Alzey–Mainz railway

Alzey–Mainz
Route number:661
Line number:3523
Line length:41.1
Track gauge:1435
Operating points and lines[1]
Legend
 Rheinhessen Railway from Worms
Donnersberg Railway from Kirchheimbolanden
9.0 Alzey 192 m
 to Bodenheim
11.4 Albig
Wiesbach Valley Railway from Wendelsheim
16.7 Armsheim 141 m
 Rheinhessen Railway to Bingen
22.6 Wörrstadt 190 m
 27.1 Saulheim 155 m
 Selz
32.4 Nieder Olm 135 m
 36.4 Klein-Winternheim-Ober-Olm 169 m
 Klein-Winternheim Tunnel (378 m)
39.9 Mainz-Marienborn 163 m
 44.5 Mainz-Gonsenheim
46.5 Anst Mainz Kleiner Sand
47.6 Mainz Waggonfabrik
West Rhine from Koblenz
50.1 Mainz Hbf
Line to Ludwigshafen and Frankfurt (Main)

The Alzey–Mainz railway was opened on 18 December 1871 by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (German: Hessische Ludwigsbahn), linking the two cities of Alzey and Mainz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to each other.[2]

Route

Mainz-Marienborn station in the winter
Regionalbahn service in Mainz Hauptbahnhof on its way towards Alzey (2009)

The non-electrified line is operated by Regionalbahn service RB 31[3] and Regional-Express line RE 13.[4]

It connects at Alzey with services on the Donnersberg Railway (Donnersbergbahn), operating as RB 47. The section between Alzey and Armsheim is also used by services on the Rheinhessen Railway from Bingen to Worms.

As the line from Armsheim to Mainz is single-track only, services can be operated at most every half-hour, with oncoming trains forced to wait in stations, usually in Saulheim and Mainz-Marienborn (RB) or Mainz-Gonsenheim (RE).

The Elsass-Express (Alsace Express) to Wissembourg uses this part of the line on weekends and on public holidays.

Rolling stock

The track is served by both trains consisting of class 218 diesel locomotives hauling three double-decker carriages and by class 628 diesel multiple units, sometimes in coupled sets. In fact, class 629, a variation of class 628, was specially built for the very steeply graded line.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Line overview" (in German). www.amiche.de. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Timetable for RB31" (PDF-Version, 159 kB) (in German). rheinland-pfalz-takt.de. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Timetable for RE13" (PDF-Version) (in German). rheinland-pfalz-takt.de. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

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