Mainz – Mannheim railway line

Mainz – Mannheim
Route number (DB) :	3522 3412 (3rd track Oggersheim – Red Cross)
Course book section (DB) :	660
Route length:	67.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	<5 ‰; Mainz-Weisenau-Rom. Theater: <15 ‰, Ludwigshafen Hbf – Oggersheim: <10 ‰, Ludwigshafen – Mannheim: <20  ‰
Minimum radius :	350 m, Ludwigshafen – Mannheim: 190 m
Top speed:	160 km / h
Train control :	PZB
Dual track :	(continuous)
Legend Left Rhine route from Boppard Bischofsheim bypass, Wiesbaden Route from Alzey from the port of Mainz 0.000 Mainz main station S 6 Tunnel Mainz Hbf (direction north, 655 m) New Mainz tunnel (direction south, 1297 m) Mainz Süd tunnel (northbound, 240 m) 1,799 Mainz Roman theater Route from the former main station in Mainz Rhein-Main-Bahn to Darmstadt 3.800 Mainz-Weisenau 5.370 Mainz-Weisenau Gbf 6,788 Mainz-Laubenheim 10.323 Bodenheim formerly "Amiche" to Alzey 13,000 Nackenheim (since June 23, 2006) 13.700 Nackenheim (until June 22, 2006) 18,450 Nierstein formerly "Valtinche" to Köngernheim 20,421 Oppenheim 22.235 Dienheim Dienheim (Bk) 27.790 Guntersblum formerly Altrheinbahn to Osthofen 30.788 Alsheim 33.719 Mettenheim 36,000 Regional border middle / southwest former route from Gau-Odernheim formerly "Gickelche" to Westhofen 37.659 Osthofen Altrheinbahn to Rheindürkheim Middle way (Bk) Worms Nord (realization uncertain) former route from Gundheim Riedbahn from Biblis 44,800 Worms confluence (Bft) 45.879 Worms central station Rheinhessenbahn to Alzey Worms South (planned) formerly to Grünstadt 51.110 Bobenheim Roxheim (realization uncertain) Großkarlbach – Ludwigshafen line ( narrow gauge ) 56,950 Frankenthal Central Station 58,403 Frankenthal South Route to Freinsheim Isenach (Bk) Line from Ludwigshafen BASF 62,801 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim 65.847 Red Cross ( junction , third track) Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf (until 1969) 66,600 Ludwigshafen (Rhine) Ültg North to Ludwigshafen Gbf to Ludwigshafen Hbf deep from BASF Südtor 67.285 Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf ( triangle station ) from Ludwigshafen Gbf Routes from Schifferstadt / Saarbrücken S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 68,000 Ludwigshafen (Rhine) Ültg South B 44 68,600 Ludwigshafen (Rhine) center 69.043 Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke ( Rhine ) state border between Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate B 36 Line from Mannheim Hgbf Western introduction of the Riedbahn from Frankfurt ( height-free introduction ) 70.128 Mannheim Central Station Route to Frankfurt , route to Heidelberg , route to Stuttgart , route to Karlsruhe S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 6 Swell:

The Mainz – Worms – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim line runs from Mainz via Worms , Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Mannheim . In addition to freight, long-distance and local trains, the continuously double-track and electrified main line is also served entirely by the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn .

history

Today's railway line consists of three sections that were historically separated:

• Mainz – Worms – border between Rheinhessen and Palatinate (Bavaria) ( Hessische Ludwigsbahn )
• Bavarian border – Ludwigshafen ( Palatinate Ludwig Railway Company )
• Ludwigshafen – Mannheim

Section in Rheinhessen

Hessian Ludwig Railway

Worms, first station building from 1853, before that officials of the Hessian Ludwig Railway

Initial considerations to build a railway line on the left bank of the Rhine between Mainz and Worms date back to 1836, shortly after the opening of the Ludwig Railway, the first German railway line between Nuremberg and Fürth . The great interest of the Franco-Bavarian side was initially opposed by the rejection on the part of Prussia and Baden for strategic reasons. Planning could not be resumed until 1844, when the Bavarian Palatinate decided to push ahead with the construction of the railway. A route via Alzey was rejected in favor of a direct route along the Rhine (it was later built as the Mainz – Alzey and Rheinhessenbahn railway line ).

