The Rodgau Railway (Rodgaubahn) is a railway line that runs from Offenbach Central Station (Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof) via Rodgau to Rödermark-Ober-Roden in the German state of Hesse. The name Rodgaubahn is derived from the medieval name of Rodgau, part of the former Maingau (Main district), which the line passes through for its whole length.
Jügesheim station on the Rodgau Railway in 1978Heritage train on the S1 in November 2006
Since about 1870 there were serious proposals from local interest groups for the building of a railway to open up the Rodgau, but at first the government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse did not respond to them. An Eisenbahncomitée (railway committee) was formed after the first, unsuccessful, initiative in 1877. But this took four years to get a response from Darmstadt, the capital of the Duchy, during which the committee carried out preparatory work for an Offenbach–Reinheim railway project at its own expense. It took until 1888 before the government gave final approval and after further discussions about the connection of the railway in Offenbach with the Prussian state railways in 1895, planning permission was granted. It was decided that the line would have its own station in Offenbach south of the Prussian state railways' station. The line was built by the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways. On 30 September 1896, the new line (now line number 3661) was opened from Offenbach via Dieburg to Reinheim with a length of 42.2 kilometres.
In the following years, the Rodgau Railway was connected to two other railways:
In 1923, the railway was built on an embankment in the city of Offenbach in order to remove level crossings with streets. This involved the rebuilding of the central station in Offenbach as a single station and the abandonment of the Rodgau Railway’s own station.
Operational historyedit
Old station building at Weiskirchen
Initially, four pairs of trains operated daily. After the connection of the Dreieich Railway, there were only two pairs of through trains between Offenbach and Dieburg. The first trains were steam hauled; after the Second World War trains were increasingly hauled by diesel locomotives. The importance of the connection lay in the growing commuter traffic from the district of Offenbach, especially for those working in the leather goods industry in Offenbach.
On 28 May 1965, the line between Dieburg and Reinheim was closed for passengers, partly because of the operation of the parallel bus route. In 1967, this section of the line was dismantled, beginning with the section between Dieburg and Groß-Zimmern. Freight trains ran to and from the Odenwald Railway (Odenwaldbahn) over the Darmstadt Ost–Groß-Zimmern railway until it was closed in 1970. In 1989, the remaining section of the line to Reinheim was closed.
Conversion to S-Bahn operationsedit
S1 at Jügesheim station in 2003S1 near Rodgau-RollwaldOld trackbed in front of Dieburg
The establishment of an S-Bahn operation on the track was considered in the late 1950s. It was not, however, until 23 March 2001 that the line to Dietzenbach began to be reconstructed as a double-track electrified line of the Frankfurt S-Bahn network. In the course of the development work, 13 stations were modernised and two rebuilt. 15 bridges were rebuilt and 18 level crossings were secured with new barrier systems.
S-Bahn operations began on the Rodgau line at the beginning of the 2003/2004 timetable on 14 December 2003. The line is operated by DB Regio as part of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn network as line S 1 (Wiesbaden–Ober-Roden), the northern section of the line is also used by line S 2 (Niedernhausen–Dietzenbach). Proposed extensions of line S1 to Dieburg and S2 to Ober-Roden failed as they were found not to be economically justified. Therefore, the section from Ober-Roden to Dieburg has not been electrified. This section of the line is now operated as part of the Dreieich Railway from Buchschlag.
Referencesedit
Footnotesedit
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 152. ISBN978-3-89494-139-0.
Sourcesedit
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Vol. 2.2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 766ff (line 066). ISBN3-8062-1917-6.
Werner Stolzenburg (1985). "Die Rodgaubahn". In Georg Wittenberger / Förderkreis Museen und Denkmalpflege Darmstadt-Dieburg (ed.). Die Bahn und ihre Geschichte = Schriftenreihe des Landkreises Darmstadt-Dieburg 2 (in German). Darmstadt. pp. 71–78.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External linksedit
"Die Rodgaubahn im Wandel zur S-Bahn" (in German). Bahn Galerie. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
"Rodgau-S-Bahn" (in German). Rodgaubahn. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rodgau Railway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message The Rodgau Railway Rodgaubahn is a railway line that runs from Offenbach Central Station Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof via Rodgau to Rodermark Ober Roden in the German state of Hesse The name Rodgaubahn is derived from the medieval name of Rodgau part of the former Maingau Main district which the line passes through for its whole length Rodgau RailwayOverviewNative nameRodgaubahnStatusOperationalOwnerDeutsche BahnLine number3661 Offenbach Dieburg Reinheim LocaleHesse GermanyTerminiOffenbach Main HauptbahnhofRodermark Ober RodenStations12ServiceTypeHeavy rail Passenger railCommuter railRoute number645 1 and 645 2Operator s DB Regio HessenRolling stockDBAG Class 423DBAG Class 430HistoryOpened30 September 1896Closed1967 Dieburg Gross Zimmern 1989 Gross Zimmern Reinheim TechnicalLine length21 9 km 13 6 mi Number of tracksDouble track Offenbach Ost Rodermark Ober RodenTrack gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeElectrification15 