Wiesbaden light rail

City train Wiesbaden
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
State (D):	Hessen , Rhineland-Palatinate
Bad Schwalbach Schmidtbergplatz Heimbacher Strasse Aartalbahn from Diez SWA train station Hettenhain Bad Schwalbach / Taunusstein Seitzenhahn Bleidenstadt Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse ZOB Taunusstein-Hahn Wiesbadener Strasse Iron hand Taunusstein / Wiesbaden Aartalbahn to Wiesbaden Ost End of section 3 / start of section 2 Aartalbahn End of section 2 / start of section 1 RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Klarenthaler Strasse Ring Church Luisenplatz south Rheinstrasse / RheinMain CongressCenter Central Station Wiesbaden Central Station Fischerstrasse / Central Station West Theodor-Heuss-Ring / Sportpark Rheinhöhe Gottfried-Kinkel-Strasse Aartalbahn A 66 Right stretch of the Rhine Herzogsplatz Rathenauplatz At the Rheinbahnhof Amöneburg Mainz bypass Ruthof / Housing Johannes-Goßner-Strasse Kastel bridgehead Mainz-Kastel End of section 1 / start of section 4 Theodor Heuss Bridge (Rhine) via Great Bleach Route to MZ-Hechtsheim Munsterplatz Route to MZ-Finthen / -Neustadt Central Station Mainz Central Station Central station west Route to MZ-Lerchenberg / -Bretzenheim

The Wiesbaden Stadtbahn is a local transport project in the Hessian state capital . Ideas for reintroducing inner-city rail transport to succeed the Wiesbaden tram , which was shut down in 1955 , first appeared in the 1990s and initially failed in 2001. A referendum to initiate a referendum did not reach the required number of signatures. In 2011, planning was resumed under changed political framework conditions and designated as WIBahn and RegioBahn Wiesbaden . In May 2013, the project failed due to funding. Under the title “CityBahn”, ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft , Wiesbaden's municipal transport company, has been pursuing plans to build a tram to connect Bad Schwalbach via Taunusstein and Wiesbaden to Mainz since 2016 . This should be completed by 2024 .

history

prehistory

Between August 1875 and April 1955 trams were in use in Wiesbaden , which were connected to the Mainz tram. As part of the closure of the Aartalbahn between Wiesbaden and Diez in 1983, it was discussed to expand the network of the Rhein-Main S-Bahn on this route from Wiesbaden to Bad Schwalbach . In 1986 the Nassau Tourist Railway began with museum trips on this section. The transport in Wiesbaden is currently mostly with buses operated, also made eight stations in the urban area , which the rail transport and the Rhine-Main S-Bahn of the Rhine-Main transport association are connected (RMV). This makes Wiesbaden the second largest German city after Münster without rail-bound inner-city transport.

Planning from 1997 to 2001

In the spring of 1997, after the election for the new Wiesbaden city parliament, the planning of a light rail in Wiesbaden began, which should run to the Taunus according to the Karlsruhe model . Wiesbaden city politicians and politicians from the Rheingau-Taunus district of the Greens, SPD and CDU supported the project. An economic study carried out by DE-Consult and PTV in March 1998 showed a value of 1.27 for the first construction phase. Of the total costs of 224 million  DM , the city would have borne 58 million, the Rheingau-Taunus district 24 million, the state of Hesse 47 million and the federal government 95 million DM.

On May 11, 1999, the city council decided to set up the first line and decided to found a light rail company at Stadtwerke. While in the autumn of 1998 70 percent of Wiesbaden residents were still in favor of the Stadtbahn according to a study by the Office for Elections, Statistics and Urban Research, approval fell to 36 percent by the beginning of 2000 according to a representative survey by the Wiesbaden courier , while 41 percent rejected the project. In Taunusstein and Bad Schwalbach, 62 percent were in favor and 18 percent were against. In May 2000 the Stadtbahn was included in the catalog of funding projects of the Hessian state government. The commissioning was planned for 2005. In the election campaign for the local elections in March 2001 , the light rail played an important role, in particular the FDP polarized with “ with horror visions of a light rail that would run on gravel lines through Wiesbaden ” and had the local elections to “vote” about the light rail "explained.

