Mannheim–Frankfurt railway

Mannheim–Frankfurt railway
Overview
Line number
  • 3533 (Groß-Gerau-Dornberg–Groß-Gerau)
  • 3534 (Groß-Gerau-Dornberg–Klein-Gerau Eichmühle)
  • 4010 (Mannheim–Frankfurt-Stadion)
  • 4012 (Mannheim-Neckarstadt–M-Waldhof)
LocaleHesse and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number655
Technical
Line length74.8 km (46.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed200 km/h (124.3 mph) (maximum)
Route map

74.8
Frankfurt am Main Stadion
72.0
70.6
Zeppelinheim
Cargo City Süd siding
66.3
Walldorf (Hess)
63.6
Mörfelden
56.0
Groß-Gerau
connecting curve
56.0
Klein-Gerau Eichmühle
(junction)
54.5
Groß-Gerau-Dornberg
50.6
Groß-Gerau-Dornheim
48.0
Riedstadt-Wolfskehlen
45.7
Riedstadt-Goddelau
89 m
42.7
Stockstadt (Rhein)
39.6
Biebesheim
Goods line from Gernsheim port
36.4
Gernsheim
RMV
VRN
fare border
31.5
Groß Rohrheim
28.1
Biblis
92 m
26.9
Weschnitz
25.1
Bobstadt
23.0
Bürstadt Hp
Worms–Bensheim railway
siding; former
Riedbahn from Worms
17.6
Lampertheim
14.9
Hesse
BW
state border
13.6
Mannheim-Blumenau
10.700
Mannheim-Waldhof yard
Essity siding
(former line to Sandhofen)
4.43 9.445
Mannheim-Waldhof
line to Mannheim industrial port
3.4
Mannheim-Luzenberg
Western Entrance to the Riedbahn
to Mannheim Hbf (see below)
7.330
Mannheim Industrial Port railway
0.0
Mannheim-Neckarstadt
former course of
OEG line to Weinheim
6.3
Mannheim-Käfertal
Neckar canal
3.3
Mannheim Rennplatz
(junction)
Goods line to Mannheim yard
1.3
Mannheim Hbf Ost
0.0
Mannheim Hbf
Source: German railway atlas

Mannheim–Frankfurt railway is a German standard gauge, electrified railway line and runs in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg between Frankfurt and Mannheim. It is also called the Riedbahn (Ried Railway). The line runs through an area called the Hessische Ried, hence the name. The term Riedbahn was originally used for the Darmstadt–Worms railway and the two lines share the central section between Groß-Gerau and Biblis.

The Mannheim–Frankfurt railway is used by three Intercity-Express routes, connecting South Germany with Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Dortmund and regional services of the Rhine-Main transport union and Rhine-Neckar transport union. The line is one of the busiest lines in Germany with 650 trains per day, although most freight uses the Main-Neckar Railway, which is further east and gives better access to the Mannheim marshalling yard.