The concession for the construction of the route Mainz-Worms was part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse issued March 25, 1846, construction began on 7 June 1847. The financial crisis around the March revolution in 1848 was the original completion date for the total distance in 1850, not being held. After overcoming the financial bottlenecks, construction proceeded quickly, not least because the terrain in the Upper Rhine Plain was completely flat and larger engineering structures were not required. While the Worms would have preferred a station location near the port, the HLB was able to prevail after some back and forth with the current location further west.

The 46-kilometer route then went into operation in sections in the course of 1853, progressing south from Mainz.

Opening of the sections

section	Commissioning day
Mainz - Oppenheim	March 23, 1853
Oppenheim– Alsheim	July 10, 1853
Alsheim– Osthofen	August 7, 1853
Osthofen– Worms	August 25, 1853
Worms - Bavarian border - ( Ludwigshafen )	November 15, 1853

Initially, there were six passenger trains (including one express train ) in each direction between Mainz and Worms every day . Two of them had a connection to Paris . In Mainz there was a connection to the steamships of the “ Cologne and Düsseldorf companies ” and through the Mainz – Kastel route to the Taunus Railway to Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main .

After a contract with Bavaria dated May 8, 1854, the telegraph line of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway, which came from the south already led to Worms, was extended to Mainz.

The route kilometrage had - until new kilometrage as a result of the reconstruction of the railway systems in Ludwigshafen in 1969 - its zero point shortly before the state border between Palatinate and Hesse (km 0.20), so Worms was in km 3.21, Osthofen in km 11.43, Bodenheim in km 38.76 and Mainz Hbf in km 49.09.

The second track between Mainz and Worms was laid after the experience of the Franco-German War in 1871.

State railway

Together with the Hessian Ludwig Railway, the line was nationalized in 1897 . Now it belonged to the jointly by Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse newly built Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian railway management , the Prussian-Hessian railway community managed.

In July 1898 the telegraph long-distance line of the railroad from Frankfurt am Main to Strasbourg went into operation, called "Fernmeldeleitung Nr. 1a", which also covered the Mainz – Mannheim line between Mainz and Ludwigshafen:

Telegraph trunk line No. 1a

railway station	Callsign	Installation
Strasbourg	St	1899
Lauterburg	Lt	July 23, 1898
Ludwigshafen	Lu	July 23, 1898
Worms	Ws	July 23, 1898
Bodenheim	Bo	July 23, 1898
Mainz Central Station	Mz	July 23, 1898
Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate Mainz	Wd	July 23, 1898
Frankfurt (Main) Central Station	Frt	July 23, 1898

From 1899 electrical, automatic section block was installed on the line ; a measure that was not completed until 1907. Then the telegraphic train reports were discontinued. In 1900 a number of stations received signal boxes , usually two, one for each station head. Until then, signals and points had been operated on site by point operators. Also in 1907 a direct telephone line was put into operation between Mainz and Worms. On February 10, 1914, “when darkness fell” between Mainz and Worms, new “double light pre-signals ” were put into operation, which corresponded to the model of the form signal still in use today .

Section in the Rheinpfalz

Palatine Ludwig Railway

In 1844 a committee was formed in Frankenthal , which in 1845 succeeded in obtaining the state license for a railway from Ludwigshafen to the state border in Worms. The project stood and fell with the connections in the north (to Mainz) and in the south (to Strasbourg). The latter was problematic for political reasons, the former because of the lack of funding. In the economic crisis that had caused and intensified the revolution of 1848, this first society dissolved itself. The concession was transferred from the state to the Palatinate Ludwig Railway Company in 1852 . In the same year, a contract for the construction and operation of the entire Mainz – Ludwigshafen line was signed between this and the Hessian Ludwigsbahn. The need to close the gap between Worms and Ludwigshafen from the Palatinate side was then tackled. On November 6, 1853, the Hessian and Palatinate Ludwigsbahn signed a contract for cross-system traffic. After that, there was continuous passenger and freight traffic as well as luggage transport, there were continuous tickets and the company was supposed to appear like a railway in the external image . The cross-border section between Hesse and the Bavarian Palatinate went into operation a few days later, on November 15, 1853. Since that day, there was continuous rail traffic between Mainz and Paris , a connection that was offered three times a day and on which the express trains, which only carried first and second class, traveled around 17 hours. In 1860 the second track went into operation.