Failure after the 2001 local elections

As a result of the election, the SPD and the Greens lost the majority in the Wiesbaden city council. The CDU , which had spoken out in favor of the light rail during the election campaign, rejected the light rail project with the help of the votes of the FDP and the Republicans, although the federal and state funds were fixed, and local CDU associations also spoke out in favor of a light rail. At that time, the two parties named the “ruin of the cityscape” with new railway lines and a “deterioration in the current situation” as reasons for stopping planning. The light rail project was discontinued before a plan approval decision was made. The light rail Wiesbaden GmbH , a 100% subsidiary of ESWE , then ended their business. The planned route remained, however, noted as "route for public transport" in the land use plan in order to secure it for future alternative public transport systems.

On May 29, 2001, the citizens' initiative "Stadtbahn - ja" was founded with the aim of realizing the project after all. It was supported by the Greens, the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC), the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) and Pro Bahn & Bus. She wanted to initiate a referendum, for which a referendum was launched. Instead of the required 20,000 signatures, only 14,000 were collected. The reasons given were rejection and a lack of interest on the part of the population, but the coalition was also accused of having deliberately approved the collection of signatures during the summer vacation. The planned route, however, met with criticism from residents in particular, who feared a loss in the value of their properties as well as noise and health pollution.

In the opinion of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbundes (RMV), Wiesbaden's decision means a renunciation of transport policy advantages. RMV managing director Volker Sparmann criticized “ that the state capital abandoned the light rail project, for which funding had already been given and which would significantly increase the benefit factor for the revitalization of the Aartalbahn, after the 2001 municipal elections. “The funding commitments already approved by the federal and state governments amounted to 142 million marks. The district administrator of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Bernd Röttger (CDU) spoke of a “fatal wrong decision in Wiesbaden” , since the light rail system was indispensable for the communities in the Untertaunus.

Thought network

Stadtbahn Wiesbaden; planned line 1
planned route and stops in blue in red the bus network
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
State (D):	Hesse
Aartalbahn from Hohenstein Bad Schwalbach station Seitzenhahn Bf Bleidenstadt (planned as Bf) Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse Hebbelstrasse Bf rooster labor Iron Hand (planned as Bf) Chausseehaus (planned as Bf) ⊙ Aartalbahn to Wiesbaden Ost Simeon's house ⊙ Police School ⊙ Helmholtzstrasse ⊙ Klosterweg ⊙ Hermann-Brill-Strasse ⊙ Graf-von-Galen-Strasse ⊙ Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse ⊙ Otto-Wels-Strasse ⊙ University of Applied Sciences ⊙ Alsatian place ⊙ Bismarck ring ⊙ Schwalbacher Strasse ⊙ Luisenplatz ⊙ Rheinstrasse / Rhein-Main-Hallen ⊙ Sibling floor space ⊙ Central station ⊙ Welfenstrasse ⊙ Weidenbornstrasse ⊙ Hasengartenstrasse ⊙

For the first line specified in the planning, the Aartalbahn between Bad Schwalbach and Wiesbaden was to be reactivated. The planning provided for the route to be electrified and used with light rail vehicles. In addition, new breakpoints should be created. In the Kohlheck settlement, the vehicles were to leave the original route and drive via Klarenthal, the University of Applied Sciences , the city center and the main train station to the Hasengartenstraße terminus, where the new depot should also be located. Between Kohlheck and Welfenstrasse, the route was to be built as a light rail, sometimes also as a tram. In Welfenstrasse, the tram line was to branch off into the route of a former industrial track and so drive to Hasengartenstrasse.

