Alzey – Mainz railway line

Alzey-Mainz
Route number :	3523
Course book section (DB) :	661
Route length:	41.1 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend Rheinhessenbahn from Worms Donnersbergbahn from Kirchheimbolanden 9.0 Alzey 192 m Route to the Alzey industrial area 11.4 Albig Wiesbachtalbahn from Wendelsheim 16.7 Armsheim 141 m Rheinhessenbahn to Bingen 22.6 Wörrstadt 190 m 27.1 Saulheim 155 m Selz 32.4 Lower Olm 135 m 36.4 Klein Winternheim - Ober Olm 169 m Klein Winternheimer Tunnel (378 m) 39.9 Mainz-Marienborn 163 m 44.5 Mainz-Gonsenheim 46.5 Anst Mainz Small sand 47.6 Mainz wagon factory route on the left bank of the Rhine from Cologne 50.1 Mainz Central Station Route to Ludwigshafen and Frankfurt (Main)

The Alzey – Mainz railway connects the two cities of Alzey and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

Train of the Hessian Ludwig Railway in Alzey station

The line was opened on December 18, 1871 by the Hessian Ludwig Railway. The train stations on the line between Mainz-Gonsenheim and Wörrstadt received exit signals in 1906 . 1907 was the route between Mainz and Armsheim distance telephone and on February 10, 1914 "the dark with entering" new were between Mainz and Armsheim "Doppellichtvorsignale" put into operation, the still used model of the shape signal in line.

On June 14, 1914, a dam slide occurred at route kilometers 19.6 , but this was noticed in good time by attentive railway workers, which prevented an accident.

On March 9, 1923, a train crashed on the route during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland . During this time, the route Alzey-Worms was the French Regiebetrieb subject. There were numerous acts of sabotage by German railway personnel and third parties across the occupied territory against the railway operated by the French occupying forces in their area. Often there is no detailed information on this because the crew basically prevented information from leaking out in such incidents. It is often impossible to decide in individual cases whether the incident was due to an attack, defects in the vehicles and the infrastructure or the improper handling of the vehicles and regulations by French military personnel.

Infrastructure

route

RE 13 near Mainz-Gonsenheim

The route is not electrified . In Alzey , the Donnersbergbahn connects to Kirchheimbolanden , which has been used by the RB 31 and RE 13 lines since December 2014. The section between Alzey and Armsheim is also used by the Rheinhessenbahn from Bingen (Rhine) to Worms .

From Armsheim, the line in a northerly direction to Mainz is only single- tracked. It can therefore be operated a maximum of every half hour. The scheduled train crossings usually took place in Saulheim and Mainz-Marienborn (RB) or Mainz-Gonsenheim ( RE ) until December 2014 , and since December 2014 usually only in Nieder-Olm . In order to achieve a higher train frequency, the Wörrstadt stop was provided with a second track when the timetable changed in December 2014 and thus became a train station . Since then, it has been possible on weekdays to travel directly from Kirchheimbolanden via the Donnersbergbahn, the Alzey – Mainz line and the Mainbahn to Frankfurt am Main in the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle .

Railway stations and stops

Alzey

Alzey train station

→ Main article : Alzey train station

(Distance kilometers 9.0)

Albig

The Albig stop (route km 11.4) serves the local community of the same name in the Alzey-Worms district , which is part of the Alzey-Land association .

Armsheim

→ Main article : Armsheim station

(Route kilometers 16.7)

Wörrstadt

→ Main article : Wörrstadt train station

(Route kilometers 22.6)

Saulheim

Saulheim station, Regional-Express (Elsass-Express) coming from Mainz , to Wissembourg (2011)

Saulheim station (route km 27.1) serves the local community of the same name , which is part of the Wörrstadt community . It belongs to station category 6. In 2015, a new, additional stop in Obersaulheim was announced.

Lower Olm

The Nieder Olm Bahnhof (kilometer 32.4) lies to the east of the town center of the city Nieder-Olm . Due to the use of the Prussian spelling rules of 1910 for the railways in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , which were subordinate to the Prussian-Hessian Railway Community, the station name is written without a hyphen. The station belongs to station category 6.

