Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail, Commuter rail Intercity rail
Route number
471, 645.8, 645.9
Operator(s)
DB Regio, Rhein-Main S-Bahn
History
Opened
3 January 1863
Technical
Line length
37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Number of tracks
Double track
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map
Legend
West Rhine Railway from Boppard
From rail bypass and
Taunus line to Wiesbaden
Line from Alzey
From Mainz harbour
0.000
Mainz Hbf
Mainz railway tunnel north (northbound)
New Mainz tunnel (southbound)
Mainz railway tunnel south (northbound)
1.800
Mainz Römisches Theater
Former line from Mainz Hauptbahnhof
Line to Ludwigshafen
3.076
South bridge (Mainz), border RP/Hesse
Former train ferry
Rhine-Main Railway
Mainz-Gustavsburg harbour siding
4.580
Mainz-Gustavsburg
Mainz rail bypass, from Taunus Railway
7.780
Mainz-Bischofsheim
To Mainz-Bischofsheim
Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt
9.560
Mainz-Bischofsheim Ültg II junction
11.206
Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk
12.220
Rüsselsheim
15.875
Raunheim
17.373
Raunheim Mönchwald junction
Connecting curve to HSL to Frankfurt
A 3
Frankfurt Airport–Cologne HSL
19.1
Raunheim Caltex & Ticona siding
19.349
Raunheim Brunnenschneise junction
Connecting curve from HSL to Cologne
Industrial sidings
23.812
Kelsterbach
Frankfurt Airport loop
26.9
Frankfurt-Schwanheim[1]
Frankfurt Airport loop
29.096
Frankfurt-Schwanheim Fernbahn junction
A 5
Mannheim–Frankfurt railway
to Riedstadt-Goddelau
31.375
Frankfurt (Main) Stadion
bypass line via Forsthaus (see below)
connecting line from Forsthaus
33.192
Frankfurt-Niederrad
Old Niederräd bridge / new Niederräd bridge
34.250
Frankfurt-Niederrad Brücke
Frankfurt City Link Line
to Main-Lahn line to Frankfurt-Höchst
Main-Lahn Railway
from Frankfurt-Höchst
to Taunus Railway to Frankfurt-Höchst
line from Frankfurt-Griesheim
35.358
Frankfurt (Main) Gutleuthof (junction)
Taunus Railway from Frankfurt-Höchst
Homburg embankment
from Mainzer Landstraße
35.360
Frankfurt outer yard
to Galluswarte
Main-Weser bridge – Galluswarte line
36.444
Frankfurt (Main) Hoch/Tief
(station part)
to the City Tunnel
lines from Darmstadt and from Offenbach
Main-Weser Railway from Gießen
former line from Peace Bridge (see below)
37.508
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
(since 1888)
Frankfurt western stations
(until 1888)
Originally part of route (now bypass line)
line from Mainz (see above)
31.4
Frankfurt am Main Stadion
current line via Frankfurt-Niederrad
(see above)
33.2
Forsthaus (Frankfurt)
(junction, former station)
connecting curve to Darmstadt, Frankfurt
Main-Neckar Railway from Darmstadt
current line to Main-Neckar Bridge
(see above)
former Lokalbahn, Main-Neckar Railway
36.6
Frankfurt South
South Main line to Hanau
North Main line to Hanau
City Tunnel to Frankfurt Hbf (underground)
Peace Bridge (old Main-Neckar Bridge)
former route of the Main-Neckar railway
current bridge (see above)
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
(since 1888)
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf underground
(since 1978)
City Tunnel to South Station/Offenbach
and
??.?
Frankfurt western stations
(until 1888)
Source: German railway atlas[2]
The Main Railway (German: Mainbahn, pronounced 'mine barn') is a 37.5 km-long double-track electrified railway line, which runs on the south side of the river Main from Mainz to Frankfurt central station.
^ Passenger services had stopped serving the halt of Schwanheim by 15 November 1901 ("Sammlung der herausgegebenen Amtsblätter" (in German). 5 (53). Eisenbahndirektion Mainz. 9 November 1901: 372. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help), item 508)
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 151–53. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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