integrated.

With the project " Light rail Wiesbaden " the introduction of a regional light rail system was discussed by the Karlsruhe model, in which the Ländchesbahn should be included. These plans were already well advanced, but have been through a change of political majorities in 2001 abandoned.

Stations

All stations are located in the Ländchesbahn Rhine- Main Transport Association. With the exception of the train station in Lower Hausen ( and abandoned breakpoint Rhein- Main Theater ) these are also in the Wiesbaden city. Some have direct access to local bus routes, in others the nearest bus stop is some distance away and can also stop names not see any reference station. The announced for spring 2013 start of construction work was delayed.

Wiesbaden Hbf

By 1906 the Ländchesbahn in Wiesbaden ended on Ludwig Station. (50 ° 4 ' 39 " N, 8 ° 14' 45 " O50.07758.2458333333333 ) With the renovation of the railway tracks in the urban area of ​​the new central station (50 ° 4 ' 15 " N, 8 ° 14' 38 " O50.0708333333338.2438888888889 ) was endpoint the track. Here is connection to the remote transport as well as various regional rail and bus lines.

Wiesbaden Heritage Home

The station Wiesbaden Heritage Home (50 ° 3 ' 17 " N, 8 ° 17' 44" O50.0547222222228.2955555555556 ) is located about 400 m west of the town hall and the church square of the district heritage home. By 2005 there were in heritage home two mechanical interlockings, which have been demolished with the dismantling of the station to the stop. That was at the exit to Wiesbaden Central Station as guards interlocking. The single-storey former railway station building barg formerly a ticket office and a baggage check. As part of the renovation of the stations on the Ländchesbahn a relocation of the station is provided in the direction of the Berlin streets to shorten the routes of bus station and town center.

Wiesbaden- Igstadt

The station Wiesbaden- Igstadt (50 ° 4 ' 56 " N, 8 ° 19 ' 32 " O50.0822222222228.3255555555556 ) lies to the west of the district Igstadt and has a Grade II listed station building of 1926. In the future, a new access from the town center is to be created.

Auringen - Medenbach

The station Auringen - Medenbach (50 ° 6 ' 49 " N, 8 ° 19' 55" O50.113598.33197 ) is located between the two Wiesbaden districts Auringen and Medenbach. Was built a stately reception building with cultivation, freight shed, laundry room, cellar and stables Petroleum. On the ground floor was a large waiting room with wooden benches and a potbellied stove, the upper floors were used by the railway officials as an apartment. Originally decreed the station about two tracks and a freight railway, whose course was operated via a switchboard. The building was demolished in 1972 due to disrepair and replaced by a bus shelter. Meanwhile, the plants were built back to the holding point. The buses stop at the nearby ESWE August reputation Street. Currently running plans for the modernization of the holding point and improve the connection between train stop and bus stop.

Niedernhausen

At low Bahnhof (50 ° 9 ' 35 " N, 8 ° 18' 46" O50.1596416666678.3128638888889 ) is connected to the Main -Lahn -Bahn and buses of bus and coach transport Rhein-Nahe and the ESWE transport company.

Central Station | Wiesbaden Ost | Mainz -Kastel | Biebrich | Schierstein | Igstadt | Heritage home | Auringen - Medenbach | Dotzheim | Chausseehaus

Past: Rhine Station | Taunus Station | Ludwig Station | Forest Road | National Monument | freight station Wiesbaden West | Rhine Biebrich Bahnhof