The route was - until the new kilometrage as a result of the reconstruction of the railway systems in Ludwigshafen in 1969 - from Homburg continuously (end in km 125.10), so Ludwigshafen Hbf was in km 105.613, Oggersheim in km 111.39, Frankenthal in km 117 , 26 and Bobenheim in km 123.08.

State railway

On January 1, 1870, the administration and operation of the Palatinate companies of the Ludwigsbahn, Maximiliansbahn and Nordbahnen were combined as Palatinate Railways and the Palatinate part of the Mainz – Mannheim line was also subordinated to this new company. On January 1, 1909, the Palatinate Railways and thus also the Palatinate part of the Mainz – Mannheim line became the property of the Bavarian State Railways .

On July 1, 1914, a direct telephone line of the railway between Worms and Ludwigshafen was put into operation, which worked parallel to the existing line from Mainz via Worms to Ludwigshafen.

Section Ludwigshafen am Rhein – Mannheim

Initially, rail vehicles could only cross the Rhine on the Ludwigshafen – Mannheim route . It was not until 1863/1864 that a combined road and - from the beginning, two-track - railway bridge was planned under Paul Camille von Denis , which was built from 1865 and inaugurated in 1867, today's Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke . This bridge was replaced by a new building in 1931–1932, and the old railway bridge was rebuilt for road traffic. On March 20, 1945, the Wehrmacht blew up the building. The American occupation quickly put the line on the left bank of the Rhine back into operation and on June 11, 1945 also handed the line between Mainz and Worms back into German hands. In 1946 a single-track temporary bridge was built between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim, which was only followed by a double-track construction in 1954/55.

The route kilometrage of this connecting line had its zero point in Ludwigshafen Hbf. The border between the railway divisions Mainz and Karlsruhe was in 1951 in km 3.12, the state border in km 3.26, Mannheim Hbf in km 4.353. With the renovation of the railway facilities in Ludwigshafen in 1969, it was part of the line from Mainz and the kilometers were adjusted accordingly.

To expand the S-Bahn network, another railway bridge was built between 1997 and 1999 directly next to the existing one. This crosses the route that runs alongside the route from Homburg .

German Federal Railroad

The line was electrified from 1955, and electrical operation began on June 1, 1958. The expansion of the route was included in the 1985 Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan. In 1990 the regional planning procedure for an expansion of the line was initiated. It was intended u. a. a multi-track expansion and the construction of an additional Rhine bridge between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. About 60 percent of the route should be able to be driven at 200 km / h. A three-track expansion was planned between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1992 , an extensive expansion of the line to 200 km / h, a multi-track expansion between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim and the construction of another tunnel in Mainz were planned as part of the Mainz – Mannheim line. Of the estimated total costs of 608 million DM (as of January 1, 1991), 3 million DM had been invested by the end of 1991.

From September 12 to 18, 1990, the " Lindwurm Campaign " took place between Worms and Ludwigshafen .

Deutsche Bahn AG

At the end of December 2012, a financing package of 53 million euros was signed for the renovation and construction of stations for the RheinNeckar S-Bahn on the Mainz – Ludwigshafen line. Accordingly, new stations are to be built in Frankenthal Süd and Dienheim . In May 2013, the renovation of the stations in Mettenheim , Bodenheim and Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim began. The platforms were expanded to a height of 76 centimeters and a length of 210 meters. In addition, the S-Bahn stations were made barrier-free . In mid-September 2013, the new platforms at the Mettenheim stop were put into operation, the renovated train stations in Bodenheim and Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim were also put into operation in 2013. In 2014, the modernization of the Bobenheim , Guntersblum , Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof , Mainz-Laubenheim , Nierstein and Nackenheim stations began. In addition, the construction of the S-Bahn stations in Dienheim and Frankenthal Süd began in spring 2014. The groundbreaking for the construction of the Dienheim S-Bahn station took place in May 2014. All renovation work for the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn was completed at the end of 2015.

In August 2017, the earthworks for a new electronic signal box (ESTW) began between Mainz-Weisenau Gbf and Guntersblum . The ESTW called "ESTW Oppenheim" located in the boundaries of Nierstein was put into operation on the morning of December 17, 2018. It is responsible for the section between Mainz-Weisenau Gbf and Guntersblum.

