28-762: The Dreieich Railway ( Dreieichbahn ) is a single-track, non-electrified branch line in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in the German state of Hesse . It connects Dreieich-Buchschlag on the Main-Neckar Railway with Rödermark-Ober Roden on the Rodgau Railway . Colloquially, the RMV route 61 ( RB 61 ) service is referred to as the Dreieichbahn , which continued beyond Ober-Roden on
56-533: A class 225 diesel locomotive. These trains go from Dieburg over the Dreieich Railway. The line is contracted to be operated from 30 June 2016 until the timetable change in 2027 with new Pesa Link sets. Due to delays in the delivery of the Pesa Link sets, class 642 and 646 sets are being used temporarily. The towns Rödermark and Dreieich have demanded the electrification of the Dreieich Railway and
84-421: A 217 and 225 class were often in use around Mühldorf ). There are differences between the individual class members; locomotives 225 001-004 and 225 802-811 lack a hydrodynamic brake. The locomotives 215 030 to 215 032 also were transferred to this class. The auxiliary generator in these special examples was not removed. The top speed for this class is limited to 130 km/h. Their central depot
112-482: A lack of funds, the project can only be realised in the medium term. Dreieich-Sprendlingen station serves the suburb of Sprendlingen of the town of Dreieich . At the opening of the line in 1905, it originally had the name of Sprendlingen-Ort . The entrance building station is listed for its cultural heritage under the Hessian heritage law. Dreieich-Weibelfeld station serves the northern part of Dreieichenhain. It
140-483: A set of related 4 axle diesel hydraulic locomotives from the DB V 160 family . The series does not represent a new build, but a reclassification and/or rebuilding of 1960s and 1970s locomotives of Class 215 and 218 units. The class were transferred to DB Cargo for freight only operations. The individual details of the members are as the locomotive classes they were derived from, excluding any modifications undertaking for
168-604: Is accessible via a one-hour trip on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line , and the air route Frankfurt–Berlin is the busiest in German domestic air travel. Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany and one of the three busiest airports in Europe. Thereby, along with a strong railway connection, the area also serves as a major transportation hub. The Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region
196-508: Is considered to be a polycentric metropolitan region, the economic size and political weight of the city of Frankfurt sets it into a very monocentric relation with her commuter belt. Since the early 1970s, the Frankfurt am Main metropolitan area (German: Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main) is defined as the area encompassing the cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach and their directly neighboring districts. The Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt of
224-663: Is home to five universities and over 20 partly postgraduate colleges , with a total of over 200,000 students. The region's three public research universities , the make up the Rhine Main Universities alliance. Private universities in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region are Notable colleges and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) include: 50°06′N 8°42′E / 50.1°N 8.7°E / 50.1; 8.7 DBAG Class 225 The DBAG Class 225 are
252-548: Is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers Rhine and Main . The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and covers an area of roughly 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 sq mi). The region is the 4th biggest by GDP in the European Union. Although Rhine-Main
280-489: Is the third-largest metropolitan region in Germany after Rhine-Ruhr and Berlin-Brandenburg , with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three German states : Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate , and Bavaria . The largest cities in the region are Frankfurt am Main , Wiesbaden , Mainz , Darmstadt , Offenbach , Worms , Hanau , and Aschaffenburg . The polycentric region
308-545: The European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In 2018, about 7.9% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) was generated in the region, as well as over three-fourths of the state of Hesse's GDP. In addition to banking and finance, the chemical industry has had a long established presence in the metropolitan region, with the Industriepark Höchst (Höchst Industrial Park) in
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#1732798398559336-478: The Frankfurt Rhine-Main region into four Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These zones do exclude a number of districts in the metropolitan area. With its central location in southwestern Germany, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region has been an important industrial and transport center since industrialization began in the mid-19th century. The region is a major financial center of both Germany and Europe, with
364-571: The Official Journal of the European Union on 13 December 2011. This direct award was later extended until June 2016. A new timetable commenced on the Dreieich Railway on 16 July 2016. Regional trains run through to Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof hourly from Monday to Friday ( RB 61 ). There are operated with Siemens Desiro Classic (class 642) and GTW 2/6 (class 646) diesel multiple units, which run from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof via Buchschlag and Ober-Roden to Dieburg. Services run on
392-767: The Rodgau Railway to Dieburg . The line was constructed by the Grand Duchy of Hesse , with a railway construction department being established in Darmstadt for the construction of the line on 15 March 1903. It was opened on 1 April 1905 and operated by the Prussian-Hessian Railway Company . The line was mainly for commuters from parts of modern Dreieich between Dreieich-Buchschlag (then: "Buchschlag-Sprendlingen") and Rödermark–Ober-Roden (then: "Ober-Roden") to Frankfurt . Operations on
