Nibelungen Railway
| Hofheim (Ried) –Bensheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number (DB) : | 3571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 653 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 18.297 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 100 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Nibelungen Railway is a single-track main line in Hesse . It branches off the Worms – Biblis railway line in Hofheim and leads via Bürstadt and Lorsch to Bensheim . The route got its name because it connects several places that play an important role in the Nibelungen saga. Operationally, it is tied through as course book route 653 to Worms main station .
development
prehistory
After the Main-Neckar Railway was opened in the north-south direction along the Bergstrasse in 1846 , the volume of traffic had increased and the railway technology had been further developed, the Hessian part of the front Odenwald should also be developed by rail. A simple transport route to the port in Worms was to be created for the raw materials from this area . The first planning began in the 1860s , with both the city of Bensheim and Heppenheim, a little further south, trying to become the starting point for the Odenwald route and the Nibelungen railway .
construction
Despite unfinished planning of the Odenwald route, a decision was made in favor of the Hofheim – Bensheim route. The line was built by the Hessian Ludwig Railway and opened on October 27, 1869. It began first in Worms station on the right bank of the Rhine, the Rosengarten station , from 1903 then in Worms main station and ran to Hofheim (Ried) together with the old Riedbahn . A later construction phase of the Riedbahn crosses the Nibelungenbahn in Bürstadt station , a tower station . On February 10, 1914, new “double light pre-signals ” were put into operation on the route “ when it got dark” , which corresponded to the shape signal model that is still in use today .
connections
Meanwhile, the planning for the Odenwald stretch was delayed until 1890. The final route of the Weschnitz Valley Railway, opened in 1895 , however, has its starting point in Weinheim , from where the railway line follows the valley of the Weschnitz .
On April 1, 1903, the single-track Heppenheim – Lorsch line was opened. She had no other stop between the two stations. On February 10, 1914, the new “double light pre-signals” were also put into operation on this route “when darkness fell”. After the Second World War , this link was shut down and dismantled.
present
The planned connection of the Nibelungen Railway to the electronic signal box in Weinheim for 2006 , which was supposed to enable shorter drive-in times to the stations, was not carried out. The feasibility of an additional station in Bensheim Süd is currently being examined. In the course of the invitation to tender for the Nibelungen Railway as part of the “Rheinhessen / Weinstrasse” route bundle, the aim was to completely modernize the route, but no renewal of the safety technology is currently planned. However, the platforms are to be increased to 55 centimeters in order to enable barrier-free access to the trains after the tender .
traffic
The remaining Nibelungen Railway is still a weakly used branch line, which is served by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) with diesel multiple units of the 622 and 623 series as the RB 63 line. Hourly regional trains with encounters usually run at the symmetry time in Bürstadt, during rush hours from Monday to Friday with individual repeater trains and crossings in Lorsch. The route runs entirely within the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN). For trips in the direction of Darmstadt and Frankfurt , the tariffs of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) also apply on the route . Class 628 diesel multiple units were in service until the timetable change in December 2015 .
In order to improve the connections between Worms and Darmstadt , a connection on the Hessian side to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof is often required. However, this will only be possible after the Main-Neckar-Bahn has been relieved by the new Frankfurt – Mannheim line .
Operating points
Hofheim (Ried)
The station Hofheim (Ried) is the station of Lampertheimer hamlet Hofheim . In the station, the lines to Biblis (Riedbahn) and Bensheim (Nibelungenbahn) branch out.
Bürstadt
The Bürstadt station is a tower station on the Nibelungen Railway, which crosses the Ried Railway here. The station received train protection for the tracks of the Nibelungen Railway only retrospectively by means of signals that were put into operation on September 9, 1906.
Riedrode
The Riedrode stop is the train station in the Bürstadt district of Riedrode . The breakpoint is on the southern outskirts. Not far from the stop, a level crossing creates the only public access road into town.
Lorsch forest
The Lorscher Wald stop opened up the forest area of the same name between Riedrode and Lorsch . It was subsequently put into operation on August 1, 1909 and was staffed: it was connected to the telegraph line.
Lorsch
Lorsch train station is the only remaining crossroad between Bürstadt and Bensheim. However, train crossings only occasionally take place during rush hour on working days in Lorsch. From 1903 on, the connecting curve to Heppenheim branched off from the route to Bensheim before it was shut down again a few decades later.
Heppenheim (Bergstrasse)
The Heppenheim (Bergstr) station was opened on June 22, 1846 as part of the opening of the Langen - Darmstadt - Heppenheim section of the Main-Neckar Railway . In 1903 the Heppenheim – Lorsch connection was built, which was shut down again after more than 30 years due to the failure to connect the Odenwald with the Nibelungen Railway .
Bensheim South
The construction of a new Bensheim Süd stop on the Nibelungen and Main-Neckar Railway has been discussed since around 2000.
Bensheim
Like its counterpart in Heppenheim, Bensheim station was opened on June 22, 1846 when the Langen – Darmstadt – Heppenheim section of the Main-Neckar Railway was opened. In 1869 the Nibelungen Railway was put into operation between Worms and Bensheim, making Bensheim a railway junction. From 2018 the station will also be integrated into the RheinNeckar S-Bahn network.
Picture gallery
Hofheim (Ried) train station
Bürstadt tower station: Nibelungenbahn below, Riedbahn above (image out of date)
Lorsch station
Lorsch train station (street side)
Bensheimer Bahnhof , the end of the Nibelungen Railway
literature
- Heinz Schomann : Railway in Hessen . Railway buildings and routes 1839–1939. In: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Three volumes in a slipcase. tape 2.1 . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1917-6 , p. 374 ff . (Route 021).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kilometers according to: Railway Directorate Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of July 31, 1909, No. 40. Announcement No. 561, p. 389.
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany 2009/2010 . 7th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0 .
- ↑ Schomann, p. 374
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Announcement No. 151, p. 156. In: Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Collection of the published Official Gazettes 7 (1903). Mainz 1904. Official Gazette of March 14, 1903. No. 15; Announcement No. 198, p. 185. In: Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Hg.): Collection of the published Official Gazettes 7 (1903). Mainz 1904. Official Gazette of April 4, 1903. No. 198.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of September 22, 1906, No. 51. Announcement No. 539, p. 457.
- ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of July 31, 1909, No. 40. Announcement No. 561, p. 389.
- ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of August 14, 1909, No. 42. Announcement No. 606, p. 409.
- ↑ Hessian Parliament, printed matter 15/1246