Klein Winternheim-Ober Olm

Klein Winternheim-Ober Olm (km 36.4) is the name of the stop that serves the two eponymous communities. Due to the application of the Prussian spelling rules of 1910 to the railways in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, which were subordinate to the Prussian-Hessian Railway Community, the station name - in contrast to the place name Ober-Olm - is written without a hyphen. The breakpoint is on the northwestern outskirts of Klein-Winternheim . The station building burned down completely on June 12, 1985 shortly after a renovation and was not replaced.

Mainz-Marienborn

Mainz-Marienborn train station

The Mainz-Marienborn train station (route km 39.9) provides the railway connection for the Marienborn district of Mainz .

Mainz-Gonsenheim

→ Main article : Mainz-Gonsenheim train station

(Route kilometers 44.5)

Mainz wagon factory

The Mainz Waggonfabrik stop (route km 47.6) was built later and opened in 1901. Initially, only workers were allowed to use it "who are provided with weekly workers 'tickets or return tickets for workers in the Alzey – Mombach direction." It mainly served the Gastell brothers' wagon factory that gave it its name . Until 2011, the stop was made barrier-free with funds from the economic stimulus package II . The platform has been raised by 50 centimeters over a length of 170 meters and a width of 2.75 meters.

Mainz Central Station

→ Main article : Mainz Hauptbahnhof

(Route kilometers 50.1)

traffic

The route is now served by the regional train line RB 31 and the regional express line RE 13. Until the timetable change in December 2014, the route was operated by DB Regio , after which vlexx GmbH took over the route from Mainz to Kirchheimbolanden. The company won the tender for passenger transport . The Elsass-Express from Mainz to Wissembourg as well as the Donnersberg-Express from Mainz to Kirchheimbolanden also operate over the route on weekends and on public holidays .

vehicles

DB Regio

Regional train in Mainz main station on the way to Alzey (2009)

The line was both with three double-deck cars and a diesel locomotive of the class 218 as well as with diesel railcars the 628 series , and sometimes also in double traction operated. The 629 series , a modification of the 628 series, was created especially for this route for use on this very steep route.

vlexx

Railcars of type LINT 81 during test drives in Mainz, July 2014

The vlexx GmbH since December 2014 sets vehicles of the type Alstom Coradia LINT one. On the one hand Coradia LINT 54 as a two-part diesel multiple unit with 162 seats and three-part diesel multiple unit of the type Coradia LINT 81 with 264 seats.

Bibliography

• Wilhelm Holzamer : Year and Day ago, Mainz 1997 (first edition: Berlin 1908)
• Peter Weisrock: Windows rattled and the floor trembled: 120 years of the Mainz - Alzey railway line. - Ill. In: Local gazette for the community of Nieder-Olm. - 15 (1991), 50, p. 1

Web links

• further information at www.amiche.de
• Images of the tunnel portals

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz from December 1, 1906, No. 64. Announcement No. 660, p. 552.
2. ↑ Eisenbahn-Directions district Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 9, 1907, No. 11. Announcement No. 131, p. 128.
3. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of January 24, 1914, No. 5. Announcement No. 50, p. 33.
4. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of July 25, 1914, No. 37. “Rewards and Awards”, p. 261.
5. ^ Hans Joachim Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. Splinters of German history . Vol. 1: Landsberg-Pürgen 1979, p. 84.
6. ^ Klaus Kemp: Regiebahn. Reparations, occupation, war against the Ruhr, Reichsbahn. The railways in the Rhineland and the Ruhr area 1918–1930 . EK-Verlag , Freiburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8446-6404-1 , p. 138.
7. ↑ 6.8 million euros for the Wörrstadt junction station ( memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on isim.rlp.de from March 19, 2014
8. ↑ Rheinland-Pfalz-Takt 2015 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), p. 14 (PDF)
9. ^ Station directory
10. ↑ Station category list 2017 ( Memento from February 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Klein-Winternheim volunteer fire brigade ( memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Collection of the published official gazettes of April 13, 1901. Volume 5, No. 16, Announcement No. 174, p. 100.
13. ↑ vlexx GmbH
14. ^ Vlexx: Vehicles - Coradia Lint. In: Vehicles - Coradia Lint. Retrieved March 4, 2016 .