Main Railway
The main track is a continuous double track and electrified railway mainline to the south of Hesse, which links along the southern bank of the lower river Main, the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz, Frankfurt am Main.
History
Immediately after the opening of the Rhine -Main Railway from Mainz to Aschaffenburg by the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, this was anxious to win a connection to Frankfurt. To this end, the project of a bishop at home from the Rhine -Main- track branching off and the run of the river Main on the left bank below to Frankfurt train originated. They thus entered into competition with the Taunus Railway, which runs parallel to the right bank of the Main. The concession for the construction and operation of the railway was granted by the Grand Duchy of Hesse -Darmstadt on August 15, 1861 by the Senate of the Free City of Frankfurt on 17 January 1862.
The construction of the line only lasted one and a half years. On 20 December 1862, the test drive the opening took place on January 3, 1863. The route took in Frankfurt from " Goldstein Station " (later " Station Sports field " today Bahnhof Frankfurt Stadium ) originally continues eastwards to the former " station forester's house " ( today only branching point ). After crossing the Main-Neckar Railway the route swung in a wide arc to the north and culminated at about the level of the current S- Bahn stop Stresemannallee into the Main Necker Railroad and went along with this about today's Peace Bridge to the Main-Neckar station.
This entrance has been replaced from the January 16, 1882 by the lines on the Bahnhof Frankfurt- Niederrad and the low gears Main Bridge. In 1888, then took over the new " Central Station " the roles of all three Frankfurt West train stations. The original route was to the east end of the station opened in 1873 Sachsenhausen (now station Frankfurt ( Main) Süd) pivoted and has since then served as a bypass route of the Frankfurt central station.
With the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company the route was transferred to the Prussian - Hessian Railway Community from 1 February 1897.
Since December 15, 1958 the track is electrified.
In the near Rüsselsheim on 2 February 1990 one of the worst train crashes in the Rhine -Main area in which an S -Bahn from Frankfurt am Main collided with one coming from Wiesbaden train and derailed occurred. In this case, 17 people died and over 80 were injured, some seriously. A driver had overlooked a signal at danger at the exit. Due to the long acceleration distance to the signal of the free held behind the signal Durchrutschweg was no longer sufficient to prevent the collision.
Since 1999, the link Raunheim Mönchswald - Raunheim Moenchhof allows connection to the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
Structures
The following buildings are still preserved in their original or cultural monuments according to § 2 para 1 HDSchG:
Operation
On the Main Railway trains of rail passenger and long-distance transport, as well as freight transport.
Long-distance traffic
The trunk is used by individual traits of ICE lines 20, 31, 50 and 91 and the IC line 31.
The long-distance trains depart from Mainz Hauptbahnhof coming from the branching point Raunheim Mönchswald on the link to the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main to the mainline railway station at Frankfurt Airport.
From there, the trains continue without stopping over the station Frankfurt am Main Stadium and either the original route to the Frankfurt train station ( Main ) South or about today's route to Frankfurt ( Main ) Hauptbahnhof. A few trains also on the Ried train to Mannheim main station.
Transport
The regional trains and S- Bahn Rhein -Main travel between the Kelsterbach Station and the "Branch Office in Frankfurt Swan Home mainline " on the airport loop.