The second "construction stage" provided for the vehicles to run as " tram-trains " over the former connecting curve between Ländchesbahn and Wiesbaden Ost station on Deutsche Bahn tracks to Kaiserbrücke, from there on via a light rail line through the Petersweg industrial area and then via Mainz-Kastel and Theodor-Heuss-Brücke to Mainz . For this purpose, a height-free intersection ( 50 ° 3 ′ 19.4 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 30.4 ″  E ) with the Breckenheim – Wiesbaden line would have to be built.

The planning also named options for further expansion. According to the Karlsruhe model of a two-system light rail system, the following lines were to be integrated into the light rail network:

• City center - main station - Biebricher Allee - industrial area Biebrich - Schierstein  - Rheingau (RMV line 10, right Rhine route )
• City center - main station - Hasengartenstraße - Erbenheim  - Niedernhausen (RMV line 21, Ländchesbahn )

The following new lines were also considered:

• Gräselberg - City Center - Central Station - Nordenstadt (-  Main-Taunus-Kreis )
• Dotzheim - city center - main station - Biebricher Allee - Biebrich

A local transport connection from the main train station to Frankfurt Airport via the Wallauer Spange was also discussed .

Planning from 2011 to 2013

In 2005, the permissible fine dust concentrations were exceeded in several places in Wiesbaden. This heated up the discussion about the light rail again, and the RMV also spoke out clearly in favor of a light rail in Wiesbaden.

In June 2011 the newly elected city council decided with the votes of the CDU, SPD, Greens, Leftists and Pirates to examine the “City-Link”, a rail link between the main train station and the city center. In previous investigations, this solution was judged not to be economical. The wish was also included in the coalition agreement of the parties in power since 2011, the SPD and CDU. The project was initially promoted under the title WIBahn . A solution should be found before the amendment to the Municipal Transport Financing Act 2016.

In October 2011, the new head of the transport department, Sigrid Möricke, announced the tender for the planning under the name RegioBahn Wiesbaden . In the planning, the train should run from the districts of Kohlheck or Klarenthal via Wiesbaden city center and the main train station through the Mainzer Straße industrial park . In November 2011 the magistrate approved a further 200,000 euros for the planning, the railway should be put into operation in 2016.

In 2012, the benefit-cost coefficient was determined to be 1.3 to 1.7 in a new report. Assuming a daily transport performance of 11,000 passengers, 20 vehicles in the bus fleet could be saved.

In June 2012, Sigrid Möricke, the head of the transport department, announced that construction of the route could begin in 2015. Commissioning should have taken place by 2018 in order to receive the necessary funding. The construction costs were determined to be 92 million euros, which would have increased to 132 million euros if it had been extended to Petersweg. 85 percent of these costs would be covered by subsidies. In addition, there would be up to 77 million euros for acquisition and planning costs that would have to be borne by the city.

reception

The parliamentary group of the FDP continued to reject the project because it would "massively hinder traffic" and wanted to prevent it if necessary with a referendum.

Parts of the SPD, especially in the affected parts of the city, resisted the light rail. Although the project initially did not provide for a connection to the Aartalbahn and thus the communities in the Untertaunus, the district administrator of the Rheingau-Taunus district recognized in the project in November 2011 again a "ray of hope for the Aartalbahn". However, their reactivation was only considered sensible with a connection to the Wiesbaden urban area.

The Nassauische Touristik-Bahn , which runs the route with museum trains, welcomed the resumption of planning. Four citizens' initiatives with the opposing demands of a "reactivation of the Aartalbahn in Hesse", the "construction of a light rail from Wiesbaden to Bad Schwalbach on the Aartalbahn" as well as "Aartalbahn not through Wiesbaden" and "buses instead of Aartalbahn" are involved in the planning environment.

In 2012, the business association of Hessian Retail Middle-South spoke out in favor of a quick reactivation, whereas Haus & Grund Wiesbaden considered the project to be "outrageous nonsense".

In January 2013, the Mayor of Wiesbaden, Helmut Müller , said that he did not consider the investment of 161 million euros for a light rail system to be proportionate, which was welcomed by the FDP and criticized by the Greens and the SPD.

