Gartenfeld Train Station (Mainz)

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The Gartenfeld station was built in 1859 in the course of the Rheinbahn in front of the city of Mainz . It existed until today's main station opened in 1884.

Geographical location

The station was roughly at the intersection of Rheinallee and Frauenlobstraße. Structurally nothing has been preserved from the complex.

history

In 1853, the Hessian Ludwig Railway started operating the first line on the left bank of the Rhine in Mainz, which led upriver to Worms and Ludwigshafen . In 1859 the downstream Rheinbahn from Mainz to Bingen was added, today part of the Left Rhine route . The first station of the Hessian Ludwigsbahn in Mainz , for the trains from Worms, was a terminal station and was located in the area of ​​today's Lauterenstrasse on the banks of the Rhine, on the south-eastern outskirts of the city . The new route from Bingen also reached the city near the banks of the Rhine, but on the northeastern outskirts. The connection between the two lines took more time than was required to build the line to Bingen, as there wasn't much space between the historic city fortifications and the banks of the Rhine, and the first Hessian Ludwig Railway station in Mainz had to be fundamentally rebuilt ( all head structures of the system stood in the way of an introduction of the Binger route) and the Rheinbahn needed a further introduction into the systems of the federal fortress Mainz , which meant complex negotiations with the military and additional construction costs. Therefore, the Rheinbahn initially got its own station, the Gartenfeld station , which was initially also a terminal station for a short period of time.

However, the problems were quickly resolved: the route was relocated between the city fortifications and the banks of the Rhine, and the roads leading to the port were all provided with level crossings . The first station of the Hessian Ludwigsbahn in Mainz was rebuilt accordingly, the six-year-old end structure was demolished, and the station became a through station . It was now called Centralbahnhof (see here ). The raimunditor of the fortress Mainz was rebuilt and the railway got a passage.

The Gartenfeld station was no longer used for passenger traffic, but continued to be used as a freight station. In 1871 the Alzey – Mainz line was opened and the Gartenfeld station was once again used for passenger transport. When the tracks in the area of ​​the city of Mainz were completely redesigned in 1884 with the opening of the new Central Station (today: Mainz Hauptbahnhof ), this also meant the end of the Gartenfeld station .

literature

  • Otto Westermann: Young Railway in 2000-year-old golden Mainz. From the good and bad days of the Mainz Railway . Federal Railway Directorate Mainz, Mainz undated [after 1962].

Remarks

  1. ↑ It is named after Clemens Lauteren , co-founder of the Hessian Ludwig Railway and the second and long-standing president of its board of directors.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westermann, p. 25.
  2. ↑ Westermann, p. 25.
  3. ↑ Westermann, p. 34.

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '36.2 "  N , 8 ° 15' 57.2"  E