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14-463: The Main Valley Railway (German: Maintalbahn ) is a single-tracked, main line running alongside the river Main in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. In Miltenberg it connects to the Miltenberg– Walldürn railway. It also has a junction with the Tauber Valley Railway at the Baden town of Wertheim , that runs to Crailsheim . The Bavarian State Railways ( Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen ) first connected

28-407: A higher standard than yards and branch lines. Main lines may also be operated under shared access by a number of railway companies, with sidings and branches operated by private companies or single railway companies. Railway points (UK) or switches (US) are usually set in the direction of the main line by default. Failure to do so has been a factor in several fatal railway accidents , for example

42-679: A route between towns, as opposed to a route providing suburban or metro services. It may also be called a trunk line, for example the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada, or the Trunk Line in Norway. For capacity reasons, main lines in many countries have at least a double track and often contain multiple parallel tracks. Main line tracks are typically operated at higher speeds than branch lines and are generally built and maintained to

56-565: A subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn . There were plans to close both lines, but they were never implemented. Due to the cycle tourism in the Main and Tauber Valley, the line is enjoying greater popularity. From March to October, for example, Deutsche Bahn offers bicycle transport from Aschaffenburg to Crailsheim and either operates bicycle wagons or offers the carriage of bicycles in multipurpose compartments. The line has been renewed extensively in recent years. Regional-Express services run every two hours as

70-553: Is also operated on this route. The Regionalbahn services run hourly from Monday to Friday between Aschaffenburg and Miltenberg; on the weekend they run every two hours between Aschaffenburg and Seckach. Main line (railway) The main line , or mainline in American English , of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines , yards , sidings , and spurs are connected. It generally refers to

84-636: Is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (R) train categories in neighboring Austria and Switzerland , respectively. Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks - these may only call at selected stations. Thus, they rank below the Regional-Express train, which regularly stops only at selected stations on its route. RB trains are subject to franchising by

98-691: The Buttevant Rail Disaster in Ireland, and the Graniteville train crash in the US. This rail-transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Regionalbahn The Regionalbahn ( German: [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlˌbaːn] ; lit. Regional train; abbreviated RB ) is a type of local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany . It

112-581: The Main-Tauber-Express from Aschaffenburg to Crailsheim and thus do not require a change at Wertheim. The through Regional-Express services are predominantly operated with class 628 diesel multiple units . Siemens Desiro Classic (class 642; Desiro ) railcars are mainly used on the Regionalbahn trains from Aschaffenburg to Miltenberg. Since the timetable change in 2017, a train composed of double-deck cars and two class 218 locomotives

126-570: The federal states of Germany; whilst many RB trains are still operated by DB Regio , the local traffic division of the former monopolist Deutsche Bahn , franchises often go to other companies, like Abellio Deutschland , Eurobahn or Transdev Germany . There is no obligation to use the term Regionalbahn for basic local services; some private rail operators therefore use their own names to denote their trains. RB services make use of vastly different types of rolling stock; on electrified lines, double-deck cars or EMUs may be used, DMUs like

140-620: The line to Wertheim was opened as a branch line on 21 May 1906 to Stadtprozelten and extended to Wertheim on 1 October 1912. The last 3.85 kilometre-long section was owned by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway ( Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen ). Wertheim had been connected by the Tauber Valley Railway with Lauda since 1868 and by the Wertheim–Lohr railway to Lohr am Main since 1881. A line

154-539: The town of Miltenberg to the railway network with a main line railway from Aschaffenburg , which was opened on 12 November 1876. A rail terminus was built south of the Main river on the edge of the old town , which would later be called Miltenberg Hauptbahnhof (main station). The line to Seckach via Amorbach ( Seckach–Miltenberg railway , also called the Madonnenlandbahn ) begins here. The extension of

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168-548: Was built to a bridge over the Main, which branched off near the entrance to Miltenberg station, and ran along the right (northern) bank to the through station of Miltenberg Nord . All through passenger trains had to push back from the main station to the junction and then reverse to continue their journey. Between the 1950 and 1970s, Heckeneilzugen ("hedgerow expresses") on the Lake Constance – Crailsheim –Aschaffenburg– Frankfurt route ran on this line. The Hauptbahnhof

182-399: Was closed for passenger traffic in the summer of 1977 and has since served only as a freight yard. Passenger services have stopped since then at the purpose built northern station. This was renamed as Miltenberg and the old terminus as Miltenberg Gbf (freight yard). Since that time, the trains to Seckach via Amorbach have also begun and ended at the former North station. The freight yard

196-479: Was closed in 2005. In its position paper. Weichenstellung 2017 ("setting the course for 2017"), the council of the Miltenberg (district) supported electrification of the railway line from Miltenberg to Aschaffenburg. This would allow trains to run through to/from Frankfurt am Main and an hourly service on the weekend. Passenger traffic on the Main and Tauber Valley Railways is operated by Westfrankenbahn ,

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