Thought network

The train was to lead from the districts of Kohlheck or Klarenthal via Wiesbaden city center and the main train station through the Mainzer Strasse industrial park to Hasengartenstrasse. The option remained open to run the line on partly existing Deutsche Bahn tracks to Wiesbaden Ost station in order to enable a platform-level transition to the Rhein-Main S-Bahn . Local politicians in the AKK suburbs called for an extension to Petersweg.

The double-track line was to be partially laid out as a turf track , on its own track body and flush with the street. An integration of the Aartalbahn or the Ländchesbahn or a connection to Mainz was not planned because of the tight schedule. The inner-city planning was thus similar to that of 2001.

Another failure

In April 2013, Patrick Körber wrote in the Wiesbadener Kurier that the tram was not coming and referred to a conversation with Florian Rentsch ( FDP ), the Hessian Minister of Transport. In an interview with the newspaper, Rentsch stated that the Hessian state government did not want to co-finance the project. Körber criticized the Wiesbaden traffic department head, instead of convincing arguments and the necessary expert reports, there were "read-off arguments that left too many questions unanswered". Rentsch later confirmed his statement in a fax to Möricke, who stated that the tram would not be possible without the support of the state.

Florian Rentsch explained that the city had not registered the project in the federal funding program, whose funds were already exhausted. Möricke had never discussed the project with the responsible state minister, who is also the district chairman of the Wiesbaden FDP, which rejects the project. Your party said in a press release that the process had been coordinated with the responsible state authority Hessen Mobil in a total of five rounds.

In a comment in the Frankfurter Rundschau , Ute Fiedler criticized Rentsch for the project "for party-political reasons", "nothing to me, nothing to stop you". Uwe Frankenberger , transport policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, complained about Rentsch's “bad style” and “questionable understanding of office”, while the VCD Hessen sees the rejection as a “symptom of the state government's lack of interest in rail transport”.

Möricke defended their behavior and criticized the fact that the project "is viewed from election to election as a plaything."

Planning 2016 (Citybahn)

The subject of the current planning is a supraregional and transnational light rail line between Bad Schwalbach and the provincial capitals Wiesbaden and Mainz. The total length of the route is around 34 kilometers and is to be from Bad Schwalbach train station and the former Aartal route to be reactivated over the urban area of ​​Wiesbaden with a connection to the main train station via the districts of Wiesbaden Südost , Wiesbaden-Biebrich , Mainz-Kastel and the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke to Stop at Hauptbahnhof West in Mainz. From there, the Mainzelbahn line will be used.

Compared to the plans from 2001 and 2011, the entire route is now planned to match the gauge of the Mainz tram (1000 mm, meter gauge ). The Aartalbahn is to be re- gauged between the city limits of Wiesbaden and Bad Schwalbach train station . The possibility should be taken into account of being able to continue the museum operations of the Nassauische Touristik-Bahn (NTB) in parallel in this section. The preliminary planning for this should be completed in 2019/2020. The state of Hesse funded the preliminary planning with more than 600,000 euros.

Several citizens' initiatives are once again involved in the planning of the CityBahn. Two initiatives that oppose the construction of the CityBahn started in January 2019, separately from each other, with collections of signatures with the aim of bringing about a referendum on the construction of the CityBahn. Both initiatives achieved the required quorum of signatures.

On May 23, 2019, the Wiesbaden city council (with a majority of the CDU, SPD, GRÜNE and LINKE parliamentary groups) rejected both petitions as inadmissible and referred to the requirements of the Hessian municipal code . FDP and AfD voted for admissibility. The legal admissibility of the request was discussed in advance through various legal opinions. The city's own legal office came to an ambiguous conclusion on both requests.

The parliamentary groups of CDU, SPD, GRÜNE and LINKE announced at the same meeting that they would open the way for a referendum before the 2020 summer break with the help of a representative request. Both citizens' groups then announced that they wanted to take legal action in order to enable an earlier decision. On the part of the city, it is assumed that the resistance against the city railway also results from a lack of information about the project; it has only reached three percent of the population.