Infrastructure

Mainz main station

Mainz main station ( route km 0.0) is the starting point of the 3522 railway to Mannheim main station .

→ Main article : Mainz Hauptbahnhof

To its predecessor:

→ Main article : Hessian Ludwig Railway Station in Mainz

Mainz tunnel

The three Mainz tunnels create the connection between Mainz Central Station and the Mainz Roman Theater station to the south .

→ Main article : Mainz railway tunnel

Mainz Roman theater

South of the Mainz Römisches Theater train station (route kilometers 1.8), the further routes to Frankfurt and Darmstadt branch off over the south bridge .

→ Main article : Mainz Roman Theater train station

Mainz-Weisenau

The former Mainz-Weisenau stop (route km 3.8) was often endangered and was finally abandoned around 1995. When the line was built in 1852/53, the stop was not planned. However, shortly after the opening it turned out that there was a need for traffic and the Hessian Ludwig Railway set up a provisional stop in Weisenau . However, it was not treated as an independent tariff point, rather the tariff for the subsequent stop applied. In the period that followed, passenger traffic was discontinued there, only goods handling was still in existence. In 1913, the re-opening of the station was taken in passenger prospect then took place but on 1 May 1914. The station had a built only of wood station building , which was demolished 1973rd

Mainz-Weisenau freight yard

The Mainz-Weisenau Gbf freight station (route kilometers 5.4) - not to be confused with the aforementioned former stop for passenger traffic - was built in an industrial area that was created with the construction of the railway line when lime kilns were put into operation here.

Mainz-Laubenheim

Laubenheim stop

The breakpoint Mainz-Laubenheim (kilometer 6.8) operates the Mainzer district leaves home and is of DB Station & Service of the station Category 5 assigned.

The historic station building was built in classicist forms with the route in 1852, largely without any structural decoration, and has been closed to travelers since 1978.

→ Main article : Mainz-Laubenheim stop

Bodenheim

The Bodenheim train station (km 10.3) serves the community of Bodenheim .

From October 1, 1879 to May 31, 1985, Bodenheim station was the separation station for the Bodenheim – Alzey railway line . In 1899 an electric, automatic section block was installed here. Bodenheim is classified in station category 4.

The station building in Bodenheim was the standardized type construction that Ignaz Opfermann, as head of construction work for the Hessian Ludwigsbahn, implemented only with minor deviations in most stations along the route for the majority of the station buildings up to and including Worms : There are two parallel on the two-storey, gable-free middle section Single-storey wings facing the platform were added. In contrast to the main building, these are eaves. The main building is triaxial. As a rule, sacrifice man used arched windows. The reception buildings are classicist, have clear cubic shapes, a flat roof pitch and their structure is mainly done by windows and cornices . Inside there were separate waiting rooms for first and second class on the one hand and third class on the other .

Neck home

The Nackenheim stop (route km 13.0) serves the local community of Nackenheim . Before June 23, 2006, the stop was 700 meters further south (distance kilometers 13.7). The stop is classified in station category 5.

The station building in Nackenheim was one of the smallest along the section that was built by the Hessian Ludwig Railway. In the two-story building from 1852 there was a counter and waiting room on the ground floor, and the station master's apartment on the first floor . The building no longer exists today.

Nierstein

Nierstein station (forecourt)

The Nierstein train station (18.5 km) serves the city of Nierstein . From 1900 to 1951 it was the separation station for the Nierstein – Undenheim – Köngernheim railway line branching off into the Rhine-Hessian hinterland. The station is assigned to category 5.

The Nierstein station building corresponded to the standardized type construction that Ignaz Opfermann had built in most of the stations along the route. It was later significantly expanded and rebuilt. The reason could have been the connection of the Nierstein – Undenheim-Köngernheim railway line .

Oppenheim

Oppenheim station (route km 20.4) serves the city of Oppenheim .

→ Main article : Oppenheim station

Dienheim

The Dienheim stop (km 22.2) serves the community of Dienheim . A block post had existed here since 1899 . But the breakpoint was not put into operation until June 14, 2015.

Guntersblum

The Guntersblum train station (route km 27.8) serves the local community of Guntersblum . In 1899 an electric, automatic section block was installed here. Between 1900 and 1992 the station was the end of the Osthofen – Rheindürkheim – Guntersblum line . The station is classified in category 5.

