Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld station

• Main-Neckar Railway ( 77.1 km )
• Connecting curve to the Rhine Valley line

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The station Mannheim -Friedrich field is a separation station in the district of Mannheim, Friedrich field on the district border to Baden-Württemberg community Enghien -Neckarhausen. All railway lines lie on the Mannheim district, only the station building is located on the territory of Enghien -Neckar Hausener hamlet of New Enghien. The category 4 station has five platform tracks and is operated exclusively by local trains of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB).

The traffic station is to be converted between June 2014 and December 2015 for 2.9 million euros. The station is to be subsequently integrated into the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar and renamed Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld.

History

In 1838 the Main-Neckar Railway was planned that connects Frankfurt with Mannheim and Heidelberg. Together with the stretch of Bensheim -Heidelberg and the branch to Mannheim and thus the total distance of the Main- Neckar line of the terminal station between Main- Neckar line and Baden State Railways was on August 1, 1846 in Frederick field to treat both cities the same, built. Later we were told in Frederick field along the lines of "Heidelberg vonne, Mannem hinne " the trains and drove on to the destination stations.

On 1 June 1880, the route from Mannheim -Friedrich field was taken to Schwetzingen in operation, which is used almost exclusively to freight. Previously, the station 1879/80 and was substantially rebuilt. In 1896, electric lighting of Friedrichsfelder station.

Track systems

The Friedrichsfelder station has extensive trackage. For passenger or in the aggregate five remaining seven tracks are at a house and two island platforms available.

The numbering begins on the east side of the station building.

• Track 1 is a through track and is as main platform in front of the station building. Today, home to the regional trains of the relation Mannheim Hbf - Bensheim (RB 60).
• Track 2 track 3 shares with an island platform. Today, home to the city express trains to Frankfurt ( Main ) Hbf via Weinheim, Heppenheim, Bensheim, Bickenbach and Darmstadt Hbf (SE 60).
• Track 3 is a through track and is located on the platform next to Track 2 The track is currently not used in scheduled passenger transport.
• Track 4 is a through track and is the second island platform. Today, the trains towards Heidelberg main station or Mannheim Hbf ( RE / SE 60 ).
• Track 5 is another transit rails and is located on the second island platform next to Track 4 Here, take the regional train from Bensheim to Mannheim and starting in Frederick field regional trains to Mainz Hbf via Ludwigshafen Frankenthal and Worms from.
• Tracks 6 to 14 have 6 to 9 are used for through freight trains for passenger no meaning, the tracks, the tracks 10 to 14 are truncated tracks.

The former island platform between tracks 6 and 7 is largely removed.

The platforms of the station Mannheim -Friedrich field are not wheelchair accessible. To get to the platforms of the tracks 2 to 5, you have to run first on track 1. Through a door of the reception hall leads to a staircase that leads to the pedestrian underpass.

Traffic

Friedrich field belongs to the tariff zone of the transport association Rhein- Neckar ( VRN). The first continuous test drive from Frankfurt to Heidelberg took place on 27 July 1846.

In the separation station Mannheim -Friedrich field hold today (2013 ) regional trains from Mannheim towards Bensheim in a forward mode for a future operation by the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar as well as the "City Express" designated regional trains from Heidelberg to Frankfurt am Main. The station is also the starting point of the regional rail trains over Mannheim to Mainz, which begin in the weekday rush hour isolated in Bensheim or end. Monday to Friday, morning and evening keeps one regional - Express from Frankfurt to Mannheim (in the morning ) and Heidelberg ( evening) in Mannheim -Friedrich field station.

In the Rhine Valley line closures at the Heidelberg -Karlsruhe section of the station is regularly used as a replacement grip for holding in Heidelberg Hbf IC / EC trains the lines Frankfurt-Heidelberg-Karlsruhe/Stuttgart/Österreich.