Wiesbachtalbahn
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| Route number (DB) : | 3562 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 9.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State: | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wiesbachtalbahn from Armsheim via Bornheim and Flonheim to Wendelsheim was a branch line of the Hessian Ludwigsbahn . Their name is derived from the Wiesbach .
purpose
The main purpose of the route was to remove the Flonheim sandstone from the local sandstone quarries for the company's own railway structures such as the Kaiserbrücke or Mainz main station . With the crossing station of the two lines Bingen – Alzey – Worms and Mainz – Alzey in Armsheim, the most important cities in Rheinhessen could be developed. The line was opened on December 31, 1871, but could not be driven completely to Wendelsheim until July 1, 1895.
In order to give the route a somewhat greater significance, it was intended to connect it to the Sprendlingen – Fürfeld railway via Siefersheim to Wöllstein . But this could not be realized.
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 .
attitude
Passenger traffic was stopped on September 25, 1966, freight traffic only on January 1, 1995. In the Wendelsheim terminus there was a loading ramp for military purposes, which was also occasionally used by the Bundeswehr and US bases in the Mörsfeld / Kriegsfeld / Gerbach area has been. The line was not strategically important, but military use contributed to the maintenance of the line, as NATO funds were repeatedly used to modernize the superstructure.
The connection to the Rheinhessenbahn (at km 1.1) was separated. The tracks in the area of the level crossings of the L 407 (at Geistermühle / Uffhofen stop ) and L 408 (at km 2.85) have been removed.
The section Geistermühle to Wendelsheim was bought by the Landesbetrieb Mobility (LBM) and is to be converted into a cycle path; in the Wendelsheim location, the tracks have already been dismantled.
See also
Web links
- Information about the Wiesbachtalbahn and other railways in Rheinhessen
- Another extensive website on the Wiesbachtalbahn and other railways in Rheinhessen, focus on Nahebahn
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.
- ↑ The network of cycle paths is growing . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , April 11, 2014. Accessed May 31, 2015.