Riedstadt-Goddelau station, along with Riedstadt Wolfskehlen station, serves the town of

Riedstadt Riedstadt, with its municipal area of 73.76 km² is Groß-Gerau district's biggest town by land area. It lies in Hesse, Germany, about 12 km southwest of Darmstadt. Geography Location Riedstadt is shaped not only by its preserved rur ...

in the south of the German state of

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

on the

Mannheim–Frankfurt railway Mannheim–Frankfurt railway is a German standard gauge, electrified railway line and runs in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg between Frankfurt and Mannheim. It is also called the ''Riedbahn'' (Ried Railway). The line runs through ...

and the

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 Dar ...

. The station is classified by

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as a category 4 station. It is served by local and S-Bahn trains.

History

The station was opened on 15 April 1869 under the name ''Goddelau-Erfelden''. Then as now, it served two districts of Riedstadt, Goddelau and Erfelden. On 29 May 1869, the prime minister of the

Grand Duchy of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Grand Duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 ...

, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Dalwigk, opened the first section of the

Hessian Ludwig Railway The Hessian Ludwig Railway (German: ''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'') or HLB with its network of 697 kilometres of railway was one of the largest privately owned railway companies in Germany. Early history The Hessian Ludwig Railway was a product of ...

’s

, from Darmstadt Ludwig station via Goddelau and

Biblis Biblis is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Rhine rift west of the Odenwald between Darmstadt to the north and Mannheim to the south; it also lies north of B ...

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 ...

, on the opposite side of the Rhine to Worms. From there, the Worms-Rosengarten train ferry operated over the Rhine from 1870 to 1900, when it was replaced by a bridge across the Rhine. This was the first section of the ''Riedbahn'' (Ried Railway), which runs through an area called the '' Hessische Ried'', hence the name. The line from Biblis to the Mannheim suburb of Waldhof was opened in October 1879, so that the route to Mannheim ended not at

Mannheim Central Station Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (German for ''Mannheim central station'') is a railway station in Mannheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is the second largest traffic hub in southwestern Germany after Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, with 658 trains ...

, but at the ''Riedbahnhof'', north of today's Kurpfalz Bridge. In November 1879, the (then) branch line from Goddelau to

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

was opened. In 1975, the railway between Darmstadt and Goddelau was closed due to lack of traffic and partly dismantled. All that remains of the line is a siding from Darmstadt to

Weiterstadt Weiterstadt () is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated directly northwest of Darmstadt. Twin towns – sister cities Weiterstadt is twinned with: * Bagno a Ripoli, Italy * Kiens, Italy * Verneuil-sur-Seine ...

-Riedbahn, where the line ends. As a result of the incorporation of the former twin town of Goddelau-Wolfskehlen in the newly founded city of Riedstadt, ''Goddelau-Erfelden'' station was renamed as ''Riedstadt-Goddelau'' on 1 January 1977.

Operations

Riedstadt lies on the network organised by the

Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) is a transport association that covers the public transport network of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in Germany. Its head office is located in Hofheim im Taunus. Organisation and area covered The RMV ...

(Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV).

Rail

Goddelau-Riedstadt station is served hourly by

Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at f ...

line RE 70 en route from Mannheim via Biblis and

Gernsheim Gernsheim () is a town in Groß-Gerau (district), Groß-Gerau district and Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt region in Hesse, Germany, lying on the Rhine. Geography Location The ''Schöfferstadt Gernsheim'', as Gernsheim may officially call itself ...

Frankfurt Central Station Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, also called Frankfurt Central Station and Frankfurt Main Station, is the busiest railway station in the German state of Hesse. Because of its location near the middle of Germany and usage as a transport hub for lo ...

. Since 2002, the station has also been served every 30 minutes on weekdays by Rhine-Main S-Bahn line S7, which terminates in Riedstadt-Goddelau.

Bus

Bus routes 41, 45 and K62 stop at the ''Goddelauer Bahnhof'' bus stop. These connect the station with the surrounding cities and towns, including along the disused section of the Ried Railway between Goddelau, Griesheim and Darmstadt. The station also has a taxi stand and a park and ride car park.

References

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