Worms–Bingen Stadt railway

Worms Hbf–Bingen (Rhein) Stadt railway
Regionalbahn service near Monsheim running towards Worms
Overview
Line number	3512, 3560, 3569
Locale	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number	662
Technical
Line length	62.9 km (39.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Line from Mainz Ried Railway from Biblis Nibelung Railway from Bensheim 0.0 Worms Hbf Line to Ludwigshafen Worms-West (planned) Worms-Pfiffligheim (abandoned) 6.1 Pfeddersheim Palatine Northern Railway from Bad Dürkheim 11.5 Monsheim Zeller Valley Railway to Marnheim 14.9 Flörsheim-Dalsheim 19.7 Gundersheim (Rheinhessen) 22.5 Eppelsheim (Rheinhessen) 26.0 Kettenheim 27.9 Alzey Süd Donnersberg Railway from Kirchheimbolanden 30.0 Alzey former "Amiche" to Bodenheim 32.5 Albig former Wiesbach Valley Railway from Wendelsheim 37.7 Armsheim Line to Mainz 41.0 Wallertheim 43.3 Gau-Bickelheim former line from Fürfeld 46.9 Sprendlingen (Rheinhessen) 49.8 Welgesheim-Zotzenheim strategic railway from Bad Kreuznach 52.4 Gensingen-Horrweiler 56.6 Büdesheim-Dromersheim strategic railway to Gau-Algesheim Former chord from Ockenheim to Hindenburg Bridge Bingen DB substation West Rhine Railway from Mainz Approach to Hindenburg Bridge over the Rhine 60.9 Bingen-Kempten 62.9 Bingen (Rhein) Stadt West Rhine Railway to Koblenz Source: German railway atlas[1]

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).[2] 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 and was absorbed into the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Operation

The line is operated by Deutsche Bahn.

It is served by class 628/629 diesel multiple units, and occasionally by trains hauled by class 218 locomotives. Between Monsheim and Worms there is a service about every half-hour. Hourly services run from Bingen Stadt to Worms.[3] The additional trains to Monsheim are hauled by class 218 locomotives and continue from Alzey to Mainz.

On Saturdays and Sundays the trains of Worms continue to Mannheim 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 rolling stock will be used on this line.

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (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.

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  Rail bridge in Alzey in about 1900
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  Regional-Express hauled by Diesel locomotive of class 218 in Worms on its way to Mainz
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  The Rheinhessen Railway in Pfeddersheim station

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 RB35" (PDF-Version) (in German). rheinland-pfalz-takt.de. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

External links

• "Photographs of the Rheinhessen" (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2013.