Citybahn planning sections

1. Hst. Hochschule Rhein-Main (WI) - Hst. Brückenkopf (MZ-Kastel): length approx.12,190 m
2. City border Wiesbaden / Aartal section - Hst. Hochschule Rhein-Main (WI): length approx. 4,730 m
3. Bad Schwalbach train station - Wiesbaden city limits / Aartal route: length approx.15,010 m
4. Main station bridgehead (MZ-Kastel) - main station Mainz main station west: length approx. 2,400 m

Discussed alternatives

Reactivation of the Aartalbahn

→ Main article : reactivation plans in the article Aartalbahn

In 2008, the discussion about reactivating the Aartalbahn for local passenger transport revived. The citizens' initiative “Stadtbahn - ja” and “PRO Aartalbahn” developed concepts for a light rail and a regional train. The reactivation of the section of the line in Rhineland-Palatinate between Diez and Hahnstätten for regional railways is delayed again and again.

Track buses

In 2011, the Wiesbaden Chamber of Industry and Commerce favored the construction of a gauge bus line on the route of the Aartalbahn. The head of the Wiesbaden transport company ESWE , Gerd Heunemann, refused this, however, with reference to objections because of the water protection in the Taunus as " not worth discussing ". An expert opinion from 1995 had already proven the unsuitability of the system. In addition, the citizens' initiative “Stadtbahn - ja” criticized the lack of funding for bus routes by the state and federal government and the incompatibility with the museum train operation of the Nassau Tourist Railway .

Reactivation of tram line 6

Another suggestion is the reactivation of line 6 of the Wiesbaden tram, which was used until 1955 . Today it is operated as a bus line on the Wiesbaden side from the north cemetery via the main station, east station, the districts of Mainz-Amöneburg and Mainz-Kastel via the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke to the Mainz district of Gonsenheim via Mainz Hbf. The section beyond Mainz main station was gradually replaced from 2014 under the name Mainzelbahn by a new tram line that is connected to the meter-gauge network of the Mainz tram . The Wiesbaden traffic development plan, entitled Target Scenario 2015 Plus, contained a concept for a rail connection to Mainz main station that would relieve the bus connection, which is currently heavily used.

Web links

• Local traffic plan 2008 of the city of Wiesbaden
• citybahn-verbindet.de - information website of the transport associations involved
• procitybahn.de - website of the pro Citybahn initiative
• Mitbestigung-citybahn.de - website of the Mitbestfung Citybahn initiative
• busse-statt-citybahn.de - website of the buses instead of city railway initiative

