Mittelhessen-Express

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RB 40 / RB 41: Central Hesse Express
Class 425 train as the Mittelhessen-Express in Stadtallendorf
Class 425 train as the Mittelhessen-Express in Stadtallendorf
Route of the Mittelhessen-Express
Route map
Top speed: 160 km / h

The Mittelhessen -Express is a joint train concept of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and DB Regio AG on the Main-Weser-Bahn and the Dill line , which was put into operation on December 10, 2006 when the Deutsche Bahn timetable changed. Since 2013 the trains on the Gießen – Friedberg – Hanau route have also been known as the Mittelhessen-Express.

Current status

Since December 11, 2011, following a new tender, the route network has been operated for twelve timetable years by DB Regio Hessen , a newly founded wholly-owned subsidiary of DB Regio AG. The vehicles used are Talent 2 railcars from the manufacturer Bombardier , but their commissioning was delayed. This also includes line 33 Hanau – Friedberg , once operated by the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB), which is once again in one hand with line 30 Friedberg-Gießen and no longer has to be broken in Friedberg.

The new Talent 2 railcars were originally intended to be used from the 2012/2013 timetable change, but this was delayed. From March 9, 2013, operations began on the Friedberg-Hanau route and in April 2013 on the Dillenburg / Treysa-Frankfurt route. The 425 series was used on the Gießen – Friedberg – Hanau route until mid-November 2013 ; now (as of December 2013) the entire network is operated with the new Talent 2 trains.

route

Two Mittelhessen-Express trains shortly after the encounter at Lang-Göns

The Mittelhessen-Express operates on the Treysa - Gießen - Frankfurt (RB 41) and Dillenburg - Gießen - Frankfurt (RB 40) routes, although since December 13, 2015, a large part of the train runs on the RB 41 have not covered the entire route. The regional railways on the Gießen – Friedberg – Hanau connection (RB 49) are also known as the Mittelhessen-Express .

The trains coming from Treysa and Dillenburg are usually coupled together in Gießen and run together on the rest of the route. In the opposite direction, the trains are separated accordingly in casting. This wing is not used in off-peak times.

The Mittelhessen-Express serves all stations on the Gießen – Dillenburg and Gießen – Treysa sections, with many trains ending in Marburg, Kirchhain or Stadtallendorf instead of Treysa, and individual trains in the direction of Dillenburg ending in Wetzlar or Herborn . Between Giessen and Frankfurt, trains that stop at a few stations alternate with those that have many intermediate stops. The trains operating according to the original Central Hesse concept only have the intermediate stops Butzbach , Bad Nauheim , Friedberg and Frankfurt West . The other trains have an extended stop in Gießen (overhaul by IC) and stop everywhere until Friedberg. In addition, there is a stop in Bad Vilbel , which results from the fact that the Mittelhessen-Express follows an S-Bahn from there on the S6 and therefore has to make an operational stop in the said area anyway.

vehicles

Interior view of the Mittelhessen-Express (until 2013)

Electric multiple units of the 425 series were used until 2013 . The stock also included individual class 426 railcars, which are only half the length. Some of these vehicles were previously used on the Kassel – Eichenberg – Göttingen and Bebra – Eichenberg – Göttingen routes, where the train services were taken over by Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft . Other vehicles were taken over from Bavaria . For their new use, they were given the label Mittelhessen-Express .

Three and four-part Bombardier Talent 2 railcars have been in service since 2013 . The four-part railcars are used for trains on the RB 40 and RB 41 connections, while three-part railcars are predominantly used for the RB 49. At rush hour , trains from three units often run between Giessen and Frankfurt, one of which serves the RB 40 line.

service

The Mittelhessen-Express usually runs every hour. Between Gießen and Dillenburg as well as Gießen and Marburg there is an hourly service, except during off-peak times. It runs between Marburg and Stadtallendorf every hour from Monday to Friday, otherwise every two hours. The Stadtallendorf – Treysa section is barely served at the weekend, otherwise every hour in the morning and in the afternoon.

The Mittelhessen-Express on the RB 40 and RB 41 lines runs every hour between Giessen and Frankfurt. However, there is no hourly cycle, since the travel times of successive trains differ greatly.

The train usually consists of two parts that are separated in casting. The front part of the train continues to Treysa via Marburg , the rear part to Dillenburg via Wetzlar . In the afternoon there is also a three-part train, where the middle part of the train is separated in Stadtallendorf.

The best case scenario is 1 hour and 47 minutes from Frankfurt to Treysa and 1 hour and 30 minutes to Dillenburg. The trains have a scheduled stop of 4 or 11 minutes in Giessen. The rear part of the train then changes its direction of travel and continues to Dillenburg. After 16 minutes there is a connection to the HLB to Siegen via Haiger . The front part of the train continues from Gießen to Marburg, Kirchhain or Treysa, where there is a connection to the HLB in Kassel after about 15 minutes .

With the redesign of the timetable as part of the tender for the Eifel / Westerwald / Sieg diesel network, the aim of integrating the Dillenburg – Siegen RB line is being pursued. With the timetable change in December 2009, the travel time from Frankfurt to the respective terminal stations was extended by around 20 minutes every two hours.

history

Before the Central Hesse concept, continuous regional trains ran on the Dillenburg – Gießen – Kassel route during the week. These were trains with three cars that were hauled by locomotives of the 141 or 143 series. These regional trains were canceled on the Dillenburg – Gießen and Marburg – Treysa sections. Individual regional trains run between Gießen and Marburg according to the previous timetable (with class 114 locomotives ), while the trains between Treysa and Kassel have been replaced by the so-called Regiotram.

Passengers on the Main-Weser-Bahn were able to change from regional trains to the regional express trains or Intercity, which run almost unchanged between Kassel and Frankfurt, and the transfer time was only five minutes. In Dillenburg, there was an inexpensive transfer option to regional express trains to Siegen every two hours.

Further changes

Before that, the following Regional Express / City Express trains ran in a similar timetable as the Mittelhessen Express:

  • RE 99 Frankfurt – Gießen – Siegen: These trains have been postponed, as has the RE Gießen – Siegen– Aachen .
  • SE 30 Frankfurt– Marburg (partially to Treysa): These were double-decker trains that usually served a large part of the stations between Friedberg and Marburg. These were replaced by the Mittelhessen-Express, which caused space problems due to the lower transport capacities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RMV: Mittelhessen-Express - tender brings new vehicles. DB Regio Hessen GmbH wins Europe-wide tender from RMV and NVV ( Memento from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Press release dated May 26, 2009, accessed May 26, 2009
  2. ↑ "Hamster cheek" comes later. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. November 26, 2012, accessed February 3, 2018 .
  3. ^ Information from the RMV about the start of the mission ( memento of March 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Change in the IC brings innovations for rail commuters. In: Gießener Allgemeine. May 27, 2009, accessed on February 3, 2018 (extended travel times from December 2009).