The Worms–Bingen Stadt railway or Rheinhessenbahn (''

Rhenish Hesse Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (german: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland- ...

railway'') is a non-electrified line that links

Worms Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city **Worms (electoral district) *Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertainme ...

via

Alzey Alzey () is a ''Verband''-free town – one belonging to no ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Germany, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein ...

to Bingen Stadt in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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 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 ...

province of ''Rheinhessen'' (

). Services on the line are operated as timetable line 662. Between Worms and

Gensingen Gensingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse b ...

Horrweiler Horrweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Horrweiler lies in Rhenish Hesse between Main ...

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 The Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway is a twin-track, non-electrified main line railway in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It connects Gau-Algesheim on the Left Rhine line (german: Linke Rheinstrecke) with Bad Kreuznach station, Bad ...

), 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 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 ...

(''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'', HLB). Along with the HLB, the line was nationalised on 1 April 1897 and became part of the Prussian-Hessian Railway Operation and Financial Association (german: Preußisch-Hessische Eisenbahnbetriebs- und Finanzgemeinschaft). This organisation later shared the fate of the

Prussian state railways The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...

and was absorbed into the

Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...

Operation

The line is operated by

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

. It is served by class 628/629 diesel multiple units, and occasionally by trains hauled by class 218 locomotives. Between

Monsheim Monsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Monsheim lies in the southern Wonne ...

and

there is a service about every half-hour. Hourly services run from Bingen Stadt to Worms. The additional trains to Monsheim are hauled by class 218 locomotives and continue from Alzey to

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

. On Saturdays and Sundays the trains of Worms continue to

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

to combine with the RB44 between Worms and Mannheim to produce a 30-minute interval service. Following the announcement of the new Southwest diesel network (''Dieselnetzes Südwest'') from December 2014,

LINT Lint may refer to: * Fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant * Lint (material), an accumulation of fluffy fibers that collect on fabric Places * Lint, Belgium, a municipality located in Antwerp, Belgium * Linț, a vill ...

rolling stock will be used on this line.

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 ha ...

(Rhine-Neckar Transport Association, VRN) fares apply between Worms and Alzey and ''Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund'' (Rhine-Nahe Transport Association, RNN) fares apply between Worms and Bingen. File:Eisenbahnbrücke-alzey.jpg, Rail bridge in Alzey in about 1900 File:Hauptbahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 3- Richtung Mainz (RE 218 411-7) 6.7.2009.JPG,

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 ...

hauled by Diesel locomotive of class 218 in

on its way to

File:Worms-Pfeddersheimer Bahnhof- auf Bahnübergang der Paternusstraße- Richtung Ost (Worms Hauptbahnhof) 30.6.2009.jpg, The Rheinhessen Railway in Pfeddersheim station

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Worms-Bingen Stadt railway Railway lines in Rhineland-Palatinate