The Guntersblum station building corresponded to the standardized type construction that Ignaz Opfermann had erected in most of the stations along the route. Two single-storey wings parallel to the platform are attached to the two-storey, gable-end middle section. In contrast to the main building, these are eaves. The main building is triaxial. In contrast to most of the other reception buildings along the route, sacrificemann used rectangular windows. The reception building has a classicist character, has a clear character of cubic shapes, a flat roof pitch and a structure that is mainly done by windows and cornices. Inside there were separate waiting rooms for first and second class on the one hand and third class on the other. A train station restaurant was added later.

Alsheim

Alsheim train station (km 30.8) serves the local community of Alsheim . In 1899 an electric, automatic section block was installed here. The station is classified in category 5.

The historic station building in Alsheim from 1852 is said to have been similar to that in Mainz-Laubenheim, but has no longer been preserved.

Mettenheim

The Mettenheim stop (km 33.7) serves the local community of Mettenheim . In 1899 an electric, automatic section block was installed here. The stop is classified in station category 6.

The station building in Mettenheim was one of the smallest along the section that was built by the Hessian Ludwig Railway. It was built together with the line in 1852. In the two-story building there was a counter and waiting room on the ground floor, and the stationmaster's apartment on the first floor. The building no longer exists today.

Osthofen

Osthofen station

The Osthofen train station (route km 37.7) serves the city of Osthofen . He has a remarkably well-preserved reception building from Ignaz Opfermann .

→ Main article : Osthofen train station

Worms main station

Worms main station

Worms Hauptbahnhof (km 45.9) is one of the two stations that are still active in the urban area of ​​Worms. The railway lines branch off here

• Worms-Bingen ,
• Worms-Biblis and Worms-Bensheim (both with a common route to Hofheim (Ried) ) and the now disused Worms-Weinheim , which branched off beyond the Rhine bridge , as well as the
• Worms port railway .

Furthermore, the following, now disused route was previously connected to Worms Hauptbahnhof :

• Worms-Gundheim

→ Main article : Worms Hauptbahnhof

Worms suburb

The Worms Vorstadt train station was put into operation between 1878 and 1897. It was later called Zollhaus and only served trains on the Worms – Grünstadt route . At the latest when passenger traffic was stopped here on September 28, 1968, the stop was also given up. Here branched off

• the railway line Worms – Grünstadt and
• on both sides of the track sidings to the Heyl'schen leather works . These were even secured by a main signal and a distant signal . The eastern branch was also the southern end of the Worms port railway.

Bobenheim

The Bobenheim station (km 51.1) serves the community of Bobenheim-Roxheim . The station used to be the northernmost on the route, which belonged to the Palatinate Ludwig Railway and its legal successors. In this early period, however, the locomotive changing station was Worms.

The station was expanded so that every platform is barrier-free . Those affected still need an aid to board the vehicle, such as a lift , a ramp or staff. The station is classified in category 4.

Frankenthal Central Station

Central station in Frankenthal

Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof (route km 57.0) is a train station in the city of Frankenthal . The Freinsheim – Frankenthal railway branches off here and runs on its own track to Frankenthal Süd, parallel to the tracks on the Mainz – Mannheim line.

→ Main article : Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof

Frankenthal South

The Frankenthal Süd stop (route kilometer 58.4) is another stop in the urban area of ​​Frankenthal. The stop is classified in station category 4. The Freinsheim – Frankenthal railway branches off here .

Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim

The Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim station (route km 62.8) serves the Ludwigshafen district of Oggersheim . Until the summer timetable in 1939, the station was called Oggersheim . Here an electrified siding branches off to BASF , which is only operated in freight traffic and leads to the northern part of the plant. The station is classified in category 4.

Ludwigshafen (Rhine) Central Station

Ludwigshafen (Rhine) Central Station

Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof (route kilometer 68.0) is the largest train station in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in terms of area . This is where the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway joins .

→ Main article : Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof

Ludwigshafen (Rhine) center

The Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte stop (route kilometer 68.6) is the city's busiest station.

→ Main article : Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte train station

Konrad Adenauer Bridge

The route crosses the Rhine over the Konrad Adenauer Bridge .

→ Main article : Konrad Adenauer Bridge (Ludwigshafen am Rhein – Mannheim)

Mannheim Central Station

The route ends in Mannheim main station (route km 70.1).

