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Darmstadt–Worms Railway
The Darmstadt–Worms railway is a standard-gauge railway that is now partially closed. It runs through southern Hesse through the Hessian Ried (''Hessische Ried'') and so it is also called the ''Riedbahn'' (Ried Railway). The section between Darmstadt and Riedstadt-Goddelau is now largely closed. The section between Riedstadt-Goddelau and Biblis, which is now considered part of the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway, is of great importance for long-distance passenger services and rail freight traffic. The last section from Biblis to Worms is used by regional passenger services and rail freight traffic. History The Darmstadt–Worms railway was originally built by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (''Hessische Ludwigsbahn''), to connect Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, with Worms, the second most important city in the province of Rheinhessen of the Grand Duchy. The riparian communities contributed significantly to the financing of the project. On 29 May 1869, the line fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German city Darmstadt. After Frankfurt Hbf and Wiesbaden Hbf, it is the third largest station in the state of Hesse with 35,000 passengers and 220 trains per day. Built in a late art nouveau style, the station was finished 1912 as one of the major works of architect Friedrich Pützer. The station replaced two separate and increasingly inadequate stations located at the ''Steubenplatz'', around a km closer to the city centre in the east. History The predecessors of Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof were two separate stations in today's , which were built by two railway companies in the 19th century when Darmstadt was connected to the rail network: the Main-Neckar station, a through station on the Frankfurt–Heidelberg line, opened in 1846, and the Ludwig station, a terminal station on the Mainz–Aschaffenburg railway, opened in 1858. The space at both stations became very cramped as a result of the increase in traffic at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) is a transport association covering parts of the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in south-west Germany. Founded in 1989, it initially served the Rhein Neckar Area, but has since grown beyond its borders to cover an oblong area of 10,000 km2 with a population of 3 million, including Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Kaiserslautern, the entire Palatinate Forest and the northernmost parts of Baden-Württemberg. VRN tickets can also be used for journeys to and from several neighbouring areas, including the French town of Wissembourg. The VRN is owned by the three states, cities and rural districts whose area it serves. The public transport companies that operate the network are organized in a second company, ''Unternehmensgesellschaft Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH'' (URN). URN member DB Regio operates standard gauge rail transport in the area; other URN members operate buses and trams. This inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worms–Bingen Stadt Railway
The Worms–Bingen Stadt railway or Rheinhessenbahn (''Rhenish Hesse railway'') is a non-electrified line that links Worms via Alzey to Bingen Stadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Route The line is known as the ''Rheinhessenbahn'' because it runs over its entire length through the middle of the Rhineland-Palatinate region and former Grand Duchy of Hesse province of ''Rheinhessen'' (Rhenish Hesse). Services on the line are operated as timetable line 662. Between Worms and Gensingen-Horrweiler it has the line number of 3560, between Gensingen-Horrweiler and Büdesheim-Dromersheim junction it has the line number of 3512 (used for the Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway), and between Büdesheim-Dromersheim and Bingen it has the line number of 3569. The line has both single and double-track sections. History The line was opened in three different sections successively between 1864 and 1871 by the private Hessian Ludwig Railway (''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'', HLB). Alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainz–Ludwigshafen Railway
The Mainz–Worms–Ludwigshafen Railway connects Mainz via Worms to Ludwigshafen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. From there trains cross the Rhine via Mannheim or run south towards Speyer. It was opened in 1853 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. History The first proposals for building a railway line west of the Rhine between Mainz and Worms, dated back to the 1830s, shortly after the opening of the first German railway line between Nuremberg and Fürth. This line was promoted by the governments of Bavaria (which then included the territory involved) and France. They later dropped the plan for financial and military reasons. Plans for the line did not resume until 1844. A route through Alzey was discarded in favour of a direct alignment along the Rhine (However, this route was later built as well, now forming the Mainz–Alzey railway and the Rheinhessen Railway). In 1845, the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company (german: Hessische Ludwigsbahn) received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worms Port Railway
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Rhine Bridge (Worms)
The Worms Rhine Bridge (German: Rheinbrücke Worms) is a two-track railway bridge that spans the Rhine river to the north of Worms, Germany, forming part of the Worms–Biblis railway. 1900 bridge Already in 1868, the Hessian Ludwig Railway was obliged, under its concession for the Darmstadt-Worms line, to build a bridge over the Rhine as soon as its finances allowed. From 1870 to 1901, rail traffic used the Worms–Rosengarten train ferry, a ferry between the port of Worms and Rosengarten on the eastern side of the Rhine. An agreement was signed in 1894 by the city, the government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the railway company for the construction of the Rhine bridge as part of the reconstruction of Worms station. The construction was first announced in 1896, but the start of construction was delayed until mid 1898, due to the nationalisation of the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company in 1897. All of the construction of the 961 metre-long structure was carried out by the ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosengarten Station
Halle Rosengarten station is a railway station in the ''Rosengarten'' district in the municipality of Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References {{reflist Rosengarten Rosengarten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weinheim–Worms Railway
The Weinheim–Worms railway (popularly known as the ''Wormser Hex'', "Worms witch") is a non-electrified standard-gauge railway that formerly connected Weinheim (Bergstraße) station, Weinheim, Viernheim, Lampertheim and Worms Hauptbahnhof, Worms. Freight is operated on an approximately 4 km long section from Lampertheim towards Worms. History Plans to develop the land in the Rhine Valley below the Odenwald with a railway, which started in the 1860s, always had an objective of building a connection to Worms. The original plan saw Bensheim or Heppenheim as a starting point of the Odenwald line, but the Nibelung Railway was opened in 1869 from Bensheim via Lorsch to Worms and a branch was opened from Lorsch to Heppenheim in 1903. However, the final route was different: instead of running to Odenwald in Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hesse-Darmstadt, it was built to Weinheim in Baden because it was easier to build. The construction of the Weschnitz Valley Railway from Fürth, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
