Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway

The railway Mainz- Worms -Ludwigshafen leads from Mainz Worms and Frankenthal up to Ludwigshafen. From there, they will be bound either via the Rhine to Mannheim or further south towards Speyer.

History

First considerations to build a left-bank railway line between Mainz and Worms, date back to the 1830s, shortly after the opening of the first German railway line between Nuremberg and Fürth. However, initially the keen interest of the Franco- Bavarian page was opposed the rejection of the part of Prussia and Baden for strategic reasons. Only in 1844 could the plans be resumed when the Bavarian Palatinate railway construction decision drove forward and 1853 opened the connection to their Ludwigsbahn.

A route of about Alzey was discarded in favor of a direct Track layout along the Rhine ( but was later built separately, see: Railway Mainz- Alzey and Rheinhessen train). 1845 received the Hessian Ludwig Railway ( HLB) of the concession to build and operate this route. 1848 that work was begun in 1853 and led to her opening.

While the Worms had a station location preferred in the harbor, the HLB was able to prevail with the more westerly current location after some back and forth. After that, the building went rapidly, the 46- kilometer route was opened in several sections from Mainz to Worms in the period of 23 March ( Mainz- Oppenheim ) to 24 August 1853. As of November 15, 1853 wrong trains consistently on the railway line Mainz- Ludwigshafen. In the beginning, 6 daily passenger trains ( including two high-speed trains ) in each direction, between Mainz and Worms go. In Mainz was following the steamships of the " Cologne and Düsseldorf societies" and by the ferry Mainz-Kastel to the Taunusbahn to Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main.

The expansion of the track was included in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1985. In 1990, the regional planning process for an expansion of the route was initiated. It provided, inter alia, a multi-pronged case expansion and construction of an additional bridge over the Rhine between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. About 60 percent of the route should be able to be driven at 200 km / hr. Between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim a three-prong extension was provided. The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1992, a far-reaching extension of the line for 200 km / h, a multi-pronged expansion between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim and a construction of another tunnel in Mainz was planned as part of the expansion line Mainz -Mannheim. Of an estimated total cost of 608 million marks (priced at 1 January 1991) had been invested by the end of 3 million DM in 1991.

From 12th to 18th September 1990, the dragon action took place between Worms and Ludwigshafen place as well.

Operation

The two-track, electrified railway is still of great importance for freight, mass transit, regional and mainline services. From Koblenz, Mainz, Wiesbaden and Mannheim run numerous long-distance trains ( EC, IC, ICE ) on the relation Mainz- Mannheim.

There is also a dense network in the regional transport: In addition to the half-hourly RB connection Regional Express trains via Mannheim and Speyer operating more to Karlsruhe. A compression stroke in the 1990s led to a further increase in ridership. By 2004, the regional trains locomotive-hauled trains were. Since then drive on this route railcar class 425 as well as occasional series vehicles and 628 bi-level cars.

The regional express trains Mainz- Ludwigshafen -Karlsruhe are also served by railcar class 425. Some trains terminate in Germersheim.

It run the following transport lines:

• RE 4 Mainz - Worms - Ludwigshafen - Speyer - Karlsruhe (Regional Express) ( every two hours, some weekends and holidays, trains)
• RB 44 Mainz - Worms - Ludwigshafen - Mannheim - Mannheim -Friedrich field ( regional train ) ( every half hour on weekends and holidays partially hourly)

Rates

From Mainz Hauptbahnhof to Guntersblum the route is part of the tariff area of the Rhein -Nahe - transport composite ( RNN), of Alsheim to Ludwigshafen to the tariff zone of the transport association Rhein- Neckar ( VRN).

This meant a gap of composite areas between Alsheim and Gunter Blum. Since 1 January 2008, the RNN - tariff applies in the transition traffic between Guntersblum and Bobenheim -Roxheim. The VRN tariff was extended to Gunter Blum and thus closed the gap composite.

In addition, the offers of Deutsche Bahn, such as the Rhineland -Palatinate or the cross - country through - ticket valid on the entire route.

Future

For December 2015, the integration of the route is planned as a new line S5 in the system of the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar. In this case, a through connection of Mainz Worms and Mannheim is provided to Bensheim, as it exists even today in some regional train connections. End of December 2012 was signed on the railway line Mainz- Ludwigshafen a financing package amounting to 53 million euros for the rehabilitation and construction of stations of the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar. Thus, new stations will be built in Frankenthal South and Dienheim. In May 2013 began the renovation of the stations in Mette Home, Home Floor and Ludwigshafen- Oggersheim. Here, the platforms will be expanded to 76 cm in height and 210 meters in length. In addition, the S -Bahn stations are built barrier-free. In mid-September 2013, the new platforms of Mettenheimer breakpoint were put into operation. 2014, the stations Bobenheim, Gunter Blum, Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof, Mainz- Laubenheim Nierstein and neck home to be modernized. In addition to the spring of 2014 to start the construction of the S -Bahn stations in Dienheim and Frankenthal South. The initially drawn for the construction of stations into consideration Worms Worms North and South should not initially be built.

Also for 2015, the establishment of a two hourly free regional express line between Mainz Hbf and Mannheim Hbf is provided Hbf -Karlsruhe is to condense the main station on the Mainz Hbf -Ludwigshafen Hbf section to an hour, the existing RE- connection Mainz.

Special

On May 22, 2013 to June 22, 2013 had the rail traffic due to a lack of staff in the signal boxes at DB Netz AG are set in the ground stations of Home, Nierstein and Oppenheim of about 00:00 clock bis 04:30 clock because dispatchers were missing.