→ Main article : Mannheim Central Station

business

traffic

ICE at Guntersblum station

RB 44 of the 425 series in Worms main station on the way to Mainz

The double-track, electrified railway line is still of great importance for freight, local, regional and long-distance traffic. Numerous long-distance trains ( EC , IC , ICE ) operate on the Mainz – Mannheim route from Koblenz , Mainz , Wiesbaden and Mannheim.

In addition, there is a dense network in regional traffic: In addition to the half-hourly regional train connection during rush hour , Regional Express trains run via Mannheim or Speyer to Karlsruhe . An increase in the number of cycles in the 1990s led to a further increase in the number of passengers. Until 2004 the regional railways were locomotive-hauled trains. Since then drive on this track railcars of the 425 series as well as occasional vehicles of DB Class 628 and double-deck coaches .

Since December 2014, Regional Express trains have been running every two hours between Mainz Hbf and Mannheim Hbf with stops in Worms Hbf and Frankenthal Hbf , which connect the existing Regional Express connection between Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof on the section between Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Ludwigshafen (Rhine) central station to an hourly rate. The Regional Express trains from Mainz via Ludwigshafen to Karlsruhe (RE 4) and Mannheim (RE 14) have also been served by class 429 railcars as part of the Süwex network since December 2014 .

With the timetable change on June 14, 2015 at 00:00, the “Dienheim” and “Frankenthal Süd” stops were put into operation.

For the "small timetable change" on June 10, 2018, line RB 44 became line S 6 of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn . Since the timetable change on December 9, 2018, the S-Bahn on line S 6 of the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn have been running every half hour for the most part daily. In the future, a connection from Mainz via Worms and Mannheim to Heidelberg is planned. Since December 9, 2018, trains on the Regional Express lines RE 4 and RE 14 have also been linked via the Taunus Railway to Frankfurt am Main main station and start from there.

The stations Worms Nord , Worms Süd and Roxheim , which were initially considered for construction, are not to be built for the time being.

The following local transport lines operate:

• RE 4: (Frankfurt am Main - Hochheim am Main -) Mainz - Worms - Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf - Speyer - Karlsruhe (every two hours)
• RE 14: (Frankfurt am Main - Hochheim am Main -) Mainz - Worms - Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte - Mannheim (every two hours)
• S 6: Mainz - Worms - Ludwigshafen am Rhein - Mannheim (mostly every half hour )

Special events

The multiple unit that had an accident on September 16, 2014 at Guntersblum station

• From May 22, 2013 to June 22, 2013, rail traffic had to be suspended from around midnight to 4.30 a.m. due to a lack of staff in the interlockings at DB Netz AG in the stations of Bodenheim, Nierstein and Oppenheim , as there were no dispatchers .
• On the afternoon of September 16, 2014 at around 5:00 p.m., the 38756 regional train with the 425 261 multiple unit hit the shovel of an excavator on the Mainz – Ludwigshafen line near Dienheim . The excavator was on the tracks due to the construction of the Dienheim stop as part of the expansion of the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn. As a result of the collision on the leading vehicle 425 761-4, the right-hand light of the triple peak signal in the direction of travel, the right-hand part of the car body in the direction of travel were slit over a length of around three meters and the first window for the passengers on the right-hand side was splintered . The train was no longer suitable for the transport of travelers and was driven back to Guntersblum station. The train crew and the 50 passengers were not, the excavator driver was slightly injured with a laceration on the head.

Rates

From Mainz main station to Guntersblum the route belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund (RNN), from Alsheim to Mannheim main station to the tariff area of ​​the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN). This meant a gap in the network areas between Alsheim and Guntersblum. Since January 1, 2008, the RNN tariff has also applied between Guntersblum and Bobenheim-Roxheim for transitional traffic . The VRN tariff was extended to Guntersblum, thus closing the network gap. In the area of ​​the city of Mainz, i.e. between Mainz main station and the Mainz-Laubenheim stop , the tariff of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) applies in addition to the RNN tariff .

Furthermore, the offers of the Deutsche Bahn , such as the Rhineland-Palatinate or the Quer-durch-Land-Ticket, also apply on the entire route .

future

The construction of a single-track junction from Mainz onto the Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim-Ludwigshafen BASF railway line (Studernheimer curve) is included in the BVWP 2030 as a potential requirement. The Studernheim curve has now been upgraded to urgent needs as part of the expansion of the Mannheim node.