kV 16 7 Hz AC overhead catenaryRoute mapLegend from Frankfurt Sud 0 0 Offenbach Main Hbf from the S Bahn 1 5 Offenbach Main Ost former Offenbach industrial siding S Bahn to Hanau main line to Hanau 4 2 Offenbach Bieber Line to Dietzenbach 5 6 Offenbach Waldhof 8 1 Obertshausen A 3 11 0 Rodgau Weiskirchen 12 4 Rodgau Hainhausen 14 0 Rodgau Jugesheim 15 3 Dudenhofen crossover 15 8 Rodgau Dudenhofen 17 7 Rodgau Nieder Roden 18 9 Nieder Roden industrial siding 19 7 Rodgau Rollwald Dreieich Railwayfrom Dreieich Buchschlag 21 9 Rodermark Ober Rodenterminus B 459 B 45 25 2 Eppertshausen 27 8 Munster b Dieburg B 45 Rhine Main Railwayfrom Aschaffenburg 30 4 Dieburg Rhine Main Railway to Darmstadt Line from Darmstadt Ost 34 65 Gross Zimmern 37 16 Spachbrucken Odenwald Railwayfrom Wiebelsbach Heubach 39 61 Reinheim Odenw Odenwald Railway to Darmstadt Gersprenz Valley Railwayto Reichelsheim Source German railway atlas 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Operational history 1 2 Conversion to S Bahn operations 2 References 2 1 Footnotes 2 2 Sources 3 External linksHistory edit nbsp Jugesheim station on the Rodgau Railway in 1978 nbsp Heritage train on the S1 in November 2006 Since about 1870 there were serious proposals from local interest groups for the building of a railway to open up the Rodgau but at first the government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse did not respond to them An Eisenbahncomitee railway committee was formed after the first unsuccessful initiative in 1877 But this took four years to get a response from Darmstadt the capital of the Duchy during which the committee carried out preparatory work for an Offenbach Reinheim railway project at its own expense It took until 1888 before the government gave final approval and after further discussions about the connection of the railway in Offenbach with the Prussian state railways in 1895 planning permission was granted It was decided that the line would have its own station in Offenbach south of the Prussian state railways station The line was built by the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways On 30 September 1896 the new line now line number 3661 was opened from Offenbach via Dieburg to Reinheim with a length of 42 2 kilometres In the following years the Rodgau Railway was connected to two other railways On 1 December 1898 a branch line was opened from Offenbach Bieber the Offenbach Bieber Dietzenbach railway On 1 April 1905 a connection was opened in Ober Roden to the new Dreieich Railway Dreieichbahn from Buchschlag In 1923 the railway was built on an embankment in the city of Offenbach in order to remove level crossings with streets This involved the rebuilding of the central station in Offenbach as a single station and the abandonment of the Rodgau Railway s own station Operational history edit nbsp Old station building at Weiskirchen Initially four pairs of trains operated daily After the connection of the Dreieich Railway there were only two pairs of through trains between Offenbach and Dieburg The first trains were steam hauled after the Second World War trains were increasingly hauled by diesel locomotives The importance of the connection lay in the growing commuter traffic from the district of Offenbach especially for those working in the leather goods industry in Offenbach On 28 May 1965 the line between Dieburg and Reinheim was closed for passengers partly because of the operation of the parallel bus route In 1967 this section of the line was dismantled beginning with the section between Dieburg and Gross Zimmern Freight trains ran to and from the Odenwald Railway Odenwaldbahn over the Darmstadt Ost Gross Zimmern railway until it was closed in 1970 In 1989 the remaining section of the line to Reinheim was closed Conversion to S Bahn operations edit nbsp S1 at Jugesheim station in 2003 nbsp S1 near Rodgau Rollwald nbsp Old trackbed in front of Dieburg The establishment of an S Bahn operation on the track was considered in the late 1950s It was not however until 23 March 2001 that the line to Dietzenbach began to be reconstructed as a double track electrified line of the Frankfurt S Bahn network In the course of the development work 13 stations were modernised and two rebuilt 15 bridges were rebuilt and 18 level crossings were secured with new barrier systems S Bahn operations began on the Rodgau line at the beginning of the 2003 2004 timetable on 14 December 2003 The line is operated by DB Regio as part of the Rhine Main S Bahn network as line S 1 Wiesbaden Ober Roden the northern section of the line is also used by line S 2 Niedernhausen Dietzenbach Proposed extensions of line S1 to Dieburg and S2 to Ober Roden failed as they were found not to be economically justified Therefore the section from Ober Roden to Dieburg has not been electrified This section of the line is now operated as part of the Dreieich Railway from Buchschlag References editFootnotes edit Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas Schweers Wall 2009 p 152 ISBN 978 3 89494 139 0 Sources edit Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Hessen ed 2005 Eisenbahn in Hessen Kulturdenkmaler in Hessen Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland in German Vol 2 2 Stuttgart Theiss Verlag p 766ff line 066 ISBN 3 8062 1917 6 Werner Stolzenburg 1985 Die Rodgaubahn In Georg Wittenberger Forderkreis Museen und Denkmalpflege Darmstadt Dieburg ed Die Bahn und ihre Geschichte Schriftenreihe des Landkreises Darmstadt Dieburg 2 in German Darmstadt pp 71 78 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link External links edit Die Rodgaubahn im Wandel zur S Bahn in German Bahn Galerie Retrieved 6 May 2012 Rodgau S Bahn in German Rodgaubahn Retrieved 6 May 2012 Retrieved from https en 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