Rhine-Main Railway

Rhine-Main Railway
Overview
Native name	Rhein-Main-Bahn
Line number	3520 Mainz–Mainz-Bischofsheim 3530 Mainz-Bischofsheim–Darmstadt 3540 Weiterstadt Stockschneise–Darmstadt Nord 3557 Darmstadt–Aschaffenburg
Locale	Bavaria and Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number	651
Technical
Line length	77.7 km (48.3 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (throughout)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Route map Legend West Rhine Railway from Boppard from freight diversion line and Wiesbaden Hbf line from Alzey to port of Mainz 0.000 Mainz Hbf Mainz Hbf Tunnel (northbound line) New Mainz Tunnel (southbound line) Mainz South Tunnel (northbound line) 1.800 Mainz Römisches Theater (formerly Mainz Süd) line to the former Mainz Hauptbahnhof line to Ludwigshafen 3.076 South Bridge at Mainz, Rhine RP/Hesse state border former terminus transfer to the ferry 4.580 Mainz-Gustavsburg 5.600 Mainz-Gustavsburg port siding Freight diversion line, to the Taunus Railway 7.780 Mainz-Bischofsheim to Mz-Bischofshm We (see rail bypass) Main Railway to Frankfurt from Mz-Bischofshm O (see rail bypass) 11.100 Mainz-Bischofsheim crossover I (station part) 16.475 Nauheim (b Groß Gerau) 19.739 Groß Gerau to Mannheim Mannheim–Frankfurt railway Klein-Gerau Eichmühle branch from Mannheim–Frankfurt railway 22.013 Klein-Gerau 26.646 Weiterstadt 29.652 Weiterstadt Stockschneise junction former Riedbahn from Riedstadt-Goddelau Griesheim Röhm (siding) 30.668 Darmstadt Bergschneise (junction) former Riedbahn to Darmstadt freight yard Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt 34.950 31.861 Darmstadt freight yard 33.960 33.360 Darmstadt Hbf Main-Neckar Railway to Heidelberg from Darmstadt-Arheilgen Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt Nord line to former Hbf (until 1912) 37.850 Darmstadt Nord Odenwald Railway to Höchst former link to the Odenwald Railway 40.374 Darmstadt-Kranichstein Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum 45.594 Messel (Messel mine) Rodgau Railway from Reinheim 53.200 Dieburg Rodgau Railway to Offenbach 57.647 Altheim (Hess) 59.876 Hergershausen Sickenhofen (planned) 63.1 Odenwald Railway from Höchst 63.711 Babenhausen (Hesse) 64.8 Odenwald Railway to Hanau 71.685 Stockstadt (Main) 72.202 Main 73.232 Mainaschaff junction to the Main-Spessart Railway 73.54 Mainaschaff Main-Spessart Railway from Hanau 76.100 Aschaffenburg Hbf exit (station part) 77.7 Aschaffenburg Hbf Main-Spessart Railway to Gemünden Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Rhine-Main Railway (German: Main-Rhein-Bahn), is a railway line in southern Germany from Mainz via Darmstadt to Aschaffenburg. It was built by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (Hessische Ludwigsbahn) and opened on 1 August 1858 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. Until 1862, when the railway bridge over the Rhine river constructed and assembled by MAN-Werk Gustavsburg was finished,^[2] a train ferry operated on the river.