See also

• Local transport in Frankenthal (Palatinate)
• Local traffic in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• Local transport in Worms

literature

in alphabetical order by authors / editors

• Reinhard Dietrich : A railway is opened . In: Der Wormsgau 33 (2017). ISSN  0084-2613 . ISBN 978-3-88462-380-0 , pp. 111-126.
• Hans Döhn: Railway policy and railway construction in Rheinhessen 1835-1914 . Mainz 1957.
• Ralph Häussler: Railways in Worms. From the Ludwig Railway to the Rhineland-Palatinate Clock. Publishing house Stefan Kehl. Hamm (Rheinhessen) 2003. ISBN 3-935651-10-4 .
• Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn. History, operation and vehicles of the Palatinate Railways . 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1982. ISBN 3-8062-0301-6
• Silvia Speckert: Ignaz Opfermann (1799–1866): Selected examples of his construction work in the vicinity of the city of Mainz = housework to obtain the academic degree of a Magister [!] Artium. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 1989. Typed. Volume 1: Text, Volume 2: Tables. Mainz City Archives: 1991/25 No. 11.
• Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). Publishing house of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science, Speyer 1967, DNB 458278793 .

Web links

Commons : Mainz – Ludwigshafen railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route with operating points and permissible speeds on the OpenRailwayMap
• August 24, 1853. The opening of the Mainz-Worms railway line. State Main Archive Koblenz , accessed on January 5, 2014 . 