420-506: The area is chiefly to be traced to the favorable communications that promoted an early industrialization. Today, however, the importance of industrial concerns has to a great extent been replaced by banking, trade and logistics. Frankfurt lies within the populous Blue Banana region of Europe, which here runs along the Rhine valley, and the city is also a stepping stone from and to various parts of Switzerland and Southern Germany . The Rhine-Ruhr
448-505: The beginning of the 1980s, the Dreieich Railway was listed by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) as a vulnerable line. Since 1990, there has been no regular freight traffic on it. The lobbying of the Interessengemeinschaft Dreieichbahn ("Dreieich Railway interest group", IGDB) and municipal politics prevented the closure of the line. As early as 1988, there were initial plans to modernise the Dreieich Railway, which
476-468: The conversion to non-passenger work. After passenger work for many of the DB Class 215 disappeared, DB Regio transferred 68 locomotives to DB Cargo (later Railion ) for freight work. From 2001 onwards the units underwent conversion to Class 225 . Later, between 2003 and 2005, another six engines, prototypes of the DB Class 218 , were transferred and converted to Class 225.8 . The steam heating
504-483: The extension of S-Bahn services over it. If the Regional Tangent West ( Regionaltangente West , RTW) is built, it will also improve connections for passengers from the communities on the Dreieich Railway. It would create faster transfer connections by rail to Frankfurt Airport and towards Mainz and Wiesbaden . The plans provide for a branch to Dreieich-Buchschlag station. Due to its high cost and
532-548: The line were soon upgraded between Buchschlag and Sprendlingen and—beyond Ober-Roden—to Dieburg because most of the commuters from the Reinheim and Dieburg regions wanted to go to Frankfurt or the Opel works at Rüsselsheim am Main . The Dreieich Railway offered a shorter connection than the Rodgau Railway via Offenbach. The Rodgau Railway ( Offenbach – Reinheim ) had been opened between Ober-Roden and Dieburg on 1 October 1896. At
560-607: The middle of the European continent, Frankfurt Rhine-Main is one of the largest logistics hubs in the world, with major connections provided by Frankfurt Airport , Germany's and one of the world's busiest air hubs, and an extensive road and rail system. The Frankfurter Kreuz and Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof are among the busiest road and rail interchanges in Europe respectively. Other major rail stations include Mainz , Frankfurt Süd , and Frankfurt Airport . The growth of
588-631: The section between Ober-Roden and Buchschlag every 30 minutes on weekdays. There are connections to the Rhine-Main S-Bahn in Dreieich-Buchschlag ( [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ) and Rödermark-Ober Roden ( [REDACTED] ). The only remaining siding is that of the RWE between Urberach and Offenthal. If necessary, a transformer is switched on or off to allow operations. These trains operated were formerly usually hauled by
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#1732798398559616-496: The southwestern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main being one of the largest industrial parks in Germany and host to over 90 chemical and pharmaceutical firms. The automobile, construction, and real estate sectors also contribute to a significant sector of the regional economy, with the latter two accounting for 18% of the GDP. Darmstadt and Wiesbaden are the site of headquarters and major offices for insurance firms. Geographically situated in
644-458: The state of Hesse could be seen as the next administrative division, for it lies entirely within the metropolitan region and further includes the cities of Darmstadt and Wiesbaden along with a number of larger districts. Only on a level further, the metropolitan region also includes the cities and districts of Mainz and Aschaffenburg in the two adjoining federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria . Eurostat's 'Urban Audit' splits
672-690: The suburb Offenthal of the town of Dreieich. At its opening in 1905, it was called Offenthal . The entrance building is listed for its cultural heritage. Rödermark-Urberach station serves the suburb of Urberach of the town of Rödermark . At its opening in 1905, it was called Urberach . The entrance building is listed for its cultural heritage. Frankfurt Rhine-Main The Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region , often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main , Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet or Frankfurt/Rhein-Main , abbreviated FRM ),
700-473: Was implemented from the mid-1990s. The comprehensively modernised Dreieich Railway was opened in 1998. The costs were borne by Deutsche Bahn (DB), the state of Hesse and neighbouring municipalities. Since an extension of the S1 S-Bahn line from Rödermark–Ober-Roden to Dieburg was classified as uneconomic, the operating concept was maintained, with trains running to Dieburg. This part of the Rodgau Railway
728-434: Was not part of the line at its opening and was added later. Dreieich-Dreieichenhain station serves the southern part of Dreieichenhain. At its opening in 1905, it was called Dreieichenhain . Dreieich-Götzenhain station serves the suburb of Götzenhain in the town of Dreieich. At its opening in 1905, it was called Götzenhain . The entrance building is listed for its cultural heritage. Dreieich-Offenthal station served
756-419: Was removed since it was no longer needed; instead, a heater for pre-heating the engine machinery was installed. A large part of them went into service still unmodified, the removal of the steam boiler taking place later concurrently with scheduled overhauls. All of the class have multiple working control, allowing pairings to be formed with both DB Class 217 and DB Class 218 (for example, a pair consisting of
784-401: Was upgraded for diesel operations and services on the line continued to run through over the Dreieich Railway. The 100th anniversary of the Dreieich Railway was celebrated on 1 and 2 April 2005 with steam specials. The extension of the direct award of the operation of rail transport services for the period from December 2011 to December 2013 to the former operator DB Regio was announced in
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