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: route , accessed on July 17, 2020
2. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: poster line layout , accessed on June 24, 2019
3. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - sheet 15 Klarenthaler Straße , accessed on June 24, 2019
4. ↑ ^{a b} citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - Sheet 14 Ringkirche , accessed on June 24, 2019
5. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 13 Rheinstrasse , accessed on June 24, 2019
6. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 12 Bahnhofstrasse , accessed on June 24, 2019
7. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 11 Central Station , accessed on June 24, 2019
8. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 10 Biebricher-Alle (North) , accessed on June 24, 2019
9. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - sheet 9 Biebricher-Allee (center) , accessed on June 24, 2019
10. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 8 Biebricher-Allee (south) , accessed on June 24, 2019
11. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - sheet 7 Straße der Republik , accessed on June 24, 2019
12. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - sheet 6 Stettiner Straße , accessed on June 24, 2019
13. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 5 Rheingaustraße , accessed on June 24, 2019
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15. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 3 Rheingaustraße , accessed on June 24, 2019
16. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - Sheet 2 Rampenstraße , accessed on June 24, 2019
17. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: CityBahn planning status April 2019 - page 1 bridgehead , accessed on June 24, 2019
18. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: Workshop on Mainz line management: Big bleach makes the race , accessed on June 24, 2019
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20. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: line and timing diagram of the Citybahn , accessed on June 25, 2019
21. ↑ citybahn-verbindet.de: Suggested route guidance for Mainz , accessed on June 25, 2019
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25. ↑ http://www.mainzund.de/wiesbaden-plant-die-citybahn-und-mainz-soll-anfangen-zu-bauen-stadtbahn-soll-ab-2022-beide-staedte-verbinden/
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27. ^ Nassau Tourist Railway : The History of the Aartal Railway
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29. ↑ Citizens' initiative “Stadtbahn - ja”: data at a glance
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31. ↑ IHK provides arguments to opponents of the Stadtbahn Wiesbaden: Bus systems presented as an alternative: "In any case cheaper" . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine from January 27, 2001, accessed on July 6, 2011
32. ↑ Parliament sends the tram to the siding. Wiesbadener Kurier , June 21, 2001.
33. ↑ ^{a b c} Hessen Schiene 44, p. 28: Wiesbaden tram before the end? ( Memento of January 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 6, 2011
34. ^ Theses paper Stadtbahn for CDU Rheingauviertel and Westend ( Memento from November 16, 2002 in the Internet Archive ), cdu-wiesbaden.de
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37. ↑ City of Wiesbaden: Land use plan 2003 ( Memento from August 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
38. ↑ Citizens' initiative “Stadtbahn - ja” → Portrait and goals
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40. ↑ Citizens' initiative Aartalbahn not through Wiesbaden! : The Aartalbahn devalues ​​urban living space ( Memento from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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47. ↑ Belated innovation. Frankfurter Rundschau , June 18, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2015 ; Retrieved July 6, 2011 . 
48. ↑ CDU-SPD coalition agreement 2011-2016 , line 598 ff.
49. ↑ Bertram Heide: Dream of the rail. (No longer available online.) Wiesbadener Kurier , August 6, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 10, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
50. ↑ RegioBahn tender. In: Official Journal of the European Union. Retrieved November 17, 2011 . 
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53. ^ ^{A b} Gaby Buschlinger: Wiesbaden: Chances for trams are increasing . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , June 16, 2012
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55. ↑ ^{a b} Wiesbaden: More tangible than ever - much praise for Stadtbahn plans in the transport committee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ). In: Wiesbadener Kurier , June 14, 2012
56. ↑ Local public transport: Tram from Klarenthal to Kastel. Frankfurter Rundschau , November 10, 2011, accessed on November 17, 2011 . 
57. ↑ District members assembly: FDP continues to fight against the Wilhelmstrasse location. (No longer available online.) Wiesbadener Kurier , November 22, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 23, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
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62. ↑ Connect the Aartal route to Wiesbaden and Mainz. ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Nassauische Neue Presse , October 3, 2012
63. ↑ Cornelia Diergardt: NTB in financial need: For Eswe activation of the Aartalbahn still not an issue. (No longer available online.) Wiesbadener Kurier , July 8, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 10, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
64. ^ Citizens' initiative BI PRO Aartalbahn ( Memento from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
65. ↑ Citizens' initiative "Stadtbahn - ja"
66. ↑ Citizens' initiative Aartalbahn not through Wiesbaden ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
67. ↑ Citizens' initiative buses instead of Aartal-Bahn
68. ↑ Retail demands connection of the Aartalbahn to the future Wiesbaden light rail . In: Wiesbadener Kurier , October 1, 2012
69. ^ Every (10) years again - Die Stadtbahn (PDF; 55 KiB), Haus & Grund Wiesbaden, 9/2011
70. ^ OB Müller against Stadtbahn  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ). In: Wiesbadener Kurier , January 31, 2013
71. ↑ Wiesbaden light rail project: FDP is pleased about OB Müller's rejection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ). In: Wiesbadener Kurier , February 1, 2013
72. ↑ Stadtbahnprojekt Wiesbaden: Sharp criticism of the Greens to OB Müller  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ). In: Wiesbadener Kurier , February 4, 2013
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91. ↑ Citizens' initiative PRO Aartalbahn: Concept Regionalbahn ( Memento from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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