Remarks

1. ↑ Previously, this was only possible through a brokerage from the Groß-Gerau telephone office (Eisenbahn-Directions district Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 23, 1907, No. 15. Announcement No. 167, p. 170)
2. ↑ This type of train station was built along the Taunus Railway .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
3. ^ Hans Döhn: Railway Policy and Railway Construction in Rheinhessen 1835-1914 . S. 35 .
4. ^ Hans Döhn: Railway Policy and Railway Construction in Rheinhessen 1835-1914 . S. 44 .
5. ^ ^{A b} Karl Klein: The Hessian Ludwig Railway or Worms, Oppenheim and the other places on the railway . Mainz 1856. p. 1.
6. ^ Dietrich: A railway is opened .
7. ↑ Internet presence of the State Main Archives Koblenz : August 24, 1853. The opening of the Mainz-Worms railway line . Accessed September 16, 2017.
8. ↑ Dietrich: A railway is opened , p. 125, fig. 5.
9. ^ Hans Döhn: Railway Policy and Railway Construction in Rheinhessen 1835-1914 . S. 90 .
10. ↑ Klaus Erbeck: Worms Mainz. Retrieved December 18, 2017 . 
11. ^ Hans Döhn: Railway Policy and Railway Construction in Rheinhessen 1835-1914 . S. 24 f .
12. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Hrsg.): Collection of the published official gazettes from July 23, 1898. 2nd year. No. 33. Announcement No. 297, p. 235.
13. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Collection of the published official gazettes of July 15, 1899. Volume 3, No. 30. Announcement No. 317, p. 238; No. 33 of July 29, 1899. Announcement No. 334, p. 255; There is another report that this happened between Mainz Neutor (today: Mainz Römisches Theater ) and the Mettenheim train station on August 15, 1906 (Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz from 11. August 1906, No. 42. Announcement No. 468, p. 398)
14. ↑ Railway Directions District Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of January 19, 1907, No. 3. Announcement No. 20, p. 12
15. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Collection of the published official gazettes from October 6, 1900. Volume 4, No. 46. Announcement No. 430, p. 315: Weisenau; ibid. of July 28, 1900, No. 34. Announcement No. 320, p. 236: Bodenheim; ibid. of September 29, 1900, No. 44. Announcement No. 410, p. 291: Guntersblum; ibid. of November 10, 1900, No. 52. Announcement No. 499, p. 388: Alsheim and Mettenheim
16. ↑ Eisenbahn-Directions district Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 23, 1907, No. 15. Announcement No. 167, p. 170
17. ↑ 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
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24. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of July 18, 1914, No. 35. Announcement No. 426, p. 245
25. ^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0301-6 , p. 12 .
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36. ↑ It is coming in 2015 - but what does it bring? by Gernot Kirch in the Nibelungen-Kurier of December 29, 2012, p. 2
37. ↑ Groundbreaking celebrated in Dienheim for a new train stop - barrier-free train stations for Mainz-Laubenheim, Nierstein and Guntersblum - the train stations in Mainz-Laubenheim, Nierstein and Guntersblum will be upgraded to meet the needs of the S-Bahn in the coming months. There is also a new train stop that will be built in Dienheim. by Sonja Werner; Allgemeine-zeitung.de from May 16, 2014
38. ↑ https://www.vrn.de/mam/verbund/dokumente/zrn-sitzungen/109/zrn-niederschrift-109-sitzung.pdf#page=2
39. ↑ ^{a b c} Ulrich Gerecke: New signal box between Nierstein and Oppenheim - Deutsche Bahn is upgrading the Rhine route. In: Allgemeine Zeitung . VRM , November 28, 2017, accessed November 2, 2018 . 
40. ↑ Mainz-Weisenau on wissenshub.de ( Memento from December 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 4, 2017
41. ↑ Wormser Zeitung No. 125 of August 7, 1853, p. 1
42. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of September 20, 1913, No. 44. Announcement No. 554, p. 299.
43. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz from April 11, 1914, No. 19. Announcement No. 199, p. 126.
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47. ^ Silvia Speckert: Ignaz Opfermann (1799–1866): Selected examples of his building activity in the vicinity of the city of Mainz . Mainz 1989, p. 73 f .
48. ^ Silvia Speckert: Ignaz Opfermann (1799–1866): Selected examples of his building activity in the vicinity of the city of Mainz . Mainz 1989, p. 73 .
49. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Collection of the published official gazettes from July 15, 1899. Volume 3, No. 30. Announcement No. 317, p. 238.
50. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Silvia Speckert: Ignaz Opfermann (1799–1866): Selected examples of his building activity in the vicinity of the city of Mainz . Mainz 1989, p. 74 .
51. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Collection of the published official gazettes of January 21, 1899. Volume 3, No. 3. Announcement No. 30, p. 32.
52. ↑ Jutta Blatzheim-Roegler and Pia Schellhammer : Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate - 17th electoral period - printed matter 17/3676 July 31, 2017. (PDF) State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate , August 2, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2017 . 
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56. ↑ Not yet drawn in: F. Wirtz: Plan der Stadt Worms . Darmstadt 1878.
57. ^ F. Wirtz: Plan of the city of Worms . Darmstadt 1897.
58. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Hrsg.): Collection of the published official gazettes of August 23, 1902. 6th year. No. 43. Announcement No. 382, ​​p. 306: Installation of a distant signal in front of the cover signal of the Heyl siding near Worms .
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60. ↑ Accessibility at train stations and stops in Rhineland-Palatinate - as of March 2016 on the website of the Rhineland-Palatinate Clock , accessed on November 14, 2016 (PDF file; 66.1 KB)
61. ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of December 31, 1938, No. 61. Announcement No. 834, p. 388.
62. ↑ New regional express concept - close links between the regions through fast direct connections. Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture Rhineland-Palatinate , September 17, 2014, accessed on November 6, 2017 . 
63. ↑ ^{a b} S-Bahn comes from Gernot Kirch in the Nibelungen-Kurier on August 8, 2014
64. ↑ Shortage of staff: Railway line closed at night Allgemeine-zeitung.de of May 22, 2013
65. ↑ Sick dispatcher: Railway line between Mainz and Worms blocked from midnight by Rose-Marie Forsthofer on the website of the Rhein Main publishing group on May 23, 2013
66. ↑ Worms: Regular service between Mainz and Worms resumed on Allgemeine-zeitung.de from June 21, 2013
67. ↑ Dispatcher has to take a break - Michael Bermeitinger's operations at Mainz train station are shut down on Allgemeine-zeitung.de on July 2, 2013
68. ↑ Regional train crashes into an excavator. Frankfurter Rundschau , September 16, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014 . 
69. ↑ Sonja Werner, Michael Bermeitinger and Manfred Janß: Dienheim: Railway collides with excavator - route also closed for long-distance traffic. Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main, September 16, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014 . 
70. ↑ Michelle Roloff-Dwersteg: excavator shovel protrudes into the track profile and damages regional train - excavator driver injured. Federal Police Department Kaiserslautern, September 16, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014 . 
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