Railway line Gau Odernheim – Osthofen

Gau Odernheim – Osthofen

Section Dittelsheim-Heßloch
to Gau-Odernheim (blue)

Route number (DB) :

3564

Course book section (DB) :

last 662

Route length:

18.755 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Legend

		from Bodenheim
	0.0	Gau Odernheim
		in Gau-Odernheim
		to Alzey
		in Gau-Odernheim
		in Hillesheim district train station
	5.4	Hillesheim - Dorndürkheim
	6.6	Frettenheim
		in the district of Dittelsheim
	9.3	Dittelsheim-Hessloch
	12.5	Monzernheim
	14.9	Bechtheim
		from Mainz
		Osthofen – Westhofen railway line
	18.8	Osthofen
		according to Guntersblum
		to Ludwigshafen

The Gau Odernheim – Osthofen railway was a branch line from Gau-Odernheim to Osthofen .

Geographical location

The line was in Rheinhessen and connected the Gau-Odernheim station on the Alzey – Bodenheim line and Osthofen station on the Mainz – Mannheim line .

history

Working at Dittelsheim-Heßloch

Railway station in Dittelsheim-Heßloch on the opening day (May 15, 1897)

Railway station in Gau-Odernheim (1904)

The construction of the line was started by the Hessian Ludwig Railway , which became part of the Prussian-Hessian Railway Association on April 1, 1897 . The line was opened on May 17, 1897. On February 10, 1914, “as darkness fell”, new “double light pre-signals ” were put into operation along the entire route , which corresponded to the shape signal model that is still in use today .

Passenger traffic was shut down on September 29, 1974. Freight traffic followed in sections. Most recently, the route was only used in autumn and winter during the beet campaign . Freight traffic from Dittelsheim-Heßloch-Monzernheim was discontinued on April 1, 1976, Monzernheim-Bechtheim on May 27, 1983, Bechtheim-Osthofen on December 31, 1985. From February 28, 1990, none drove between Hillesheim-Dorndürkheim and Dittelsheim-Heßloch More freight trains, and on December 31, 1992 the remaining traffic between Gau-Odernheim and Hillesheim-Dorndürkheim was also stopped. The line was dismantled in 1998.

Planned reuse

The community of Gau-Odernheim planned to create a cycle path on the former section to Hillesheim. This failed, however, after an investigation report found a biotope with lizards on the former railway line . The alternative of expanding a parallel economic route, however, could not be financed. In the meantime, a cycle path on farm roads between Gau-Odernheim and Hillesheim has been implemented.

Individual evidence

↑ 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.
↑ Hillesheim cycle path put on hold for the time being - biotope with lizards on the former railway line destroys the Gau-Odernheim's plan by Heinz-Jürgen Boller from February 19, 2013 on Allgemeine-zeitung.de
↑ January Haugner: New bike path near Gau-Odernheim. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 18, 2019, accessed on November 2, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Gau Odernheim – Osthofen railway line - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] 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.

[2] Hillesheim cycle path put on hold for the time being - biotope with lizards on the former railway line destroys the Gau-Odernheim's plan by Heinz-Jürgen Boller from February 19, 2013 on Allgemeine-zeitung.de

[3] January Haugner: New bike path near Gau-Odernheim. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 18, 2019, accessed on November 2, 2019 .